Non-Fiction

In the 1980s, Paul Newman began working with screenwriter Stewart Stern to compose an oral history about the actor’s life, from his difficult...

STARRED REVIEW February 4, 2023 Black history, well told Four sweeping, novelistic nonfiction books illuminate important moments in American history. Share this Article:...

“We’re getting it wrong in this beautiful, ravaged place,” writes author Bryce Andrews (Down From the Mountain) in Holding Fire: A Reckoning With...

I almost missed out on Flower Philosophy, thinking it just another pretty floral design guide; then I spied a mushroom altar within its...

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Ah, the microhistory. Is there a better...

I’ve been in the unofficial fan club of author and illustrator Maira Kalman for years—along with many of you, no doubt. I can’t...

Everyone should know the story of Ellen and William Craft, the subjects of Ilyon Woo’s Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey From...

Goldie Taylor’s absolutely stunning memoir is dedicated to “the women who made me.” Taylor’s mother, her Auntie Gerald, Auntie Killer and Grandma Alice...

For My First Popsicle: An Anthology of Food and Feelings (7 hours), actor Zosia Mamet (“Girls,” “The Flight Attendant”) has gathered a who’s-who...