Passionate Spirit: The Life of Alma Mahler

Setting the record straight on the complex and fascinating life of a musical genius.

Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel

By Bernardine Evaristo

Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel

This Man Booker winner boasts an astonishingly vibrant, layered narrative.

War at Sea: A Shipwrecked History from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century

A sprawling chronicle of ocean-going warfare from a scholar and hands-on explorer.

Warlight

By Michael Ondaatje

Warlight

An immersive post-WWII tale of intrigue from a true master.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Jane Sherron de Hart

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

A superb chronicle of an only-in-America success story.

Ahab’s Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby-Dick

A fascinating, timely exploration of Melville's (and our) watery world.

She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story that Helped Ignite a Movement

Untangling Harvey Weinstein's web of deceit.

The Dragon Lady: A Novel

Race, class, and hapless good intentions collide in 1950s Rhodesia.