#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.

Kindness Is My Religion: Three Books About Not Being Mean

“Kindness is my religion,” the Dalai Lama has said, and how many of us couldn’t use some reminding about how ...

Reading About the Dead

One of the most common resolutions made by readers in the new year is to make more time for non-fiction. ...

Best Books of 2011: The Buffet

I once heard that there are only two real aphrodisiacs: variety and exercise. Variety to, you know, keep it exciting, ...

5 Books I Missed Reading in 2011

One of the things that is most depressing about reading all of the best lists at the end of the ...

A Book Gift That Should Not Be Forgotten

The first blog that I ever followed with any sort of consistency, and that I still follow, is Forgotten Bookmarks. It’s ...

Best Books of 2011: Can You Pick Just Two?

On my first pass through the 104 books I’ve read this year to come up with some “Best Of” lists, ...

When Used Books Attack: Banana Edition

At RiverRun Bookstore, we carry used books as well as new. People drop off boxes of their books, and we ...

Football Reading for Fanatics to Skeptics

I’m a girl who loves football. Every Sunday during football season you’ll find me settled on my couch, snacks, computer, ...

The Write Stuff: Presidential Books

Yesterday marked the one year point until the 2012 election. And if you haven’t read my profile yet, you might ...

Are You Afraid of ‘Monsters in America’?

Whether you’re over the whole zombie thing or getting ready to read the next big literary zombie novel,  it’s difficult ...