Book Reviews & Recommendations
Few memoirs manage to be both devastating and laugh-out-loud funny, but Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President by E. Jean Carroll pulls off that extraordinary feat. Known for her sharp humor and fearless candor, Carroll delivers a remarkable behind-the-scenes look […]
In All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me, Patrick Bringley invites readers into one of the most sacred spaces of art and human emotion the Metropolitan Museum of Art. But this is not simply a book […]
Robert Kolker’s Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family is one of those rare nonfiction books that feels both monumental and intimate a sweeping account of scientific discovery intertwined with the harrowing, deeply personal story of one American family. […]
Mary L. Trump’s Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man is a rare and riveting insider account of one of the most powerful and controversial families in America. Written by Donald Trump’s niece, who is […]
Anderson Cooper, one of America’s most respected journalists, brings readers on a fascinating journey through his own family history in Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty, co-written with historian Katherine Howe. Together, they trace the arc of one of […]
Patrick Radden Keefe’s Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty is one of the most devastating and important works of investigative nonfiction in recent memory. Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Best History & Biography, this book exposes […]
In The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, Erik Larson once again proves his mastery at turning history into an unforgettable human drama. Known for The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake, […]
Parvati Shallow’s memoir arrives with a built-in spotlight. For many viewers she is the most magnetic player in the history of Survivor, a strategist with a megawatt smile and a social game that launched a thousand think pieces. Nice Girls Don’t Win […]
Charlie Kirk’s The MAGA Doctrine: The Only Ideas That Will Win the Future is an unapologetic exploration of the principles behind Trump-era conservatism. Written by the founder of Turning Point USA, this book sets out to explain the intellectual and philosophical backbone […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger has lived a life that sounds like a Hollywood script: a poor Austrian boy becomes the world’s greatest bodybuilder, then a blockbuster movie star, and later, the governor of California. In Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life, he distills the […]