By Adele Levine

Run, Don’t Walk: The Curious and Chaotic Life of a Physical Therapist Inside Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Levity meets the brutal reality of war in this personal account of working with wounded warriors.

Michael Gross

House of Outrageous Fortune: Fifteen Central Park West, the World’s Most Powerful Address

Building a home for the super-rich and exploring how they dwell in it

A Fighting Chance

By Elizabeth Warren

A Fighting Chance

A political autobiography with more big ideas than personal revelations

A Farm Dies Once a Year: A Memoir

In a book that is about much more than farming, Arlo Crawford details the hard work required for agriculture and the work required for self-fulfillment and discovery.

The Scarlet Sisters: Sex, Suffrage, and Scandal in the Gilded Age

Too radical for their time, these women even confused Karl Marx.

Dancing Through It: My Journey in the Ballet

A professional ballerina comes of age and discovers her true worth.

Things I’ve Learned From Dying: A Book About Life

Masterful lessons on persistence, realism, and tenderness from an author nearing the end of his life.

By Joshua Zeitz

Lincoln’s Boys: John Hay, John Nicolay, and the War for Lincoln’s Image

A lively look at two young aides who parlayed early White House jobs into careers.