Edwidge Danticat Nominated for Third National Book Award — and ‘the Third Time’s the Charm’ Applies
The National Book Awards reveal their finalists, including a three-time nominee's return to fiction. Winners named Nov. 18.
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Tag: nonfiction
New Nonfiction Arrivals Worth Reading This Month
A strange and wonderful October mix of nonfiction: a memoir, a critique of innovation, a study of body hair, and more.
How a Librarian’s Quiet Preservation Work Turned One Man’s Thesis Into a Book
A librarian's quiet preservation of a dusty basement pile of papers turned a thesis into a book, a tale of the mutually confounding bond between researcher and keeper of records.
New Fiction Arrives Today From Min Jin Lee, Hernán Díaz, Ayad Akhtar, and 19 Others
From Min Jin Lee to John Grisham, twenty-two new books hit shelves today—here's what you need to know about each release.
Rose George’s New Book Takes Readers Below Deck to Expose the Hidden Costs of Seafood
Journalist Rose George dives deep into the troubled global fishing industry, revealing fish as sentient beings in peril.
Annie Dillard’s Nature Writing Remains Unmatched, Even Now
Remembering Annie Dillard, the nature writer whose mystery of life still bewilder us all.
O’Neill Praises Weisberg’s ‘Profiles in Cowardice,’ Hsu Hails Dillon’s ‘Ambivalence’
Lit Hub rounds up five reviews this week, including dauntless praise for Jared Weisberg and a bewitching memoir by Brian Dillon.
Nonfiction in Crisis? Maris Kreizman Picks 14 Books That Prove Otherwise
A list of 14 nonfiction books by authors who refuse ghostwriters and seven-figure advances, a cheerful corrective to the supposed crisis of truth.
Emily St. John Mandel, Leigh Bardugo, Kate Atkinson and More: 20 New Books Out Today
Twenty new books hit shelves today, from Emily St. John Mandel and Leigh Bardugo to Naomi Klein and beyond.