Inquirer reviews …

… Kate Fagan's 'What Made Maddy Run': A deep, relatable tale of a young woman's tragedy.



… Ken Burns' ‘Vietnam War’: Best single-volume history.



… Ta-Nehisi Coates' 'Eight Years in Power': The Obama era's faded hope.



… Ted Genoways' 'This Blessed Earth': A family farm, just hanging on.



… Ariel Levy's 'Rules Do Not Apply': A memoir of choice, self, consequences.



See also: Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk on the street feminism in his 10th novel, 'The Red-Haired Woman'.