This month, several great non-fiction books have come out. The most popular so far is Apple in China, which interviewed 500 people within the company and focuses on its manufacturing in China. Apple ...

‘The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq’ by Steve Coll Coll’s book presents Hussein as a human being, not a caricature. Relying in part on newly ...

A deep dive on gossip. Revolutionary history. A meditation on muscle. A graphic ode to NYC. A closer look at the color blue. And memoirs galore. We asked our newsroom colleagues to share the ...

Ann Patchett is known for her sweeping literary tales. Her most recent, "Tom Lake," was a pivotal moment in one mother's life, told for her daughters. Most recently, the New York Times bestseller and ...

Every year, bookstore shelves swell with new non-fiction works by authors who are all writing in response to their inner and outer lives, their surroundings, and their yearning for a better world.

Modern life feels loud, unstable and hard to decode. From hidden empires and data bias to surveillance capitalism and ...

Memoirs by Margaret Atwood, Elizabeth Gilbert and Lionel Richie; history from Jill Lepore and David Nasaw; and plenty more. Credit...The New York Times Supported by By Miguel Salazar and Laura ...

Want to be the most interesting guest at a dinner party? Be the most well-read. There are many earnest, unpretentious reasons to be a regular reader, from stepping into someone else’s shoes to ...