Category: Non-Fiction

Caste
by Isabel Wilkerson

Ms. Wilkerson presents a convincing theory that the race issue in the United States defines a caste system.

The Spy and the Traitor
by Ben Macintyre

The book’s great historical and educational value trumps its spy story quality all day long.

A Woman of No Importance
by Sonia Purnell

If you are a World War II buff it’s an important book about a truly remarkable hero of the war.

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death
by Maggie O’Farrell

Ms. O’Farrell sees herself as a blameless wanderer through a life we all live, full of mistakes and misjudgments, and circumstances we cannot control that endanger us.

The Bomb
by Fred M. Kaplan

Donald J. Trump’s “Fire and Fury” rant in the first year of his administration focused our nation’s attention, and the world’s attention, on the very real possibility of nuclear war.