Looking back on the top memoirs and biographies is always interesting, as we see the lives and the themes that captured our attention. If you’re interested, compare it to 2009′s top biographies. But let’s get to the books you voted as the most popular by checking them out with your library cards! Here they are…
I always find it interesting to see what issues captured people’s attention this year, and so here’s a list of the top 10 current affairs and social issues books. From the economic crisis to the environment to managing change, it’s clear this year hasn’t been an easy one. Here’s hoping for better news in 2011!
Yikes! I just realized the last nonfiction picks post I did was almost 2 months ago. What happened to November? It seems that lately I’ve come across various good nonfiction reads that are centered around the Amazon. So, in honor of that serendipity, and to warm us up in this dreary December, here is a [...]
The Gazette Times asked us for some top ten most popular book lists for the past year. An upcoming Entertainer will feature the info in an article about books and reading. But just for you, our loyal blog readers, we have a sneak preview! Below is the list of the top 10 nonfiction books for [...]
The 2010 Nobel Prize winners are being announced this week and next – check out our quickie post about the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. We’ve selected a few books related to history of the Prize itself, and the controversies surrounding it. These have all been well-reviewed: we hope you enjoy them!
Stephen Hawking’s new book called The Grand Design comes out next week, and today I finished putting together some science reading lists for physics, astronomy, and mathematics. So in honor of these two (admittedly unrelated) events, this week’s list of nonfiction picks are all about science.
It seems that along with these cooler days, I’m hearing the leaves crunching under my feet more often, and seeing little kids playing football with those huge marshmallow-y helmets. I’m thinking that fall is coming and it’s not going to be stopped, even though hardly any of my tomatoes have ripened. I do love fall [...]
Looking at our blog stats, I see that our recent Eat, Pray, Love read-alikes post has been far and away our most popular lately. While I haven’t read the book, it seems to involve a fair amount of traveling and eating. So, since summer is a great time to travel and a good time to [...]
There are lovers and there are haters of Elizabeth Gilbert’s smash hit memoir Eat, Pray, Love out there. A book this popular generally generates strong feelings one way or another. The hold list for the book has been growing steadily, ever since the movie version starring Julia Roberts has been announced. All of you Eat [...]
This week’s picks come to us from the list of LA Times Book Prizes award winners for history and science & technology. Below are two of each.
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