Books About the Mortgage Crisis

Books About the Mortgage Crisis

Reviewed by TOM VANDERBILT

In “Busted,” The Times’s Edmund L. Andrews explains why he bought a house he couldn’t afford. In “Our Lot,” Alyssa Katz chronicles how home lending was upended in the first place.

• Essay Adapted From ‘Busted’ in The Times Magazine
• Excerpt From ‘Our Lot’