Editors' Fall Preview Nonfiction Picks

by D.T. Max

A stellar biography of a complicated subject: Max's portrait skillfully unites Wallace’s external and internal lives. Full review >

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by Andrew Solomon

An informative and moving book that raises profound issues regarding the nature of love, the value of human life and the... Full review >

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by Jonathan Kozol

Cleareyed, compassionate and hopeful. Full review >

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by Kurt Vonnegut & edited by Dan Wakefield

Vonnegut’s most human of hearts beats on every page. Full review >

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by Ross King

Thankfully, King’s book is an impressive work of restoration—the author helps readers see this painting for the first time. Full review >

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by Damien Echols

Essential reading for anyone interested in justice or memoir. Full review >

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by Christopher Hitchens

Certainly, Hitchens died too soon. May this moving little visit to his hospital room not be the last word from him. Full review >

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by Timothy Egan

Lucent prose illuminates a man obscured for years in history’s shadows. Full review >

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by Jon Meacham

An outstanding biography that reveals an overlooked steeliness at Jefferson’s core that accounts for so much of his... Full review >

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by Eric Jay Dolin

A rich, highly readable examination of the seeds of poppies, trade, greed, grandeur and an international partnership that... Full review >

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