The Pulitzer winner untangles the complicated racial history of her home state of Texas.

• Non-Fiction,
• History,
• United States,

The author seeks to better understand her dying mother and strengthen family ties through food.

• Non-Fiction,
• Biography & Memoir,

A writer of color seeks to understand her place in the American South.

• Non-Fiction,
• Essays & Literary Criticism,

This hit-or-miss memoir leaves far too much unsaid.

• Non-Fiction,
• Biography & Memoir,

This fun, bighearted tale feels like a much-needed balm after a year of upheaval.

• Fiction,

A wise meditation on social collapse and those preoccupied with the thought of it.

• Non-Fiction,
• Social Science,

A haunting story of forbidden love set against the stark background of Communist Poland.

• Fiction,

A detail-rich — if somewhat flat — look at a brief era when scullers were superstars.

• Non-Fiction,
• History,
• United States,
• Sports & Games,