The Great Wave by Michiko Kakutani
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The former New York Times book critic examines the intersections of modern technology, politics, and society
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The Handover by David Runciman
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A professor muses on the promise and peril of outsourcing autonomy to AI.
Read MoreFeral City by Jeremiah Moss
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A memoir of being gay in a New York City changed by COVID-19.
Read MoreCapital and Ideology by Thomas Piketty
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Is famous economist Thomas Piketty right about inequality? David Murphy dissects.
Read MoreLabyrinth of Ice by Buddy Levy
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A new book tells the riveting story of an 1881 Far North expedition that went horribly awry.
Read MoreWoven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez
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Isabel Ibañez’s debut YA fantasy novel draws on the riches of Bolivian culture to tell its story royal intrigue and revenge.
Read MoreThe Worst Books of 2019: Nonfiction!
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In which Stevereads repeatedly asks “How on Earth does this charlatan keep getting book contracts?”
Read MoreUnbound by Heather Boushey
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The author assumes a degree of ignorance on the part of the reader, taking them on a journey that was only ever going to go in one direction.
Dogs by Mark Alizart
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Monoglot dog lovers can now spend an hour basking in Alizart’s singularly Gallic combination of eloquence and hooey.
Read MoreThe Successor by Willemijn Van Dijk
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An account of Tiberius’ life before his reign that is about as full as it can be given the sources we have.
Read MoreSaving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay By Julie Zickefoose
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We don’t simply get to know Jemima; we get to be Jemima as we are welcomed into Julie’s family home.
Read MoreChaucer: A European Life by Marion Turner
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Turner reminds her readers that the father of English literature was a traveling man.
Read MoreThe Pandemic Century by Mark Honigsbaum
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The book is unfailingly fascinating reading, despite its appalling subject matter, with vividly drawn portraits of many of the people at the front lines.
Read MoreDevices and Desires by Kate Hubbard
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A big, bouncily-written biography of Bess, the Countess of Shrewsbury—a fascinating figure from the era.
Read MoreThe Best Books of 2018: Nonfiction!
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It's not surprising that certain themes have surfaced again and again, considering the boiling news atmosphere in which these authors are stewing every day.
Read MoreThe Worst Books of 2018: Nonfiction!
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2018 a particularly demoralizing year for nonfiction, and here are the worst offenders.
Read MoreDon’t Quit Your Day Job by Michael Fedo
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Smart, determined would-be writers will learn a great deal from this veteran’s favorite stories.
Read MoreClick Here to Kill Everybody by Bruce Schneier
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This book advocates for common-sense precautions by companies, governments, and individuals so we can enjoy the benefits of technolgoy without falling prey to its vulnerabilities.
Read MoreChesapeake Requiem by Earl Swift
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The chronicle of a two-hundred-year-old crabbing community in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay that is slowly disappearing.
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