Ross Barkan Books in Order

In a corporate future, Sundra Glass steals a time machine to kill the mother of a powerful president. Her journey intersects with a 1979 New York investigator whose dangerous cases and romance entangle him in the same family's history.

Ross Barkan examines Andrew Cuomo's exercise of power in New York and the failures behind his celebrated pandemic leadership. Reporting on health care policy, nursing homes, and political influence challenges the governor's public account of the crisis.

Twelve-year-old Lucien grows up in a secluded commune devoted to sustainability and learning. Friendship with an outsider leads him to question its tightening rules and unexplained disappearances, exposing dangers beneath the community's promise of a better world.

These essays and reports trace a decade of American political upheaval culminating in the 2024 election. Barkan examines the Democratic Party, progressive movements, Gaza, and media failures while considering the dissatisfaction that helped return Donald Trump to power.

A fake wedding complicates Mona Glass's affair with her married former professor in 1970s New York. As she becomes a news photographer, their tangled family grows across decades of ambition, secrecy, political change, and public catastrophe.

Midwestern pastor Teddy Starr appears to have built an enviable life with a wife, three children, and a successful property career. When someone from his past reappears, the secrets beneath his public image threaten his family and ambitions.