The relationship between identity and responsibility is explored in Janis Hallowell’s She Was.

Keli Goff’s Party Crashing: How the Hip-Hop Generation Declared Political Independence takes a look at the evolution of the African American vote.

Steven Levy’s The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness looks at the enormous influence of this tiny portable media player.

Alison Larkin’s latest novel explores the rocky boundary between genetic and environmental influences on one’s identity.

A look at Religion in American Politics: A Short History by Frank Lambert.

A woman travels halfway around the world to discover her true identity in Vendela Vida’s Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name.

Anya Ulinich’s Petropolis tells the tale of a Russian immigrant’s coming-of-age journey in America.

Jonathan Mooney chronicles his road trip in his book The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal.