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5 of the Best Books About Longevity to Help You Live a Longer LifeBooks on health can cover a wide range of topics. Some are dedicated to teaching readers about nutrition or gut health . Others dive into...
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10 Must-Read New Nonfiction Releases for June 2024June days here in the South are filled with buckets of iced tea and evenings spent on your deck or front porch. As an introvert, I must admit I am...
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This Poetic Queer Travel Memoir Is Both Heartbreaking and HopefulToday’s pick is a memoir from earlier this year that took me around the globe in a way that I have never before experienced through...
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Read This Book On Basketball, Belonging, and Survival by a MacArthur GeniusToday’s pick is a new release by poet, essayist, cultural critic, and MacArthur Genius Hanif Abdurraqib. There’s Always This...
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10 New Nonfiction Book Releases For May 2024Here in the American South, May often feels like a never-ending battle with your allergies as you dodge tumble-pollens while moving down the...
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The Most Popular Nonfiction Books of 2024 So Far, According to GoodreadsGoodreads editors have crunched some more numbers to give us a list of 51 of the most popular nonfiction books of 2024 (so far). To do so, they...
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Books on Parenting and Pregnancy for the First-Time ParentLast year, I became a first-time parent to identical twin girls. As my nurse/midwife will tell you, I’m someone who needs all of the...
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Empowering LGBTQ+ Self-Improvement and Wellness BooksFrom amanda lovelace, the bestselling author of the princess saves herself in this one, comes an accessible guide to welcoming magic into your...
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8 Useful Books About Focusing to Improve Your Attention SpanBooks about focusing are something that we all need more of — at least, it often feels that way. In our current world of instant information...
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Lighting Up Our Brains: Books about ReadingThe act of reading is generally thought of as how we cozy ourselves up on a cold or rainy day, how we tune out busy commutes, and how we connect...
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10 of the Best Books about Octopuses. Or Octopi. Or Octopodes. Whatever You Call Them.Let’s talk about octopus books. Octopuses (don’t get me started on Octopi ) make some of the best literary subjects for fiction and...
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8 Genre-Blending Nonfiction Books You Need To ReadSet in the Spanish Golden Age, during a time of high‑stakes political intrigue and glittering wealth, The Familiar follows Luzia, a servant in...
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10 of the Best New Nonfiction Books To Read in April 2024Rainy April days are perfect to spend inside with a cup of tea and a great book, especially anything nonfiction. At this time of year, I love to...
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8 Nonfiction Books That SFF Fans Will LoveThere’s a whole lot to love about science fiction and fantasy (SFF): fabulous world-building, epic adventures, fantastical creatures,...
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Daughter, Mother, Wife, Girlfriend, Artist: On Splintered IdentityWelcome to Read this Book, a newsletter where I recommend one book that needs to jump onto your TBR pile! Sometimes these books are brand new...
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Hit the Hay: Helpful Books About Sleep and RestSleep is one of those things you don’t think about at all until you think about it all the time. And if you’re in a...
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Ijeoma Oluo Teaches Us How to Be a RevolutionToday’s pick is the newest nonfiction from Ijeoma Oluo, the #1 New York Times —bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race...
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8 Emotional Memoirs about BIPOC FamiliesRefugees from the Vietnam War, Susan Lieu’s family escaped to California in the 1980s. Upon arrival in California, Susan’s mother was their...
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11 of the Best Books on Politics to Read Before the ElectionIf you live in the United States, this is one of the years when American politics becomes entirely unavoidable. It’s the year when eligible...
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10 of the Best New Nonfiction Books To Read in March 2024March comes in like a lion, spring on its heels. While every season is reading season here at Book Riot, spring unleashes a whole new opportunity...
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Books About Creating, Maintaining, and Leveling-Up Your FriendshipsI’m sure you’ve seen the headlines. Americans are experiencing a loneliness epidemic , and (ironically?) we’re not alone:...
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Fat Phobia’s Origins (Hint: It’s Racism)Today’s pick is a piece of intense nonfiction that details the origins of anti-fatness and how is is rooted in white supremacy....
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A Messy Queer Girlhood in SingaporeWelcome to Read this Book, a newsletter where I recommend one book that needs to jump onto your TBR pile! Sometimes, these books are brand-new...
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8 Inspirational Books on Finding Your PurposeIn 2018, I had resigned from my publishing job. I was thriving and on my way to climbing the editorial ladder. It was the beginning and also the...
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Imagination: A ManifestoThe following is an excerpt from Imagination: A Manifesto by Ruha Benjamin. Drawing on the argument that all of the most profound...
