Benjamin Franklin once said, “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” How very true that is. No matter what happens, the one thing that can’t be taken from you is your mind. And the more ...

A deep dive on gossip. Revolutionary history. A meditation on muscle. A graphic ode to NYC. A closer look at the color blue. And memoirs galore. We asked our newsroom colleagues to share the ...

Every year brings new opportunities to learn and grow, and one of the most rewarding ways to do so is by reading nonfiction books and memoirs that anchor you in the present, educate you on the past, ...

NPR's Books We Love returns with about 380 titles handpicked by NPR staff and critics. Reporter Andrew Limbong shares this year's nonfiction favorites with Michel Martin.

When it comes to untethering the imagination and letting it soar into the unknown, comic books and graphic novels are hard to beat. The arrangement of square panels on a white page can unlock potent ...

Want to be the most interesting guest at a dinner party? Be the most well-read. There are many earnest, unpretentious reasons to be a regular reader, from stepping into someone else’s shoes to ...

The book by Omar El Akkad stems from a viral tweet. A book about Jewish refugees won the young people’s literature award. A provocative essay collection about the West’s response to the Gaza war and a ...

This year in the nonfiction hemisphere, some of the greatest essayists and cultural critics of our time are diving deeper than ever before, with releases of all stripes hitting our shelves. In the ...