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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.

Music to Read By: A Playlist to Accompany Mary Roach’s PACKING FOR MARS

This is a guest post from Cariwyl Hebert. Cariwyl is the founder of Salon97, a San Francisco-based non-profit that makes ...

Books About Menopause, The Change O’ Life

I thought I’d be jaunty with the title of this post, a wee bit of magic dust unicorn fairyland “change ...

Picking the Favorites in the National Book Award for Nonfiction

When the 2012 National Book Awards nominees were announced last week, I immediately turned to the nonfiction list, which, I ...

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: October 16, 2012

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

“They Reviewed”: Decoding Book Reviews “He Texted”-Style

Book Riot colleague Rebecca Schinsky forwarded me the link to this HORRIFYING new website HeTexted in which girls send in ambiguous ...

The Perfect Gift of Books

A while ago I wrote about receiving the ill-suited book as a present, in my case it was Knit Your ...

Dangerous Liaisons: Books About Madness & Obsessions

This installment of Riot Recommendation is sponsored by The Bloodletter’s Daughter by Linda Lafferty. In 1606, the city of Prague shines as a ...

Baby Animals Read THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW: JOSEPH ANTON by Salman Rushdie

From Donna Rifkind’s review of Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie Want to see more baby animals read The New York ...

The Best of BookRiot.tv: The Most Watched Book Trailers – October 6-12, 2012

Here are the most popular book trailers from the last week on BookRiot.tv. Click the cover to watch!    

What’s Your Take on the National Book Award Shortlists?

The finalists for the 2012 National Book Awards were announced this morning. The National Book Award celebrates American works (obviously) ...