Name: William Orne White, a Record of Ninety Years
ISBN: 9781117281032

Every Wednesday throughout the year, the New Yorker’s editors and critics curate the most thought-provoking and talked-about books. We’re sharing some nonfiction highlights here in an eclectic reading list including: the acclaimed memoir of motherhood and divorce from Leslie Jamison, a dishy oral history of The Village Voice, and a timely, important examination of 2020 through the lens of five ordinary New Yorkers.

Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday's Last Year

The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture

I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

The New Yorker's Favorite Nonfiction of 2024 So Far

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The New Yorker rounds up the best new book, and we've chosen our favorite nonfiction picks of 2024 so far. This eclectic mix includes a new memoir from Leslie Jamison, an oral history of The Village Voice, and more.

Black Snow: Curtis Lemay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

The King of Diamonds: The Search for the Elusive Texas Jewel Thief

Out now in History – Apr 19 2024

During this time of crisis, we’ve turned to some trusted sources to see what books the experts recommend reading for context on the history and present state of the Israel-Palestine conflict. Now updated with some fiction and memoirs, these recommendations have been compiled from the Financial Times, Economist, Foreign Policy, Slate, LitHub and The Guardian. 

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A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy

My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel

An Israel-Palestine Reading List: Recommendations from Experts

An Israel-Palestine Reading List: Recommendations from the Experts

During this time of crisis in the Middle East, we’ve turned to some trusted sources to see what books the experts recommend reading for context on the history and present state of the Israel-Palestine conflict. 

Stories of remarkable women dominate the celebrity book club picks this March, as is fitting for Women’s History Month. Both Reese's Book Club and Alison Stewart champion Xochitl Gonzalez’s sophomore novel about a Brooklyn art school student discovering the life of a forgotten female artist. Backlist gems get some love with Natalie Portman selecting  Nora Ephron’s Heartburn and Kaia Gerber picking the reissue of the 1979 classic Sex and Rage, about a dreamy girl going to New York to find her purpose. Whether reading in a room of one’s own or planning next month's pick for their own clubs, Tertulia members get a diverse set recommendations this month from the book club mavens.

Anita de Monte Laughs Last: Reese's Book Club Pick (a Novel)

The New York Times Best Seller

Wandering Stars

Heartburn

What Book Clubs Are Reading in March

Celebrity Book Club Picks for March

Check out the best celebrity book club picks for March 2024, from Oprah, Reese's Book Club, Kaia Gerber's Library Science, Belleletrist and more. 

From The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a renowned six-volume history that inspired a Harvard course of the same name, to a book that asks, bluntly, if the United States is going the way of the Roman Empire, to Mary Beard's history that mixes gossip, science, and day-to-day life to help us understand the Roman Empire, there is a lot to learn and reflect on as the Ides of March are upon us.

The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic

Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

S.P.Q.R: A History of Ancient Rome

Beware the Ides of March: Books on the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

The Best History Books on the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

Want to understand what the fall of the Roman Empire has to do with history today or if America is like the Roman Empire? Check out this list of books about American politics, the history of the Roman Empire, and historical fiction of the Roman empire.

This Presidents' Day, we recommend a few books that celebrate the women who served alongside presidents as the First Ladies of the United States. From a biography that considers if Jackie O dealt with undiagnosed mental trauma to The First Ladies, a novel inspired by Eleanor Roosevelt's real life friendship with a civil rights activist, these are six choice picks to reflect on the leading women who also contributed to America's legacy.

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: The Untold Story

Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight

Becoming

The Six Best Books About First Ladies

Let's also celebrate the women who served as the First Ladies of the United States. From a biography of Jackie O to a novel inspired by Eleanor Roosevelt, these are six choice picks about the First Ladies.

Pulitzer winners abound in this list of presidential biographies that will stand the test of time. 

His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life

Truman

First In His Class

The Best Presidential Biographies to Add to Your Reading List in 2023

11 Best Presidential Biographies to Read in 2023

Pulitzer winners abound in this list of presidential biographies that will stand the test of time.

Step back in time with 21 of the best new history books to come out in 2024 so far (plus a few beloved books now out in paperback) including a riveting narrative of China's rise, a big picture history of revolutions by Fareed Zaharia, a trip through the history of psychedelics and a few books for the WWII buff including an illuminating fresh look at the Holocaust. 

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

Asia After Europe: Imagining a Continent in the Long Twentieth Century

Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

21 Best New History Books to Read Now

Step back in time with 21 of the best new history books in 2024 so far (plus a few books now out in paperback) including a tantalizing new history of psychedelics, a riveting narrative of Asia’s rise, and an illuminating fresh look at the Holocaust. 

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

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