The Best of the Natural World
We love a walk in the woods or along a riverbank, but every now and again we’re perfectly happy to…
Nonfiction
The Best Tales of the 1%
Why just settle for reruns of Succession or Billions or Silicon Valley? Go behind the scenes on some of today’s…
17 Books for the Newlywed’s Bookshelf
Here comes the bride, all dressed in white—what books will she read with her new spouse? Okay, maybe the song…
Our Most Anticipated Books for Summer
The slower, longer days of summer are upon us, and those TBR piles are beckoning us all to grab a…
3 New Books to Help You Find Meaning and Purpose
What makes your days meaningful? What drives you? What are the gifts you and only you have to share with…
5 of the Best New Memoirs of Spring
Memoirs offer readers the opportunity to take a journey through another human’s life. No matter how different the particulars of…
10 Essential Nonfiction Graphic Novels
The graphic novel has emerged as a major storytelling medium over the last few decades thanks to visionary artists and…
7 of the Best Irreverent Self-Help Books
Self-help is a nearly ten-billion-dollar industry. By adding a healthy dose of humor and a fresh perspective from today’s real…
6 Funny, Awkward Memoirs By Funny, Awkward Women
The last ten years have seen a surge of funny lady memoirs. When you want the literary equivalent of drinking…
Celebrate Opening Day with 10 Great Baseball Books
Once again Opening Day is upon us, so it’s time to oil up that glove, gloat over your baseball card…
In Nevertheless, Alec Baldwin Makes His Brand Brutal Honesty
On the third page of Alec Baldwin’s unvarnished new memoir, Nevertheless, he startles you with this: “I’m not actually writing…
5 Books About People Who Simply…Disappeared
There’s an implied belief that eventually we as a race will figure everything out. We’ll cure the common cold, we’ll…
5 Reasons We Can’t Wait to Read Alec Baldwin’s Memoir Nevertheless
Eventually, everyone famous writes a memoir, in part because famous people do tend to lead interesting lives, and in part…
8 Books That Will Help You Get Your Head Around the Modern Political Landscape
Contrary to what a lot of folks believe, there never was a time when American politics were genteel and polite.…
10 Gifts For Your Favorite Civil War Buff
A century and half ago, the bloody, pitched battles that defined America occurred right here on our own soil. Both…
Sports Stories for Every Fan
The holidays mean different things to different people, but one thing binds us all together: the tricky journey of gift-giving. Our advice?…
6 Incredible Memoirs by Defectors from Closed Societies
What lurks behind the doors and beyond the borders of the world’s most shuttered societies? It’s a question that fascinates…
7 Astonishing Fact-Filled Books that Will Make You the Toast of Your Next Party
Trivia is a superpower. Shortly after attaining sentience, humans instinctively begin collecting interesting facts in order to astonish and amaze…
American Heiress Is a Fascinating Look at a Wild Chapter in American History
It’s easy to watch the news and assume that very, very recently, everyone in the world went absolutely insane. But…
Love Daenerys? Here are 5 Books About Actual Badass Women Who Ruled the World
For a show that spent much of its first few seasons focused on a bevy of male kings (and wannabe…