A new book by the British cultural journalist Dorian Lynskey chronicles our centuries-old obsession with doomsday scenarios. By Jennifer Szalai Chilly thrillers, snowy fantasies and Alpine ...

“Harari’s two books are obvious examples of this – they cover a massive subject, rather than niche non-fiction which would only appeal to a smaller group,” says Snow. “[Bill] Bryson’s ...

As has been my tradition, I present (in random order) a baker’s dozen of the best nonfiction of 2024, with an emphasis on books that have taught me things I didn’t know. I end with my pick for ...

The internet loves a success hack and it loves some quick maths, so here’s a little of both. If you read all ten of these non-fiction titles in the next couple of months, you’d be 67% of the way to ...

If you were on a reality show and were about to be sent to a desert island and could only bring four nonfiction books about New Jersey, what would they be? Once “rescued,” you would be quizzed ...

A Time for Truth (Hachette Books Ireland, February) by Sarah Corbett Lynch is a raw and powerful account of her family’s gruelling nine-year battle for justice for her father Jason Corbett and ...

The nonfiction children’s picture book is a collaboration between Sun Prairie-based Zietlow Miller — The New York Times bestselling author of more than 20 children’s books — and ...

PhD in philosophy Becca Rothfeld is the nonfiction book critic at Book World. Before joining The Washington Post, she served as assistant literary editor of the New Republic and worked toward her ...

As has been my tradition, I present (in random order) a baker's dozen of the best nonfiction of 2024, with an emphasis on books that have taught me things I didn't know. I end with my pick for the ...

The St. Paul writer had an astonishingly productive year, publishing four books aimed at various age groups. My favorite was her memoir of her mother, a companion to “The Song Poet” (about her ...