Non-fiction
Just the Two of Us
Gaël Tchakaloff
For several months, the novelist Gaël Tchakaloff lived at the heart of power and with those who embody it: the President of the Republic and the First Lady. Just the Two of Us pierces through the armo…
The Family
Nicolas Jacquard
A celebrated work of investigative journalism—soon to be an international TV series They were always there among us… Three thousand of them, living in the heart of Paris, for three centuries. Yet they…
The Sixth Extinction: Young Readers Edition
Elizabeth Kolbert
In this adaptation of the adult bestseller, Elizabeth Kolbert revisits her moving and comprehensive account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes. Over the last half billion years, there ha…
Believers
Lisa Wells
Like many of us, Lisa Wells has spent years overwhelmed by news of apocalyptic-scale climate change and a coming sixth extinction. She did not need to be convinced of the stakes. But what can be done?…
Making History
Richard Cohen
There are many stories we can spin about the past, but which accounts get told? And by whom? In this book, Cohen reveals how historians – and other critical witnesses such as the writers of the Bible,…
Fox and I
Catherine Raven
Catherine Raven left home at fifteen, fleeing an abusive father and an indifferent mother. Drawn to the natural world, for years she worked as a ranger in National Parks, at times living in her run-do…
Little Matches
Maryanne O'Hara
When their only child was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) at the age of two, Maryanne O’Hara and her husband were told that Caitlin could live a long life or be dead in a matter of months. Thirty-…
Under a White Sky
Elizabeth Kolbert
From her coverage in The New Yorker, Elizabeth Kolbert has become one of our most important writers on the environment. Now she investigates the immense challenges humanity faces as we scramble to rev…
The Frontlines of Peace
Séverine Autesserre
It’s always the same story told in a different setting. Violence breaks out, foreign nations are scandalized, interveners and million-dollar donors come rushing in, peace is declared, and within a mon…
The Guilt Detox
David Khayat
Who hasn’t uttered those empty words after an evening of heavy drinking or a particularly indulgent week? Just to forget all about our promises to abstain next week and begin the cycle all over again?…