Our editors and critics choose the most captivating, notable, brilliant, surprising, absorbing, weird, thought-provoking, and ...

The best nonfiction books of the year tackle ... subject to illuminate its broader connections to American culture. In this case, he offers a book about basketball that is also one about grief ...

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.

Cuban American historian Ada Ferrer will chair the jury for the 2025 Cundill History Prize. The $75,000 US (approx. $107,381 ...

But the best stories aren’t always fiction—often, nonfiction can ... topics from science to history, as well as the best biographies and children’s books about diversity.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Nonfiction can too often taste like forced medicine. Where the most successful of these stories ...