Nonfiction Posts

Great Companions: Because Two Books Are Better than One

by Kerry Clare

New pairs of amazing nonfiction titles about trees, family histories, grief, nature, and more.

9 Great Memoirs by Women

by Naomi K. Lewis

A recommended reading list by the author of Tiny Lights for Travellers.

Most Anticipated: 2019 Fall Nonfiction Preview

by 49th Shelf Staff

New books about family, mountain climbing, millionaires murdered or missing, travel, history, water, climate change, sexism and #MeToo, disability, the …

Resilience, Social Justice, and Race: Reviewing Jael Ealey Richardson's The Stone Thrower

by Jonelle St. Aubyn

It can be very difficult to tell two stories in one book, especially in a work of nonfiction, but this is something that Jael Richardson does quite masterfully …