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A New York Times Bestseller.

Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction and of the Goodreads Choice Award for History & Biography.

"Complex and challenging...

A New York Times Notable Book. As late as 1999, women who succeeded in science were called "exceptional" as if it were unusual for them to be so bright.

A powerful chronicle of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching beautiful clothes at an extraordinary fashion workshop created within one of the most notorious WW

From a master of true crime comes the story of the criminal lawyer who represented everybody from Manuel Noriega to John Gotti to Bernie Goetz—and won every single case.

New York Times editors’ choice • The captivating, deeply reported true story of how one of the most notorious novels ever written—Marquis de Sade’s 120 Days of Sodom—landed at the heart of one of t

From the bestselling author of Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird: The modern classic that spent more than two years on The New York Times bestseller list and t

A Best Book of 2021 by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Time, and The Washington Post The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a "compelling" (The Washington Post) a

From real-life "Mafia Survivor" Frank Dimatteo, the gripping account of the life and crimes of the most feared mafia boss of all time: Carmine "Lilo" Galante — the prime mover b

A New York Times Bestseller. "I'll be forever changed by Dr. Eger's story...

Instant New York Times bestseller.

The instant New York Times Bestseller. In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope?

One of our nation's most prominent writers discovers the truth about how to live a long and happy life from the centenarian next door in this "original and highly readable account of a sp

Pulitzer Prize finalist • Named a top 10 best book of the year by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Slate, and People One of Barack Obama's favorite books of 2023 “Bra