Non-fiction
The Buddhist and the Ethicist
Peter Singer Venerable Shih Chao-Hwei
An unlikely duo—Professor Peter Singer, a preeminent philosopher and professor of bioethics, and Venerable Shih Chao-Hwei, a Taiwanese Buddhist monastic and social activist—join forces to talk ethics…
House + Love = Home
Jenny and Dave Marrs
…clients, and the local artisans who are their neighbors and friends. With their warmth, faith and commitment to living lives rich in both local community, it’s clear why their growing…
The Comfort of Crows
Margaret Renkl
New York Times opinion columnist and bestseller Margaret Renkl explores the natural world once again in The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year, a literary devotional about the passing of seasons both n…
The Symphony of Monsters
Marc Levy
Set against the backdrop of war, this is an unforgettable story of courage, resilience, and love. Veronika, a nurse, comes home to discover that her nine-year-old son, Valentyn, has disappeared. She…
The Times
Adam Nagourney
For over a century, The New York Times has been an iconic institution in American journalism, one whose history is intertwined with the events that it chronicles—a newspaper read by millions of people…
Growing Old Together
Marie de Hennezel Tristan Robet
This project, which is being overseen by the co-founder of the charity Béguinage Solidaire, Tristan Robet, advocates for an innovative approach to life that is more and more people-focused. His organi…
The Time
Nate Hopper
Who made the time? Who keeps the time? How is it that, in a world that is and always has been as fractious and divided and disagreeable as our world is, it came about that we all can agree on this one…
Everything/Nothing/Someone
Alice Carrière
Alice Carrière tells the story of her unconventional upbringing in Greenwich Village as the daughter of a remote mother, the renowned painter Jennifer Bartlett, and a charismatic father, European acto…
Holding the Note
David Remnick
The greatest popular songs, whether it’s Aretha Franklin singing “Respect” or Bob Dylan performing “Blind Willie McTell,” have a way of embedding themselves in our memories. You remember a time and a…
The Hedgehog Diaries
Sarah Sands
A beautifully written story about grief and healing, in which hedgehogs become a metaphor for hope. It is the Winter Solstice and Sarah Sands is sitting by her father’s bedside, bracing herself for lo…