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Courtesy of W. W. Norton & Company and Michelle Mengsu ChangWhen his father died, Stanford University historian Thomas Mullaney scrambled to preserve the things he'd left behind in the exact order that he'd found them: the papers, photos and other detritus accumulated over decades of living. -
Courtesy of Penguin Press and Kieran KesnerCeleste Ng's most recent novel, "Our Missing Hearts," takes place in a dystopian future where China and people of Asian descent are considered enemies of the United States.
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A biography of Hannibal Lecter. A meditation on trees. A memoir by a child prodigy violinist. A treatise on the way we poop. These are just a few of the nonfiction books our NPR colleagues are enjoying. -
Facts by day, fiction by night! At the end of a long day in the newsroom, many of our journalists head home and escape into novels of all types. -
For more than a decade, actor Laverne Cox been one of the most visible trans women in America. But the Orange Is the New Black star says she spent most of childhood keeping herself hidden. -
One of the most intellectually important relationships in the life of the late Fed chair Alan Greenspan was with his close friend, the formidable novelist and libertarian thinker Ayn Rand. -
"Rosie: A Memoir of Farewell" tells the story of supporting his mother through medically assisted suicide.
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The new book explores ten military veteran civic leaders, five Democrats and five Republicans, who have shown courage through their public service. -
During his chairmanship, Greenspan was celebrated as possibly the best central banker in history. But later, his reputation was tarnished by the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. -
Former Vice President Mike Pence outlines his vision for conservative ideology in his new book What Conservatives Believe. -
Judy Blume wrote her last book more than a decade ago. At the Santa Fe International Literary Festival, NPR's Scott Simon talked to Blume about her long career and why she doesn't miss writing. -
Nashville pastry chef Lokelani Alabanza has dreamed up over 300 ice cream flavors over the course of her career.
