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10 Great Nonfiction Titles to Read This August

10 Great Nonfiction Titles to Read This August

Featuring Books by Dave Zirin, Claudia Rankine, Kathryn Jezer-Morton, and More

By Literary Hub | August 5, 2026

What Barriers Do Women in Science Face When Trying to Publish?

What Barriers Do Women in Science Face When Trying to Publish?

Jennifer Rubin Grandis on Confronting Systemic Bias in Academic Publishing

By Jennifer Rubin Grandis | July 27, 2026

Why “Shifting Baseline Syndrome” Makes It Harder to Save the Planet

Why “Shifting Baseline Syndrome” Makes It Harder to Save the Planet

Jason Dove Mark on the Ways Environmental Amnesia Influences Our Perception of the Natural World

By Jason Dove Mark | July 15, 2026

One of My Poems is Literally Going to the Moon

One of My Poems is Literally Going to the Moon

Sally Ashton on the Eternal Beauty of the Lunar-Human Connection

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The World’s Languages Are in the Middle of an Extinction-Level Event

The World’s Languages Are in the Middle of an Extinction-Level Event

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By Sophia Smith Galer | July 9, 2026

“The Forest is the Therapist.” On the Art of Noticing

“The Forest is the Therapist.” On the Art of Noticing

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Did You Know That Squids Have Queer Sex at 7,000 Feet Below Sea Level?

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Andrea Wulf Considers the Rare Humanity of an Eighteenth-Century Naturalist

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Why Does Roast Chicken Taste So Good? Inside the Science Behind the Flavors We Love

Why Does Roast Chicken Taste So Good? Inside the Science Behind the Flavors We Love

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Alone on a Mountain in Wyoming Far From Home and Looking for Answers

Alone on a Mountain in Wyoming Far From Home and Looking for Answers

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How Medieval Doctors, Christian and Muslim, Treated the Black Death

How Medieval Doctors, Christian and Muslim, Treated the Black Death

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How Bees Came to the United States and Changed Our Landscape

How Bees Came to the United States and Changed Our Landscape

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