#Nonfiction

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.

Why BuzzFeed’s Leap to Longform is Good for Readers

Earlier this week, BuzzFeed publicly stepped forward into the world of longform, online journalism by hiring a new editor specifically to ...

Love Soup Is My Winter CookBook

Love Soup, by James Beard Award winner Anna Thomas (author of the seminal 70s The Vegetarian Epicure) is my winter cookbook/bible. Here's why.

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: November 6, 2012

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

Fresh Ink: New Books Out Today: November 6, 2012

Whether you’re in the mood for lit fic, nonfiction, or just a good, stiff drink, there’s something for you in ...

The End of the World as We Know It

One week ago, Hurricane Sandy hit the Eastern seaboard with full force. A day earlier I saw people stocking up ...

Baby Animals Read THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW: OF AFRICA by Wole Soyinka

From Adam Rothschild’s review of Of Africa by Wole Soyinka

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: Week of October 30, 2012

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

Mars Mania: A Reading List

Back in August, a robot landed on Mars. Admittedly, we’ve landed robots there before, but none quite so big or ...

Five Books to Watch for in November

November is a tough month for me to predict what I will want to read or what the big books ...

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in October

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, memoir, and ...