San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the YearNonfiction

Given by San Francisco Chronicle

Altres noms: San Francisco Chronicle Favorite Books of the Year (Anglès)
539 obres 461,414 Llibres 16,090 Ressenyes ½ 4.0
Categories:
Tots, Biografia (6), Essay/Criticism (19), Ficció (598), Fiction/Poetry (108), Ficció històrica (3), Història (15), Journalism/nonfiction (9), Memoir (16), No-ficció (2), Nonficion (5), No ficció (539), Ciència-ficció (1), Short stories (19), No Category (151)
Years:
Tots, 2022 (7), 2021 (3), 2018 (5), 2017 (5), 2016 (39), 2015 (28), 2014 (40), 2013 (50), 2012 (42), 2011 (50), 2010 (49), 2009 (50), 2008 (50), 2006 (57), 2005 (64)
ObraAny
The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act de Isaac Butler
2022
Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional de Isaac Fitzgerald
2022
Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change de Angela Garbes
2022
Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood de Jessica Grose
2022
The Klamath Mountains: A Natural History de Michael Kauffmann
2022
Still No Word from You: Notes in the Margin de Peter Orner
2022
Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop de Danyel Smith
2022
Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire de Lizzie Johnson
2021
Diet for a Small Planet de Frances Moore Lappé
2021
Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres de Kelefa Sanneh
2021
American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment de Shane Bauer
2018
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom de David W. Blight
2018
Small Fry de Lisa Brennan-Jobs
2018
Heavy: An American Memoir de Kiese Laymon
2018
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America de Beth Macy
2018
The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir de Thi Bui
2017
Dadland: A Journey into Uncharted Territory de Keggie Carew
2017
Richard Nixon: The Life de John A. Farrell
2017
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI de David Grann
2017
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America de Richard Rothstein
2017
At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Others de Sarah Bakewell
2016
The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice de Patricia Bell-Scott
2016
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon de Rosa Brooks
2016
Known and Strange Things: Essays de Teju Cole
2016
Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3: 1939-1962 de Blanche Wiesen Cook
2016
The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West de Peter Cozzens
2016
Spiral: Trapped in the Forever War de Mark Danner
2016
Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon de Bronwen Dickey
2016
White Sands: Experiences from the Outside World de Geoff Dyer
2016
The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine de Ben Ehrenreich
2016
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life de Ruth Franklin
2016
Time Travel: A History de James Gleick
2016
"Most Blessed of the Patriarchs": Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination de Annette Gordon-Reed
2016
Against Everything: Essays de Mark Greif
2016
The Gunning of America: Business and the Making of American Gun Culture de Pamela Haag
2016
Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction de Mary Ellen Hannibal
2016
Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939 de Adam Hochschild
2016
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right de Arlie Russell Hochschild
2016
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America de Nancy Isenberg
2016
Joe Gould's Teeth de Jill Lepore
2016
Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul de James McBride
2016
The Gene: An Intimate History de Siddhartha Mukherjee
2016
The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial de Maggie Nelson
2016
Soul at the White Heat: Inspiration, Obsession, and the Writing Life de Joyce Carol Oates
2016
Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape de Peggy Orenstein
2016
Am I Alone Here?: Notes on Living to Read and Reading to Live de Peter Orner
2016
We Have the Technology: How Biohackers, Foodies, Physicians, and Scientists Are Transforming Human Perception, One Sense at a Time de Kara Platoni
2016
The Life and the Adventures of a Haunted Convict de Austin Reed
2016
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America de Andrés Reséndez
2016
When We Are No More: How Digital Memory Is Shaping Our Future de Abby Smith Rumsey
2016
Shame and Wonder: Essays de David Searcy
2016
Children of Paradise: The Struggle for the Soul of Iran de Laura Secor
2016
Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas de Rebecca Solnit
2016
Born to Run: The Autobiography de Bruce Springsteen
2016
Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams de Louisa Thomas
2016
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis de J. D. Vance
2016
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race de Jesmyn Ward
2016
Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File de John Edgar Wideman
2016
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads de Tim Wu
2016
When the sick rule the world de Dodie Bellamy
2015
Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence de Bryan Burrough
2015
Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins de Andrew Cockburn
2015
Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink de Elvis Costello
2015
The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion de Tracy Daugherty
2015
The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy de Masha Gessen
2015
Kissinger's Shadow: The Long Reach of America's Most Controversial Statesman de Greg Grandin
2015
If This is a Woman: Inside Ravensbruck, Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women de Sarah Helm
2015
The Art of Memoir de Mary Karr
2015
Man in Profile: Joseph Mitchell of The New Yorker de Thomas Kunkel
2015
Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs de Sally Mann
2015
The Wright Brothers de David McCullough
2015
Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye: A Journey de Marie Mutsuki Mockett
2015
Els argonautes de Maggie Nelson
2015
Dear Mr. You de Mary-Louise Parker
2015
Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future de Lauren Redniss
2015
Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II de Richard Reeves
2015
On the Move: A Life de Oliver Sacks
2015
The Other Paris de Lucy Sante
2015
The Witches: Salem, 1692 de Stacy Schiff
2015
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity de Steve Silberman
2015
M Train de Patti Smith
2015
Ordinary Light: A Memoir de Tracy K. Smith
2015
Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva de Rosemary Sullivan
2015
Autobiography of Mark Twain, volume 3 de Mark Twain
2015
Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot de Mark Vanhoenacker
2015
Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS de Joby Warrick
2015
Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial de Kenji Yoshino
2015
Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity de Robert Beachy
2014
Updike de Adam Begley
2014
The most dangerous book: the battle for James Joyce's Ulysses de Kevin Birmingham
2014
Epilogue: A Memoir de Will Boast
2014
Gone Feral: Tracking My Dad Through the Wild de Novella Carpenter
2014
Geek Sublime: The Beauty of Code, the Code of Beauty de Vikram Chandra
2014
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? A Memoir de Roz Chast
2014
E. E. Cummings: A Life de Susan Cheever
2014
Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life de William Deresiewicz
2014
Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush de Geoff Dyer
2014
The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution de Jonathan Eig
2014
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy de Francis Fukuyama
2014
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End de Atul Gawande
2014
Bad Feminist: Essays de Roxane Gay
2014
The Interior Circuit: A Mexico City Chronicle (Mexico City Chronicles) de Francisco Goldman
2014
The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World de Russell Gold
2014
The Teacher Wars: A History of America's Most Embattled Profession de Dana Goldstein
2014
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State de Glenn Greenwald
2014
Gandhi Before India de Ramachandra Guha
2014
Unremarried Widow: A Memoir de Artis Henderson
2014
A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life de Allyson Hobbs
2014
The Empathy Exams: Essays de Leslie Jamison
2014
The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe de David I. Kertzer
2014
Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade de Walter Kirn
2014
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate de Naomi Klein
2014
The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking de Olivia Laing
2014
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt de Michael Lewis
2014
Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town de Beth Macy
2014
The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs de Greil Marcus
2014
My Life in Middlemarch de Rebecca Mead
2014
The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's Secret FBI de Betty Medsger
2014
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China de Evan Osnos
2014
The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography de Miriam Pawel
2014
The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan de Rick Perlstein
2014
A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention de Matt Richtel
2014
Unstill Life: A Daughter's Memoir of Art and Love in the Age of Abstraction de Gabrielle Selz
2014
Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space de Lynn Sherr
2014
Little Failure: A Memoir de Gary Shteyngart
2014
The Bohemians: Mark Twain and the San Francisco Writers Who Reinvented American Literature de Ben Tarnoff
2014
Bulletproof Vest: The Ballad of an Outlaw and His Daughter de Maria Venegas
2014
Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father de Alysia Abbott
2013
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth de Reza Aslan
2013
Farther and Wilder: The Lost Weekends and Literary Dreams of Charles Jackson de Blake Bailey
2013
The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures de Edward Ball
2013
Gun Guys: A Road Trip de Dan Baum
2013
Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures, and Innovations de Mary Beard
2013
Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death de Katy Butler
2013
Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent into Darkness de Alfredo Corchado
2013
Finding the Dragon Lady: The Mystery of Vietnam's Madame Nhu de Monique Brinson Demery
2013
Wave de Sonali Deraniyagala
2013
Astonished: A Story of Evil, Blessings, Grace, and Solace de Beverly Donofrio
2013
Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World de Shereen El Feki
2013
Pink Sari Revolution de Amana Fontanella-Khan
2013
Deep Sea and Foreign Going: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry that Brings You 90% of Everything de Rose George
2013
The Deserters: A Hidden History of World War II de Charles Glass
2013
National Insecurity: The Cost of American Militarism (Open Media) de Melvin A. Goodman
2013
A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico de Amy S. Greenberg
2013
Mother Daughter Me: A Memoir de Katie Hafner
2013
After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story de Michael Hainey
2013
The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad de Lesley Hazleton
2013
The Book of My Lives {original edition} de Aleksandar Hemon
2013
The Wolf and the Watchman: A Father, a Son, and the CIA de Scott C. Johnson
2013
Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco de Gary Kamiya
2013
The Skies Belong to Us de Brendan I. Koerner
2013
Jack London: An American Life de Earle Labor
2013
Who Owns the Future? de Jaron Lanier
2013
Forty-one False Starts: Essays on Artists and Writers de Janet Malcolm
2013
Class A: Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere de Lucas Mann
2013
Dreadful: The Short Life and Gay Times of John Horne Burns de David Margolick
2013
Robert Oppenheimer: Inside the Centre de Ray Monk
2013
Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America de Jon Mooallem
2013
Napalm: An American Biography de Robert M. Neer
2013
Country Girl de Edna O'Brien
2013
Searching for Zion: The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora de Emily Raboteau
2013
The Still Point of the Turning World de Emily Rapp
2013
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal de Mary Roach
2013
Darling: A Spiritual Autobiography de Richard Rodriguez
2013
The Great War: July 1, 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme: An Illustrated Panorama de Joe Sacco
2013
My Foreign Cities: A Memoir de Elizabeth Scarboro
2013
The Faraway Nearby de Rebecca Solnit
2013
Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas de Rebecca Solnit
2013
American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell de Deborah Solomon
2013
She Matters: A Life in Friendships de Susanna Sonnenberg
2013
Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an: Islam and the Founders de Denise A. Spellberg
2013
Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington de Terry Teachout
2013
A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley de Neal Thompson
2013
Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam de Nick Turse
2013
Autobiography of Mark Twain, volume 2 de Mark Twain
2013
Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter from Haiti de Amy Wilentz
2013
For a Song and a Hundred Songs: A Poet's Journey through a Chinese Prison de Liao Yiwu
2013
Oblivion: A Memoir de Héctor Abad Faciolince
2012
Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama de Alison Bechdel
2012
Detroit City Is the Place to Be: The Afterlife of an American Metropolis de Mark Binelli
2012
David Park: A Painter's Life de Nancy Boas
2012
Fraternity: In 1968, a visionary priest recruited 20 black men to the College of the Holy Cross and changed their lives and the course of history. de Diane Brady
2012
The Richard Burton Diaries de Richard Burton
2012
Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas de Dale Carpenter
2012
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King de Rich Cohen
2012
Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power de Steve Coll
2012
Cezanne: A Life de Alex Danchev
2012
Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room de Geoff Dyer
2012
Making Babies: Stumbling into Motherhood de Anne Enright
2012
Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay's Dance Bars de Sonia Faleiro
2012
Crazy Brave: A Memoir de Joy Harjo
2012
Mortality de Christopher Hitchens
2012
On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines - and Future de Karen Elliott House
2012
Robert Duncan: The Ambassador from Venus de Lisa Jarnot
2012
The Voice Is All: The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac de Joyce Johnson
2012
Dreaming in French: The Paris Years of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis de Alice Kaplan
2012
The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places de Bernie Krause
2012
Many Subtle Channels: In Praise of Potential Literature de Daniel Levin Becker
2012
When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God de T. M. Luhrmann
2012
Double Cross : The True Story of the D-Day Spies de Ben Macintyre
2012
Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace de D.T. Max
2012
Call of the Mild: Learning to Hunt My Own Dinner de Lily Raff McCaulou
2012
Waiting for the Barbarians: Essays from the Classics to Pop Culture (New York Review Collections) de Daniel Mendelsohn
2012
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy de David Nasaw
2012
People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up de Richard Lloyd Parry
2012
Killing the Messenger: A Story of Radical Faith, Racism's Backlash, and the Assassination of a Journalist de Thomas Peele
2012
Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy de Andrew Preston
2012
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic de David Quammen
2012
Subversives: The FBI's War on Student Radicals, and Reagan's Rise to Power de Seth Rosenfeld
2012
Joseph Anton de Salman Rushdie
2012
A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi de Aman Sethi
2012
On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring de William Souder
2012
Salvatge : Un viatge pel sender de la cresta del Pacífic de Cheryl Strayed
2012
God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine de Victoria Sweet
2012
The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies de David Thomson
2012
Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus de Bill Wasik
2012
On the Eve: The Jews of Europe Before the Second World War de Bernard Wasserstein
2012
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History de Florence Williams
2012
The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness de Kevin Young
2012
Is Marriage for White People?: How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone de Ralph Richard Banks
2011
Trampling Out the Vintage: Cesar Chavez and the Two Souls of the United Farm Workers de Frank Bardacke
2011
Big Sex Little Death: A Memoir de Susie Bright
2011
No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf de Carolyn Burke
2011
Fire Monks: Zen Mind Meets Wildfire at the Gates of Tassajara de Colleen Morton Busch
2011
Rene Blum and The Ballets Russes: In Search of a Lost Life de Judith Chazin-Bennahum
2011
Nom de Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms de Carmela Ciuraru
2011
[sic]: A Memoir de Joshua Cody
2011
Almost a Family: A Memoir de John Darnton
2011
Blue Nights de Joan Didion
2011
Townie de Andre III Dubus
2011
Otherwise Known as the Human Condition: Selected Essays and Reviews de Geoff Dyer
2011
The Use and Abuse of Literature de Marjorie Garber
2011
The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe de Peter Godwin
2011
Eva Braun: Life with Hitler de Heike B. Görtemaker
2011
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern de Stephen Greenblatt
2011
American Anthrax: Fear, Crime, and the Investigation of the Nation's Deadliest Bioterror Attack de Jeanne Guillemin
2011
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America de Melissa V. Harris-Perry
2011
All Hell Let Loose: The World at War 1939-1945 de Max Hastings
2011
Hemingway's Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961 de Paul Hendrickson
2011
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever de Will Hermes
2011
To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 de Adam Hochschild
2011
Steve Jobs: La biografia de Walter Isaacson
2011
Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark de Brian Kellow
2011
Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India de Joseph Lelyveld
2011
Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World de Michael Lewis
2011
Iphigenia in Forest Hills: Anatomy of a Murder Trial de Janet Malcolm
2011
Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice (Voice of Witness) de Alia Malek
2011
What It Is Like to Go to War de Karl Marlantes
2011
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris de David McCullough
2011
The Shah de Abbas Milani
2011
Believing Is Seeing: Observations on the Mysteries of Photography de Errol Morris
2011
Van Gogh: The Life de Steven Naifeh
2011
A Widow's Story: A Memoir de Joyce Carol Oates
2011
Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend de Susan Orlean
2011
The Long Goodbye: A memoir de Meghan O'Rourke
2011
Is Journalism Worth Dying For?: Final Dispatches de Anna Politkovskaya
2011
Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein de Julie Salamon
2011
A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown de Julia Scheeres
2011
lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts:essays de Ntozake Shange
2011
And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life de Charles J. Shields
2011
Reading My Father: A Memoir de Alexandra Styron
2011
Pulphead: Essays de John Jeremiah Sullivan
2011
Conscience : two soldiers, two pacifists, one family : a test of will and faith in World War I de Louisa Thomas
2011
Charles Dickens: A Life de Claire Tomalin
2011
The Wars of Afghanistan: Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflicts, and the Failures of Great Powers de Peter Tomsen
2011
Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism de John Updike
2011
Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel's Secret War de Hal Vaughan
2011
Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America de Richard White
2011
Paradise Lust: Searching for the Garden of Eden de Brook Wilensky-Lanford
2011
The Promise: President Obama, Year One de Jonathan Alter
2010
The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them de Elif Batuman
2010
Saul Bellow: Letters de Saul Bellow
2010
American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia de Joan Biskupic
2010
The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron de Howard Bryant
2010
Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship de Gail Caldwell
2010
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains de Nicholas Carr
2010
The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean de Susan Casey
2010
The Professor and Other Writings de Terry Castle
2010
Louisa May Alcott: A Personal Biography de Susan Cheever
2010
A State of Change: Forgotten Landscapes of California de Laura Cunningham
2010
There is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America de Philip Dray
2010
Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture de Alice Echols
2010
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery de Eric Foner
2010
Travels in Siberia de Ian Frazier
2010
The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs. Starr de Ken Gormley
2010
Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food de Paul Greenberg
2010
The Man On Devil’s Island de Ruth Harris
2010
The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham: A Biography de Selina Hastings
2010
Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip de Peter Hessler
2010
Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend de James S. Hirsch
2010
Hitch-22 de Christopher Hitchens
2010
Apollo's Angels : A History of Ballet de Jennifer Homans
2010
Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History de Yunte Huang
2010
The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves de Siri Hustvedt
2010
War de Sebastian Junger
2010
Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters de Jack Kerouac
2010
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine de Michael Lewis
2010
Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So: A Memoir de Mark Vonnegut M.D.
