Nonfiction

Biography & autobiography

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Year of Plagues Year of Plagues Fred D'Aguiar
Stories to Tell Stories to Tell Richard Marx
The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes Zoë Playdon
Burning Man Burning Man Frances Wilson
Names for Light Names for Light Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint
I Live a Life Like Yours I Live a Life Like Yours Jan Grue
Shelf Life Shelf Life Nadia Wassef
Music, Late and Soon Music, Late and Soon Robyn Sarah
House Fires House Fires Connor Franta
Three Girls from Bronzeville Three Girls from Bronzeville Dawn Turner
Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: From This Broken Hill, Volume 2 Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: From This Broken Hill, Volume 2 Michael Posner
Small Bodies of Water Small Bodies of Water Nina Mingya Powles
In the Weeds In the Weeds Tom Vitale
Vessel Vessel Chongda Cai
A Carnival of Snackery A Carnival of Snackery David Sedaris
Better to Have Gone Better to Have Gone Akash Kapur
A Brave and Cunning Prince A Brave and Cunning Prince James Horn
A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes Rodrigo Garcia
Seeing Ghosts Seeing Ghosts Kat Chow
The Unseen Body The Unseen Body Jonathan Reisman
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Heavy Heavy Kiese Laymon
The Iceberg: A Memoir The Iceberg: A Memoir Marion Coutts
The Undying The Undying Anne Boyer
Bolivar: American Liberator Bolivar: American Liberator Marie Arana
Irrepressible Irrepressible Emily Bingham
The Fact of a Body The Fact of a Body Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
Sontag Sontag Benjamin Moser
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace Jeff Hobbs
In the Dream House In the Dream House Carmen Maria Machado
In the Darkroom In the Darkroom Susan Faludi
The Yellow House The Yellow House Sarah M. Broom
Dadland Dadland Keggie Carew
How We Fight for Our Lives How We Fight for Our Lives Saeed Jones
Dan Gets a Minivan Dan Gets a Minivan Dan Zevin
Hunger Hunger Roxane Gay
The Hare with Amber Eyes The Hare with Amber Eyes Edmund de Waal
Black Dove Black Dove Ana Castillo
Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass David W. Blight
Prairie Fires Prairie Fires Caroline Fraser
The Argonauts The Argonauts Maggie Nelson
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Flying Free Flying Free Cecilia Aragon
The Next Everest The Next Everest Jim Davidson
David Copperfield's History of Magic David Copperfield's History of Magic David Copperfield
Cuban, Immigrant, and Londoner Cuban, Immigrant, and Londoner Mario López-Goicoechea
My Adventure with Sheena, Queen of the Jungle My Adventure with Sheena, Queen of the Jungle Yoram Ben-Ami
Agatha Christie’s Poirot Agatha Christie’s Poirot Mark Aldridge
The Other Worlds The Other Worlds Tom Mattson
Celebration of Sisters Celebration of Sisters Judy Lipson
Bad Motherfucker Bad Motherfucker Gavin Edwards
I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye Ivan Maisel
Negotiator Negotiator Philip J. Bigger
A Carnival of Snackery A Carnival of Snackery David Sedaris
Reaching Mithymna Reaching Mithymna Steven Heighton
Coffin Corner Boys Coffin Corner Boys Carole Engle Avriett
The Chancellor The Chancellor Kati Marton
The House of Yan The House of Yan Lan Yan
Just Kids Just Kids Patti Smith
Children of the Land Children of the Land Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Confident Women Confident Women Tori Telfer
The Nine The Nine Gwen Strauss
New releases
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The Road The Road Jack London
The Voyage of the Beagle The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass
Sallie Stockard and the Adversities of an Educated Woman of the New South Sallie Stockard and the Adversities of an Educated Woman of the New South Carole W. Troxler
Bright Star, Green Light Bright Star, Green Light Jonathan Bate
The Scarlet Shoulders, or, The Miner Rangers The Scarlet Shoulders, or, The Miner Rangers Harry Hazard
The Whole Truth and Nothing But The Whole Truth and Nothing But Hedda Hopper
Bashan and I Bashan and I Thomas Mann
A Book of Marionettes A Book of Marionettes Helen Haiman Joseph
Delaware Tom, or, The Traitor Guide Delaware Tom, or, The Traitor Guide Harry Hazard
Flying on the Inside: A Memoir of Trauma and Recovery Flying on the Inside: A Memoir of Trauma and Recovery Rachel Gotto
Celebration of Sisters Celebration of Sisters Judy Lipson
Lost in the Woods of School Lost in the Woods of School Zak Towlson
See the Colour in the Clouds See the Colour in the Clouds Stefanie Sixsmith
The Pope’s Greatest Adversary The Pope’s Greatest Adversary Samantha Morris
Me ’n’ Clint Me ’n’ Clint Rick Donahoe
Drivin’ Daughters and Parkinson’s Drivin’ Daughters and Parkinson’s Marco Preshevski
Brothers and Wives Brothers and Wives Christopher Andersen
Sunrise Sunrise Kristin Abello
Recovery Despite Rehab Recovery Despite Rehab Skyler Pennington