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News on new nonfiction books and recommendations for the best nonfiction books, including historical books, biographies, nonfiction books for kids, and more, from Book Riot.

4 Books to Sink Your Teeth Into: A Shark Week Reading List

It’s been a tough several weeks for reading in my household. After sacrificing all my free time at the beginning ...

Happy 100th Birthday, Julia Child!

Break out your best wobble-warble voice on August 15 to wish Julia Child a happy 100th birthday! In the world ...

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: August 14, 2012

Tuesday is New Book Day. We celebrate each week by highlighting titles we’re excited to see arrive in paperback. [galleryview ...

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: August 7, 2012

Tuesday is New Book Day. We celebrate each week by highlighting titles we’re excited to see arrive in paperback. [galleryview ...

Gatsby in Real Life: Nonfiction on the Themes of Gatsby

I started this two-parter with a list of nonfiction books about the life and times of The Great Gatsby’s author, ...

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: July 31, 2012

Tuesday is New Book Day. We celebrate each week by highlighting titles we’re excited to see arrive in paperback. [galleryview ...

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in July

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, memoir, and ...

Gatsby in Real Life: Nonfiction About Fitzgerald and His Time (Part I)

As an avid reader of nonfiction, my first impulse after finishing a book like The Great Gatsby, a classic American novel ...

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: July 17, 2012

Tuesday is New Book Day. We celebrate each week by highlighting titles we’re excited to see arrive in paperback. [galleryview ...

Recommending Books for the Characters of BREAKING BAD

Frequently grim, but just as often daffy, each season of AMC’s Breaking Bad crystalizes into pure, novelistic TV drama. Like ...