2010
Colonel Roosevelt de Edmund Morris
2010
The Grace of Silence: A Memoir de Michele Norris
2010
The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama de David Remnick
2010
The Twilight of the Bombs: Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons de Richard Rhodes
2010
Life de Keith Richards
2010
In the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Deliverance de Wilbert Rideau
2010
Koestler: The Literary and Political Odyssey of a Twentieth-Century Skeptic de Michael Scammell
2010
The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith de Joan Schenkar
2010
Simon Wiesenthal: The Life and Legends de Tom Segev
2010
Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the International Hunt for His Assassin de Hampton Sides
2010
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks de Rebecca Skloot
2010
Pearl Buck in China: Journey to The Good Earth de Hilary Spurling
2010
Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian de Avi Steinberg
2010
Half a Life de Darin Strauss
2010
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 de Mark Twain
2010
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival de John Vaillant
2010
Freedom Summer: The Savage Season of 1964 That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy de Bruce Watson
2010
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration de Isabel Wilkerson
2010
Losing My Cool: How a Father's Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-hop Culture de Thomas Chatterton Williams
2010
Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms,and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories de Simon Winchester
2010
Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day de Diane Ackerman
2009
Open: An Autobiography de André Agassi
2009
Somewhere Towards the End: A Memoir de Diana Athill
2009
Googled: The End of the World As We Know It de Ken Auletta
2009
Cheever: A Life de Blake Bailey
2009
The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America de Douglas Brinkley
2009
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer de Novella Carpenter
2009
Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son de Michael Chabon
2009
Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work de Matthew B. Crawford
2009
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution de Richard Dawkins
2009
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea de Barbara Demick
2009
Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression de Morris Dickstein
2009
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth de Apostolos Doxiadis
2009
Zeitoun de Dave Eggers
2009
Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America de Barbara Ehrenreich
2009
The Music Room de William Fiennes
2009
Eating Animals de Jonathan Safran Foer
2009
This Lovely Life de Vicki Forman
2009
Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of Wasp Splendor de Tad Friend
2009
The Slippery Year de Melanie Gideon
2009
Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits de Linda Gordon
2009
Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City de Greg Grandin
2009
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon de David Grann
2009
Ayn Rand and the World She Made de Anne Conover Heller
2009
Lit: A Memoir de Mary Karr
2009
The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream de Patrick Radden Keefe
2009
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original de Robin D. G. Kelley
2009
True Compass: A Memoir de Edward M. Kennedy
2009
Strength in What Remains de Tracy Kidder
2009
Tamalpais Walking: Poetry, History, and Prints de Tom Killion
2009
The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates de Peter T. Leeson
2009
Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Life de Gerald Martin
2009
Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker de James McManus
2009
Down at the Docks de Rory Nugent
2009
In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language de Arika Okrent
2009
The Bolter de Frances Osborne
2009
The Last Empress, Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China de Hannah Pakula
2009
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2009
Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life de Carol Sklenicka
2009
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster de Rebecca Solnit
2009
Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963 (Americans and the California Dream) de Kevin Starr
2009
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt de T. J. Stiles
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Nothing to Be Frightened Of de Julian Barnes
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The Forever War de Dexter Filkins
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An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century de James Orbinski
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Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America de Jay Parini
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Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America de Rick Perlstein
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto de Michael Pollan
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Descent into Chaos: The U.S. and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia de Ahmed Rashid
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Swimming in a Sea of Death: A Son's Memoir de David Rieff
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American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon de Steven Rinella
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Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex de Mary Roach
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Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction de David Sheff
2008
Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict between Faith and Reason de Russell Shorto
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King: Pilgrimage to the Mountaintop de Harvard Sitkoff
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Have You Seen . . . ?: A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films de David Thomson
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2008
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This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor de Susan Wicklund
2008
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2008
How Fiction Works de James Wood
2008
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2006
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Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor de Paul Beatty
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2006
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2006
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Frantic Transmissions to and from Los Angeles: An Accidental Memoir de Kate Braverman
2006
Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany de Bill Buford
2006
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2006
Camus at "Combat": Writing 1944-1947 de Albert Camus
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The sight of death: an experiment in art writing de T. J. Clark
2006
Follies of the Wise de Frederick Crews
2006
Creationists: Selected Essays: 1993-2006 de E. L. Doctorow
2006
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The White Man's Burden de William Easterly
2006
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl de Timothy Egan
2006
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Anna of All the Russias: A Life of Anna Akhmatova de Elaine Feinstein
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The Journals: Volume II: 1966-1990 de John Fowles
2006
Different Daughters: A History of the Daughters of Bilitis and the Rise of the Lesbian Rights Movement de Marcia M. Gallo
2006
A Temple of Texts de William H. Gass
2006
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American Movie Critics: From the Silents Until Now de Phillip Lopate
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2006
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L'Any del pensament màgic de Joan Didion
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In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South (New Narratives in American History) de John Hope Franklin
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