Non-Fiction

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  1. Book ImageThe Swerve

    Stephen Greenblatt

    Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction 
    Winner of the 2011 National Book Award for Non-FictionMore

  2. Book ImageOne Hundred Names for Love

    Diane Ackerman

    Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
    Finalist for the National Book Circle Critics Award

    "A testament to the power of creativity in language, life—and love." —Heller McAlpin, Washington PostMore

  3. Book ImageTownie

    Andre Dubus III

    Won Book of the Year Adult Non-Fiction—2012 Indie Choice Awards
    Amazon Best Book of the Month February 2011

    "Dubus relives, absent self-pity or blame, a life shaped by bouts of violence and flurries of tenderness."—Vanity FairMore

  4. Book ImageForget Sorrow

    Belle Yang

    “A healing portrait drawn in epic ink strokes.”—ElleMore

  5. Book ImagePacking for Mars

    Mary Roach

    “America’s funniest science writer” (Washington Post) returns to explore the irresistibly strange universe of life without gravity in this New York Times bestseller.More

  6. Book ImageThe White Blackbird

    Honor Moore

    “A striking portrait of a woman artist’s struggle for life.” —Arthur MillerMore

  7. Book ImageThe Bishop's Daughter

    Honor Moore

    “An eloquent argument for speaking even the most difficult truths.” —New York Times Book ReviewMore

  8. Book ImageBonk

    Mary Roach

    “Rich in dexterous innuendo, laugh-out-loud humor and illuminating fact. It’s compulsively readable.” —Los Angeles Times Book ReviewMore

  9. Book ImageThe Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken

    Laura Schenone

    A Newsday Best Cookbook of 2007: can a recipe change your life? A quest for an authentic dish reveals a mythic love story and age-old culinary secrets.More

  10. Book ImageThe Zookeeper's Wife

    Diane Ackerman

    2008 Orion Book Award

    The New York Times bestseller: a true story in which the keepers of the Warsaw zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands.More

  11. Book ImageBad Girls

    Ellen Sussman

    “Makes for seriously sexy (and smart) summer reading.”—ElleMore

  12. Book ImageThe Last Mrs. Astor

    Frances Kiernan

    "Kiernan's sharp-eyed biography brings back a woman who, far into her 90s, relished the dance of life."—O MagazineMore

  13. Book ImageThe Blind Side

    Michael Lewis

    "Lewis has such a gift for storytelling...he writes as lucidly for sports fans as for those who read him for other reasons."—Janet Maslin, New York TimesMore

  14. Book ImageThe Sea Captain's Wife

    Martha Hodes

    A finalist for the Lincoln Prize, The Sea Captain's Wife "comes surprisingly, and movingly, alive" (Tina Jordan, Entertainment Weekly).More

  15. Book ImageThe Courtier and the Heretic

    Matthew Stewart

    “A colorful reinterpretation. . . . Stewart’s wit and profluent prose make this book a fascinating read.”—Publishers Weekly, starred reviewMore

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