Though Nuar Alsadir set out to write a book about laughter, Animal Joy is a far deeper study of how we express and understand our most powerful emotions.
Hernández displays impressive storytelling skills in this masterfully researched volume about a rare disease, which won the 2022 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award.
Linda Villarosa‘s wonderfully written book makes stunning points about the health risks of racism amid moving narratives of real people‘s experiences.
It’s impossible to read Anita Hannig’s The Day I Die without being moved. It will make you reconsider how dying could and should be.
Angela Garbes swoops from the universal to the intimate as she offers a vision of mothering that would improve our individual and collective lives.
Former librarian Amanda Oliver quickly learned that her job was as much about performing the work of a social worker—without any training—as it was about books.
Former librarian Amanda Oliver quickly learned that her job was as much about performing the work of a social worker—without any training—as it was about books.
Before you cut off a loved one who won’t shut up about their pet conspiracy theory, you really should read Kelly Weill’s extraordinary debut, Off the Edge.
Dan Saladino spent over 10 years researching foods that are at risk of going extinct, culminating in the fascinating and well-written Eating to Extinction.
Praying to the West explores the Muslim population of the Americas in all its staggering diversity and makes it impossible not to see Islam’s rich complexity.
Amia Srinivasan’s book about sex and consent is invaluable for readers interested in intelligent, clear and nuanced analysis rather than hasty clickbait.
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