#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.

Books for Parents-to-Be

I know approximately 700 couples who are getting ready to have kids. Or at least that’s what it seems like. ...

7 Awesome Original Banned Books Trading Cards

Nothing brings the literary community together like a week of celebrating our freedom to read, and few organizations know that better ...

The Best of BookRiot.tv: The Most Watched Book Trailers – September 29-October 5, 2012

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

The World’s Largest Floating Bookstore

Carrying more than 5000 books and measuring more than 430 feet long, the Logos Hope is the world’s largest floating ...

Reimagining the Reading Life: An Interview with Lauren Leto

It was a happy day when Lauren Leto’s Judging a Book By its Lover landed on my doorstep last month. ...

Write Place, Write Time: Erika Robuck

“There is no friend as loyal as a book.” – Ernest Hemingway I agree with Mr. Hemingway about books, and my writing ...

What We Talk About When We Talk About VAGINA

Naomi Wolf’s new book Vagina: A New Biography is (sort of?) about the neuroscience behind the brain-vagina link, and how ...

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

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

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: October 2, 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: October 2, 2012

Something for every mood in this selection, kids. It’s a good week to be a reader! Judging a Book by ...