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Nonfiction Books with Buzz

These are the buzziest nonfiction books of the season from the top journalists, politicos, and thinkers of our time. Including a hot new release from wonk royalty Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, an explosive memoir from a Meta insider, and John Green's illuminating look into the global battle to fight tuberculosis.

12 books
Book Cover for: Abundance, Ezra Klein
Two titans of journalism have teamed up to call for a new politics of "abundance"

Abundance

Ezra Klein

"The authors have dropped a potent political manifesto into the lap of a Democratic Party... Klein and Thompson offer a vision of a 'liberalism that builds,' a can-do antidote to blue-state malaise... its optimism is also compelling, even joyous." – Henry Grabar, Slate

Ezra KleinDavid BrooksEzra Klein & David Brooks

Hardcover, 2025

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism, Sarah Wynn-Williams
An explosive memoir from a Meta insider

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

Sarah Wynn-Williams

"Careless People is darkly funny and genuinely shocking... Not only does [Sarah Wynn-Williams] have the storytelling chops to unspool a gripping narrative; she also delivers the goods." – Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times

Jennifer SzalaiChanda Prescod-WeinsteinJennifer Szalai & Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Hardcover, 2025

$32.99$16.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service, Michael Lewis
A timely essay collection on the often overlooked work of public servants

Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service

Michael Lewis

As so many areas of the public sector come under assault from the Trump Administration's DOGE, the Moneyball author has gathered an all-star cast of writers and thinkers to highlight the critical role that public servants play in nearly all aspects of modern life. The Guardian calls it an "eye-opening, multifaceted ode to public service [that] feels both urgent and moving."

W. Kamau BellW. Kamau Bell

Hardcover, 2025

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Everything Is Tuberculosis (Signed Edition): The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection, John Green
Find out why wildly popular YA author John Green is on a crusade to eradicate the world's top infectious disease killer.

Everything Is Tuberculosis (Signed Edition): The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

John Green

In Everything Is Tuberculosis, bestselling author and multihyphenate John Green delivers a powerful exploration of humanity’s battle with the world’s deadliest infectious disease. Through the poignant story of a young tuberculosis patient in Sierra Leone, Green examines the deep inequities that make this curable disease a persistent killer. Blending personal connection with the scientific and social history of tuberculosis, Green illuminates how our past choices have shaped this crisis—and how our actions can determine its future.

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Book Cover for: Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America, Clay Risen
A masterful exploration of McCarthyism and its echoes in the present

Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America

Clay Risen

"As Clay Risen’s meaty and powerfully relevant new book, “Red Scare,” makes clear, our own times are ringing with echoes of the clamorous battles of mid-20th-century McCarthyism... Risen tells his story with a punch and an economy that are at times almost Hemingwayesque... Some of Risen’s scenes are so vivid that you can almost feel yourself sweating along with the witnesses in the poorly air-conditioned committee room." – Kevin Peraino, The New York Times

Kevin PerainoKevin Peraino

Hardcover, 2025

$31.00$15.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity and Belonging in XI Jinping's China, Emily Feng
An NPR correspondent's intimate investigation of identity in China

Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity and Belonging in XI Jinping's China

Emily Feng

"'Let Only Red Flowers Bloom' is enormously informative, but more important, it manages to humanize history that all too easily shades into abstraction. 'It was the feeling of a frog slowly boiled alive,' Adiya tells Feng, recalling the subtle and steady suppression of Mongolian culture and language. I think I know the feeling." – Becca Rothfeld, The Washington Post

Becca rothfeldBecca rothfeld

Hardcover, 2025

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Funny Because It's True: How the Onion Created Modern American News Satire, Christine Wenc
The inside story of how America's favorite satirical news source came to be

Funny Because It's True: How the Onion Created Modern American News Satire

Christine Wenc

Written by one of The Onion's original staffers, this book tells the unique story of our most beloved and hilarious "news" publication. From its inception in the dorm rooms of the University of Wisconsin-Madison to eventually influencing hit TV programs like The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, this meticulously researched book is a must read for all fans of The Onion.

Hardcover, 2025

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Tell: Oprah's Book Club: A Memoir, Amy Griffin
Book club mavens are gushing over this new release

The Tell: Oprah's Book Club: A Memoir

Amy Griffin

This powerful memoir about repressing dark truths-- and the healing power of confronting them head-on—could help the millions of victims of abuse with how to process their personal history.

Oprah WinfreyLaura DernOprah Winfrey & Laura Dern

Hardcover, 2025

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: How to Feed the World: The History and Future of Food, Vaclav Smil
Bill Gates' favorite author returns with an illuminating look at the history and future of food

How to Feed the World: The History and Future of Food

Vaclav Smil

Having already produced more than 40 books about a wide range of topics, famed intellectual Vaclav Smil now brings us a compelling analysis of how the world produces and consumes food. The book combines large amounts of data with Smil's unique insights, to offer a thorough guide to understanding and transforming our struggling global food system.

Hardcover, 2025

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Authority: Essays, Andrea Long Chu
A collection of 25 essays from a Pulitzer Prize winning critic who pulls know punches

Authority: Essays

Andrea Long Chu

"Chu sees criticism 'as a genre of assertive prose,' and certainly her stance is nothing less than assertive, uncompromising, and sometimes snarky... Acerbic social and cultural critique." – Kirkus Reviews

Hardcover, 2025

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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