Nonfiction

Biography & autobiography

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Black Spartacus Black Spartacus Sudhir Hazareesingh
The Shadow Drawing The Shadow Drawing Francesca Fiorani
Featherhood Featherhood Charlie Gilmour
This Is Not My Memoir This Is Not My Memoir André Gregory
We Had a Little Real Estate Problem We Had a Little Real Estate Problem Kliph Nesteroff
Memorial Drive Memorial Drive Natasha Trethewey
Remain in Love Remain in Love Chris Frantz
Inferno Inferno Catherine Cho
The Copenhagen Trilogy The Copenhagen Trilogy Tove Ditlevsen
Ferment Ferment Patrick Dobson
Somewhere in the Unknown World Somewhere in the Unknown World Kao Kalia Yang
One Writer's Beginnings One Writer's Beginnings Eudora Welty
Dancing in the Mosque Dancing in the Mosque Homeira Qaderi
Inventory Inventory Darran Anderson
Icebound Icebound Andrea Pitzer
The Panic Years The Panic Years Nell Frizzell
Bookish Broads Bookish Broads Lauren Marino
Austen Years Austen Years Rachel Cohen
The Last American Aristocrat The Last American Aristocrat David S. Brown
The Devil You Know The Devil You Know Charles M. Blow
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Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius Sylvia Nasar
The Memory Palace The Memory Palace Mira Bartok
How We Fight for Our Lives How We Fight for Our Lives Saeed Jones
Prairie Fires Prairie Fires Caroline Fraser
Sontag Sontag Benjamin Moser
The Hare with Amber Eyes The Hare with Amber Eyes Edmund De Waal
Irrepressible Irrepressible Emily Bingham
In the Dream House In the Dream House Carmen Maria Machado
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace Jeff Hobbs
The Undying The Undying Anne Boyer
Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass David W. Blight
The Argonauts The Argonauts Maggie Nelson
Bolivar: American Liberator Bolivar: American Liberator Marie Arana
The Fact of a Body The Fact of a Body Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
In the Darkroom In the Darkroom Susan Faludi
Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels John Connolly
Dan Gets a Minivan Dan Gets a Minivan Dan Zevin
My Father's Fortune My Father's Fortune Michael Frayn
Hunger Hunger Roxane Gay
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America Gilbert King
Best sellers
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Mein Kampf: My Struggle Mein Kampf: My Struggle Adolf Hitler
Promise Me, Dad Promise Me, Dad Joe Biden
This River: A Memoir This River: A Memoir James Brown
Pretty Good for a Girl: The Autobiography of a Snowboarding Pioneer Pretty Good for a Girl: The Autobiography of a Snowboarding Pioneer Tina Basich
Death Clutch: My Story of Determination, Domination, and Survival Death Clutch: My Story of Determination, Domination, and Survival Brock Lesnar
Who Wrote Shakespeare? Who Wrote Shakespeare? James Shapiro
Last Letters from Attu: The True Story of Etta Jones, Alaska Pioneer and Japanese P.O.W. Last Letters from Attu: The True Story of Etta Jones, Alaska Pioneer and Japanese P.O.W. Mary Breu
Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far Bristol Palin
What Her Body Thought: A Journey Into the Shadows What Her Body Thought: A Journey Into the Shadows Susan Griffin
My American Struggle for Justice in Northern Ireland My American Struggle for Justice in Northern Ireland Fr Sean McManus
Clean Politics, Clean Streams: A Legislative Autobiography and Reflections Clean Politics, Clean Streams: A Legislative Autobiography and Reflections Franklin L. Kury
Wait Until Tomorrow: A Daughter's Memoir Wait Until Tomorrow: A Daughter's Memoir Pat MacEnulty
It's Not Necessarily Not the Truth It's Not Necessarily Not the Truth Jaime Pressly
Inside The Rainbow Inside The Rainbow Sandy Sinclair
Willie Dixon: Preacher of the Blues Willie Dixon: Preacher of the Blues Mitsutoshi Inaba
The Woman Who Named God: Abraham's Dilemma and the Birth of Three Faiths The Woman Who Named God: Abraham's Dilemma and the Birth of Three Faiths Charlotte Gordon
In the Midst of Life: A Hospice Volunteer's Story In the Midst of Life: A Hospice Volunteer's Story Charles Rose
Red, White & Liberal: How Left Is Right & Right Is Wrong Red, White & Liberal: How Left Is Right & Right Is Wrong Alan Colmes
Ruth Etting: America's Forgotten Sweetheart Ruth Etting: America's Forgotten Sweetheart Kenneth Irwin
Memories of the Beach: Reflections on a Toronto Childhood Memories of the Beach: Reflections on a Toronto Childhood Lorraine O'Donnell Williams
New releases
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A History Of The Dukes of Bolton 1600-1815 A History Of The Dukes of Bolton 1600-1815 Joanne Major
The Adventures of a Victorian Con Woman The Adventures of a Victorian Con Woman Mick Davis
Ghosts of the Past Ghosts of the Past Odette Taylor
The Misconceptions of Miss Harrod The Misconceptions of Miss Harrod Robin Harrod
Clatter Off into the Wild Blue Yonder Clatter Off into the Wild Blue Yonder John William Jones
My Cries and My Triumphs My Cries and My Triumphs Lisa Bedbak
Wave Expectations Wave Expectations Oliver Bee
A Doctor's Stories A Doctor's Stories Dr. John McGeehan
The Wheelchair The Wheelchair Teresa McKenna
Playing in the Twilight Playing in the Twilight Michael Angwin
Beauty Won Me Over Beauty Won Me Over Carl McDaniel
Thinking Outside the Doll House Thinking Outside the Doll House Ellen M. Tsagaris
My Father Killed President John F. Kennedy My Father Killed President John F. Kennedy Bruce H. Bell
Proud American Proud American Sergio Tinoco
Captured by Childhood Memories Captured by Childhood Memories Dr Dariush Pourkian
Truth & Li(e)bor Truth & Li(e)bor Stelios Contogoulas
American Notes American Notes Charles Dickens
A Child's History of England A Child's History of England Charles Dickens
Sunday Under Three Heads Sunday Under Three Heads Charles Dickens
Own the Arena Own the Arena Katrina M. Adams