Nonfiction

Biography & autobiography

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Music, Late and Soon Music, Late and Soon Robyn Sarah
Seeing Ghosts Seeing Ghosts Kat Chow
All the Colors Came Out All the Colors Came Out Kate Fagan
Distant Fathers Distant Fathers Marina Jarre
Foucault in Warsaw Foucault in Warsaw Remigiusz Ryzinski
Small Bodies of Water Small Bodies of Water Nina Mingya Powles
Names for Light Names for Light Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint
Somebody's Daughter Somebody's Daughter Ashley C. Ford
Refugee Refugee Emmanuel Mbolela
Stories to Tell Stories to Tell Richard Marx
Year of Plagues Year of Plagues Fred D'Aguiar
A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes Rodrigo Garcia
Better to Have Gone Better to Have Gone Akash Kapur
Three Girls from Bronzeville Three Girls from Bronzeville Dawn Turner
Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz Gail Crowther
The Complete Memoirs The Complete Memoirs Pablo Neruda
My Name Is Selma My Name Is Selma Selma van de Perre
Vessel Vessel Chongda Cai
Burning Man Burning Man Frances Wilson
I Live a Life Like Yours I Live a Life Like Yours Jan Grue
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The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace Jeff Hobbs
Heavy Heavy Kiese Laymon
Irrepressible Irrepressible Emily Bingham
In the Dream House In the Dream House Carmen Maria Machado
Bolivar: American Liberator Bolivar: American Liberator Marie Arana
Prairie Fires Prairie Fires Caroline Fraser
In the Darkroom In the Darkroom Susan Faludi
Dadland Dadland Keggie Carew
Dan Gets a Minivan Dan Gets a Minivan Dan Zevin
Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass David W. Blight
Black Dove Black Dove Ana Castillo
The Fact of a Body The Fact of a Body Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
The Argonauts The Argonauts Maggie Nelson
The Hare with Amber Eyes The Hare with Amber Eyes Edmund de Waal
The Undying The Undying Anne Boyer
Hunger Hunger Roxane Gay
The Iceberg: A Memoir The Iceberg: A Memoir Marion Coutts
How We Fight for Our Lives How We Fight for Our Lives Saeed Jones
Sontag Sontag Benjamin Moser
The Yellow House The Yellow House Sarah M. Broom
Best sellers
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The House of Yan The House of Yan Lan Yan
Children of the Land Children of the Land Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Just Kids Just Kids Patti Smith
Confident Women Confident Women Tori Telfer
The Nine The Nine Gwen Strauss
The Triumph of Nancy Reagan The Triumph of Nancy Reagan Karen Tumulty
The Adventurer's Son The Adventurer's Son Roman Dial
The Last Nomad The Last Nomad Shugri Said Salh
My Girls My Girls Todd Fisher
Charles Darwin Charles Darwin A.N. Wilson
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History Chris Kyle
Refugee Refugee Emmanuel Mbolela
Sully Sully Chesley B. Sullenberger
Above the Clouds Above the Clouds Kilian Jornet
Without Ever Reaching the Summit Without Ever Reaching the Summit Paolo Cognetti
My War Criminal My War Criminal Jessica Stern
The Barbizon The Barbizon Paulina Bren
Dancing in the Mosque Dancing in the Mosque Homeira Qaderi
The Draw The Draw Lee Siegel
The World's Largest Man The World's Largest Man Harrison Scott Key
New releases
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20th Century-Fox 20th Century-Fox Scott Eyman
Loose Girl Loose Girl Kerry Cohen
How to Save a Life How to Save a Life Lynette Rice
Marines Don’t Cry Marines Don’t Cry Danny Garcia
Something Like an Autobiography Something Like an Autobiography Akira Kurosawa
True Raiders True Raiders Brad Ricca
Paletó and Me Paletó and Me Aparecida Vilaca
I Guarantee It I Guarantee It George Zimmer
Peril Peril Bob Woodward
Tokyo Junkie Tokyo Junkie Robert Whiting
My Life in the Service My Life in the Service Henry Alkema
What They Didn't Burn What They Didn't Burn Mel Laytner
If Wine Could Talk If Wine Could Talk Kara Joseph
Praying to the West Praying to the West Omar Mouallem
The Weight of Sand The Weight of Sand Edith Blais
The Ocean's Whistleblower The Ocean's Whistleblower David Grémillet
Loose Girl Loose Girl Kerry Cohen
Open Every Window Open Every Window Jane Munro
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Anderson Cooper
It's Not a Rumour It's Not a Rumour Frederick Moore