A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age

An entertaining, user-friendly primer on evaluating data wisely.

Raif Badawi, The Voice of Freedom: My Husband, Our Story

By Ensaf Haidar with Andrea C. Hoffmann

Raif Badawi, The Voice of Freedom: My Husband, Our Story

A harrowing account of the price of freedom in Saudi Arabia.

The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable

Why aren’t more literary novelists writing about the environment?

A Life Everlasting: The Extraordinary Story of One Boy’s Gift to Medical Science

This earnest narrative about a mother’s greatest loss blends memoir and investigative journalism.

Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland

A hilarious and insightful tour of the Sunshine State.

Lassoing the Sun: A Year in America’s National Parks

This ode to open spaces is as sentimental as it is celebratory.

Vietnam: A New History

By Christopher Goscha

Vietnam: A New History

In this compelling account of the country, culture (not war) takes priority.

The History and Uncertain Future of Handwriting

This detailed account of a dying art is too quick to dismiss our most personalized form of communication.