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Mark Kurlansky’s 2002 best-seller is back on the list, all thanks to a young TikToker who’s never had a latke.

The ten contenders for the National Book Award for Nonfiction The National Book Foundation today announced the Longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Nonfiction with The New Yorker. The Finalists in all five categories will be revealed on Tuesday, October 6 with the New York Times; Winners will be announced live at the 77th National Book Awards Ceremony & Benefit Dinner on Wednesday, November 18, 2026. For more information and to register to watch the livestream, please visit nationalbook.org/awards. The 2026 Nonfiction Longlist includes emerging and established writers, and features works of criticism, reportage, memoir, science writing, and more. Nine of the authors on the 2026 Nonfiction Longlist are first-time National Book Award honorees, and one has been previously honored: Camonghne Felix, a Longlister for the 2019 National Book Award for Poetry for her collection Build Yourself a Boat. This year’s Longlist includes Fellows from the Guggenheim Foundation, the … Continue reading "Longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Nonfiction"

The new film has reignited interest in Anthony Bourdain’s debut memoir, Kitchen Confidential, on which it is (very) loosely based. The late chef’s longtime editor Karen Rinaldi hopes readers will redi...

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A New York Times veteran considers the art of the obituary and how words give shape to legacies.

The story of California’s decimated fishing industry begins with Russian fur hunters.

A new book, “Little Blue Dot,” by Katherine Dunn, raises questions about the unintended consequences of knowing where we are.

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Isaac Butler and Rosa Campbell are both historians and writers whose latest work focuses on the culture war of the 1980s and 1990s: Butler’s The Perfect Moment: God, Sex, Art and the Birth of Ameri…

In this story collection, ghosts and aliens reveal layered truths about consent and autonomy.

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Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova talk about tennis, friendship and cancer. John Powers reviews Alice and Steve. Author Isaac Butler explains how the religious right embraced culture wars.

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The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

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The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.