Best Nonfiction Page-Turners of 2015

by Joby Warrick

Warrick stops short of offering policy solutions, but he provides a valuable, readable introduction to a pressing... Full review >

by Erik Larson

An intriguing, entirely engrossing investigation into a legendary disaster. Compared to Greg King and Penny Wilson’s... Full review >

by Helen Macdonald

Whether you call this a personal story or nature writing, it’s poignant, thoughtful and moving—and likely to become a... Full review >

by Gary Rivlin

Deeply engrossing, well-written, and packed with revealing stories. Full review >

by John Ferling

A first-rate historian’s masterful touch conveys the profound changes to colonists’ “hearts and minds.” Full review >

by Joe Domanick

Sprawling, engrossing, and highly relevant to the ongoing controversies about policing post-Ferguson, which Domanick... Full review >

by Ada Calhoun

Rather than a nostalgic lament, this revelatory book celebrates an indelible cultural imprint. Full review >

by Paul Fischer

A meticulously detailed feat of rare footage inside the DPRK’s propaganda machinery. Full review >

by Harrison Scott Key

An uncommonly entertaining story replete with consistent wit and lethal weaponry. Full review >

by Cynthia Barnett

Highlights the severity of some of our environmental problems with knowledge, humor, urgency and hope. Full review >

by Carrie Brownstein

Unlike many rock star memoirs, there’s no sense that this book is a chore or a marketing effort. It’s revealing and... Full review >

by Michael Paterniti

Real-world storytelling of the highest order. Full review >

by Rinker Buck

By turns frankly hilarious, historically elucidating, emotionally touching, and deeply informative. Full review >

by Scott Shane

Shane's reporting is superb, and the way he frames the public policy debate makes the narrative compelling from start to... Full review >

by Lynsey Addario photographed by Lynsey Addario

A brutally real and unrelentingly raw memoir that is as inspiring as it is horrific. Full review >

by Simon Winchester

Winchester’s passionate research—on sea and land—undergirds this superb analysis of a world wonder that we seem hellbent on... Full review >