Non-fiction

Making Sense of Trump’s Rise

Making Sense of Trump’s Rise Making Sense of Trump’s Rise

Three new books try to explain how we got such a massive jerk in the White House.

Sep 26, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman

What Misogyny Does

What Misogyny Does What Misogyny Does

In her new book, philosopher Kate Manne insists that what’s important is not what men intended but how women experience misogyny.

Sep 23, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Clio Chang

Naomi Klein: ‘We Are Seeing the Beginnings of the Era of Climate Barbarism’

Naomi Klein: ‘We Are Seeing the Beginnings of the Era of Climate Barbarism’ Naomi Klein: ‘We Are Seeing the Beginnings of the Era of Climate Barbarism’

The No Logo author talks about solutions to the climate crisis, Greta Thunberg, birth strikes, and how she finds hope.

Sep 15, 2019 / Natalie Hanman

What Inspired ‘Lolita’?

What Inspired ‘Lolita’? What Inspired ‘Lolita’?

Sarah Weinman’s new book traces the true crime that influenced Nabokov and the writing of his novel.

Sep 10, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson

Single-Payer Health Care Is the First Step in the Revolution

Single-Payer Health Care Is the First Step in the Revolution Single-Payer Health Care Is the First Step in the Revolution

Timothy Faust’s new book is part history, part manifesto, and part irreverent tour guide to America’s deeply flawed health insurance system.

Sep 9, 2019 / Zachary Siegel

This New Book Highlights Arab Women Reporting From the Arab World

This New Book Highlights Arab Women Reporting From the Arab World This New Book Highlights Arab Women Reporting From the Arab World

Zahra Hankir’s anthology Our Women on the Ground elevates vital but often overlooked voices from Morocco to Gaza to Yemen.

Sep 3, 2019 / Sarah Aziza

The Republicans’ 50-State Strategy

The Republicans’ 50-State Strategy The Republicans’ 50-State Strategy

Alexander Hertel-Fernandez’s State Capture examines the trio of right-wing groups that have helped fortify GOP power in local and state government. 

Jul 30, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Bryce Covert

Barry Lopez and the Innocence of Boomer Travel Writing

Barry Lopez and the Innocence of Boomer Travel Writing Barry Lopez and the Innocence of Boomer Travel Writing

For readers of younger generations, Lopez’s memoir of traversing the most storied locales on Earth is a chronicle of the ultimate luxury.   

May 30, 2019 / Rachel Riederer

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A Reporter’s Long, Strange Trip Into the Darkest Parts of the American Mind A Reporter’s Long, Strange Trip Into the Darkest Parts of the American Mind

In Republic of Lies, Anna Merlan documents our age of conspiracy.

May 9, 2019 / Talia Lavin

How Jayson Greene Wrote One of the Year’s Most Affecting Memoirs

How Jayson Greene Wrote One of the Year’s Most Affecting Memoirs How Jayson Greene Wrote One of the Year’s Most Affecting Memoirs

Once More We Saw Stars, which follows his family after the death of his daughter Greta, is at once an elegy, a raw outcry of rage, and a meditation on relearning to live and work i...

May 2, 2019 / Nathan Goldman

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