From MLMs to Nuclear War: <br>10 Great Nonfiction Books to Read in May

From MLMs to Nuclear War:
10 Great Nonfiction Books to Read in May

Featuring Work by Bridget Read, Amanda Hess, Robert Macfarlane, and More

By Literary Hub | May 2, 2025

A field guide to the readers you’ll see in public this spring.

A field guide to the readers you’ll see in public this spring.

By James Folta | April 30, 2025

From Lagos to Calgary the Resource Curse Condemns Nations to Corruption and Autocracy

From Lagos to Calgary the Resource Curse Condemns Nations to Corruption and Autocracy

Don Gillmor Explores the Economic, Political and Environmental Impact of Our Addiction to Oil

By Don Gillmor | April 25, 2025

What Makes the Octopus So Worthy of Our Eternal Fascination

What Makes the Octopus So Worthy of Our Eternal Fascination

Drew Harvell Explores the Otherworldly Oceanic Lives of Cephalopods

By Drew Harvell | April 22, 2025

Here’s everything that’s making us happy <em> this </em> week.

Here’s everything that’s making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | April 18, 2025

Before It’s Too Late: Crossing the Northwest Passage in the Era of Climate Change

Before It’s Too Late: Crossing the Northwest Passage in the Era of Climate Change

Mark Synnott on the Logistical, Environmental and Emotional Preparations For a Journey Through the Arctic

By Mark Synnott | April 18, 2025

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  • Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art
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Inside a New Exhibit That Celebrates the Most Unappreciated Part of Children's Books.

By Brittany Allen | April 17, 2025

Here's everything that's making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | April 11, 2025

Our Superfunds, Ourselves: Inside America’s Polluted Urban Ruins

By Ariel Courage | April 10, 2025

Here are a few things that are getting us through the week.

Here are a few things that are getting us through the week.

By Brittany Allen | April 4, 2025

The Forest For the Trees: How “Backyard Biology” Can Lead to Scientific Breakthroughs

The Forest For the Trees: How “Backyard Biology” Can Lead to Scientific Breakthroughs

Thor Hanson on the Joys of Slowing Down and Discovering the Unknown In the Familiar

By Thor Hanson | April 3, 2025

What the Mysterious Mating Habits of an Enigmatic Species Reveal About the Secrets of Evolution

What the Mysterious Mating Habits of an Enigmatic Species Reveal About the Secrets of Evolution

Matt Ridley on the Paradoxical Pickiness of the Black Grouse

By Matt Ridley | March 24, 2025

A Toxic Business: On America’s Practice of Shipping Its Trash to the Global South

A Toxic Business: On America’s Practice of Shipping Its Trash to the Global South

Alexander Clapp Explores the Dirty History and Lasting Impact of the International Waste Trade

By Alexander Clapp | March 21, 2025

Robert Macfarlane on the Beauty and Urgency of Nan Shepherd’s <em>The Living Mountain</em>

Robert Macfarlane on the Beauty and Urgency of Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain

In Praise of the Scottish Author’s Poetic, Universalist Parochialism

By Robert Macfarlane | March 19, 2025

Dissolving Certainties: On Reading the Complex Story of Carbon in Our World

Dissolving Certainties: On Reading the Complex Story of Carbon in Our World

Paul Hawken Merges Science and Indigenous Wisdom on a Heating Planet

By Paul Hawken | March 18, 2025

The Best Story Collection About California Wildfires Isn’t a Book—It’s a Brand-New Record 

The Best Story Collection About California Wildfires Isn’t a Book—It’s a Brand-New Record 

Rebecca Worby on Will Stratton’s “Points of Origin”

By Rebecca Worby | March 7, 2025

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