Book Reviews & Recommendations
Amy Griffin’s The Tell: A Memoir is a haunting and heartfelt exploration of trauma, memory, and self-discovery. It begins with a simple observation from her daughter: “You’re here, but you’re not here.” That single moment sparks Griffin’s journey into the deepest corners […]
In We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People, Nemonte Nenquimo, the fearless Indigenous leader and environmental activist from Ecuador’s Amazon, delivers a memoir as lush, fierce, and essential as the rainforest itself. Co-written with Mitch Anderson, the book captures both […]
Heather Cox Richardson’s Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America is a lucid, urgent walk through American history that explains how the United States arrived at a precarious democratic moment and what it might take to reclaim the promise of self-government. […]
In Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk, Kathleen Hanna, the iconic frontwoman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, finally tells her story with the same ferocity, wit, and vulnerability that made her music a rallying cry for generations of women. […]
In his latest work, When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows…: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life, cognitive scientist and bestselling author Steven Pinker invites readers into one of the most fascinating and complex ideas in human psychology: […]
If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to become a saint, Kate Sidley’s How to Be a Saint: An Extremely Weird and Mildly Sacrilegious History of the Catholic Church’s Biggest Names is here to enlighten you with laughter, wit, and a touch […]
In Boat Baby, NBC News anchor and correspondent Vicky Nguyen shares an unforgettable memoir that blends courage, humor, and heartfelt reflection. Through vivid storytelling, Nguyen traces her family’s journey from war-torn Vietnam to a new life in America, exploring the meaning of […]
Zoe Thorogood’s graphic memoir is part diary, part performance, and part mirror that refuses to soften what it reflects. Framed as six months in which the artist writes a book about writing the book, it spirals through depression, anxiety, impostor syndrome, and […]
Pauline Harmange’s brief manifesto is not a coy thought experiment. It is a full-throated argument for misandry as a political position and as a psychic exit ramp from a world structured by male power. The title promises heat and the essay delivers, […]
Scott Ellsworth’s Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America aims for narrative propulsion over academic granularity, and for the most part it hits the mark. If you like your history […]