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.

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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


Hardcover, 2025
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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


Hardcover, 2025
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Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service
Michael LewisAs 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."

Hardcover, 2025
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Everything Is Tuberculosis (Signed Edition): The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John GreenIn 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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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

Hardcover, 2025
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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

Hardcover, 2025
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Funny Because It's True: How the Onion Created Modern American News Satire
Christine WencWritten 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
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The Tell: Oprah's Book Club: A Memoir
Amy GriffinThis 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.


Hardcover, 2025
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How to Feed the World: The History and Future of Food
Vaclav SmilHaving 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
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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
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