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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.

Genre Kryptonite: Nerdy Science History for the Masses

This guest installment comes Alexandra Jacunski, a graduate student in Pharmacology at The University of Toronto. She also blogs about her ...

Dinner Table in the Sky: Food Writers

Get the fantasy place cards ready! We’re back around the Dinner Table in the Sky, imagining which writers, living or ...

Essential Pepin: Jacques Pepin, French Cookbook Chef and Chevalier

ChefJacques Pepin charmingly serves up French food and wisdom.

Spring Gardening: How-To Plant and Garden Books

How-to garden books.

What’s Wrong with Chick Nonfiction?

Readers and writers who are upset by real and perceived sexism in book reviews in The New York Times got ...

The Ideal Bookshelf

via The Ideal Bookshelf New AWESOME book alert: An author (Thessaly La Force) and an artist (Jane Mount) are collaborating ...

Valentine Desserts: Chocolate, Candy, and Cake Cookbooks

Chocolate, cupcake, candy, and cake cookbook suggestions for Valentine desserts:

An Easy Introduction to Nonfiction: The Essay

One of my reading goals for this year was to read an essay every single day. Reading essays — both ...

16 Things Calvin and Hobbes Said Better Than Anyone Else

here, in no particular order, is a selection of Calvin and Hobbes quotes that nail everything from the meaning of life to special underwear, like "You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help." Enjoy.

Super Novel for the Super Bowl

This is a guest post by David Abrams. David is a novelist, short story writer, reviewer, and book evangelist. His novel ...