Sonderbooks

All Nonfiction Reviews


by Eben Alexander, M.D.

by Thomas Allin & Mark T. Chamberlain

by Thomas Allin
edited and annotated by Robin A. Parry

by Robert Alter

by Robert Alter

by Robert Alter

by David Artman

by Sharon L. Baker

by Sharon L. Baker

by Tracy Balzer

by Diana Butler Bass

by Diana Butler Bass

by Gerry Beauchemin

by Richard Beck

by Rob Bell

by Tom Berlin

by Tom Berlin

by Tom Berlin

by Sarah Bessey

edited by Sarah Bessey

by Nadia Bolz-Weber

by Nadia Bolz-Weber

by Nadia Bolz-Weber

by Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie

by Kate Bowler

by Gregory Boyle
read by the author

by Gregory Boyle

by Gregory Boyle

by Heath Bradley

by John Burke

by Todd Burpo

by Lorna Byrne

by Lorna Byrne

by Lorna Byrne

by Lorna Byrne

by Lorna Byrne

by Julia Cameron

by Joan Chittister

by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend

by Larry Crabb

by John Dominic Crossan & Sarah Sexton Crossan

by Michael Curry

by Bishop Michael Curry
with Sara Grace

by Brent Curtis and John Eldredge

by John Eldredge

by John and Stasi Eldredge

by John Eldredge

by John and Stasi Eldredge

by John Eldredge

by John Eldredge

by Matthew Elliott

by Rachel Held Evans

by Rachel Held Evans

by Rachel Held Evans
with Jeff Chu

by Bob Evely

by Trey Ferguson

by Julie Ferwerda

by Leslie Leyland Fields

by Pope Francis

by Pope Francis

by Pope Francis

by Elizabeth Garn

by Keith Giles

by Peter Gray, B.Th.

by Adam Hamilton

by John Wesley Hanson

by Trudy Harris

by David Bentley Hart

by David Bentley Hart

by Austen Hartke

by Linda Tatro Herzer

by Zack Hunt

by Hannah Hurnard

by Brad Jersak

by Bradley Jersak

by Bradley Jersak

by Elizabeth A. Johnson

by Tony Jones

by River Jordan

by Emmy Kegler

by Chris Kratzer

by Derek Ryan Kubilus

by Anne Lamott

by George MacDonald
edited by Michael Phillips

by Gregory MacDonald

by James MacDonald

by James Martin, S.J.

by James Martin, S.J.

by James Martin, S.J.

by Mike Mason

by Kathleen McGowan

by Brian McLaren

by Brian D. McLaren

by Paul E. Miller

by Robert J. Morgan

by Robert J. Morgan

by J. D. Myers

by Caroline Myss

by Mary C. Neal, M.D.

by Shauna Niequist

by Henri J. M. Nouwen

by Henri J. M. Nouwen
compiled and edited by Wendy Wilson Greer

by John Pavlovitz

by Jordan Raynor

by Andrew Remington Rillera

by Richard Rohr

by Richard Rohr and Patrick Boland

by Richard Rohr

by Richard Rohr

by Barbara R. Rossing

by Sarah Ruden

by Sarah Ruden

by George W. Sarris

by Cheryl and Jeff Scruggs

by Priscilla Shirer

by Julianne Stanz

by Robert E. Steinkamp

compiled by Bob and Charlyne Steinkamp

by Jon M. Sweeney

by W. David O. Taylor

by Tim Timmons

by Miroslav Volf

by Ann Voskamp

by Rowan Williams

by Lauren F. Winner

by N. T. Wright

by Brother Yun
with Paul Hattaway

by Brian Zahnd

by Brian Zahnd


by Hal Banfield

by Nina Freudenberger
with Sadie Stein
photographs by Shade Degges

by David Crystal

by Susan Engel

by Dilys Evans

edited by Annie Finch and Alexandra Oliver

by Neil Gaiman
illustrated by Chris Riddell

by Amanda Gorman

by Annie Griffiths

by Austin Kleon

by Jeffrey H. Luria and Julie Luria

by Gregory Maguire

by Peter Mendelsund

by L. M. Montgomery
edited by Wendy E. Barry, Margaret Anne Doody, and Mary E. Doody Jones

by L. M. Montgomery

by L. M. Montgomery

by Robert Pinsky


by John Pollack

by Francine Prose

by Catherine Reid

by Anita Silvey

by Margaret C. Sullivan

by Refe & Susan Tuma

by James Wallis


by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

by Vikram Akula

by Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman
read by Po Bronson

by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
read by Po Bronson

written by Bryan Caplan
artwork by Zach Weinersmith

by Kyle Cassidy

by Ha-Joon Chang

by Eugenia Cheng

by Matthew Desmond
read by Dion Graham

by Michael Eric Dyson

by Kathryn J. Edin & H. Luke Shaefer

by Paul Farmer

by Al Franken

by Leigh Gallagher
read by Jessica Geffen

by Julian Gill-Peterson

created by Nikole Hannah-Jones

by Kamala Harris
read by the Author

foreword by Roxane Gay
portraits by Elizabeth D. Herman and Celeste Sloman

by Marilyn Johnson

by Teri Kanefield
art by Pat Dorian

by Ibram X. Kendi

by Barbara Kingsolver

by Jonathan Kozol

by Annie Leonard

by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
read by Stephen J. Dubner

by Valeria Luiselli

by Rachel Maddow

by Amanda Montell

by Elizabeth Marquardt

by Daniel G. Newman
art by George O'Connor

by Ijeoma Oluo

by Esther Perel

by Katie Porter

by Brittany M. Powell

by James Roberts

by Gene Robinson

by Layla F. Saad

by Abby Sher

by Timothy Snyder
illustrated by Nora Krug

by Rebecca Solnit

by Pete Souza

by Bryan Stevenson

by Dana Suskind

by Elizabeth Warren

by Richard Weissbourd

by Terry Tempest Williams

by Ian Wright
illustrated by Infographic.ly


by Sarah Lorge Butler with Leslie Bonci, MPH, RD, and Michele Stanten

by Jodi A. Dodds, MD
and Amanda P. Anderson, MS, CCC-SLP

by Norman Doidge, M.D.

by Rick Foster and Greg Hicks

by Louise L. Hay

by Louise L. Hay & Mona Lisa Schulz, MD, PhD

by Patrick McKeown

by Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.

by Bill Barnes & Gene Ambaum

by Jeffrey Brown

by Jill Conner Browne

by Jill Conner Browne

by Jill Conner Browne

by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein

by Tina Fey

by Shirley Jackson

by Maureen Johnson & Jay Cooper

by Jenny Lawson

by Jenny Lawson

edited by Robert Mankoff

by Kathryn and Ross Petras

by Nathan W. Pyle

by Nathan W. Pyle

by Charles M. Schulz

by Charles M. Schulz

by Charles M. Schulz

by Charles M. Schulz

by Charles M. Schulz

by David Sedaris

by Amber Share

by Lemony Snicket

by Grant Snider

by Greg Stones

by Bill Watterson

as told to Mo Willems


by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu
with Douglas Abrams

by David Anderson

by Kit Bakke

by Maeve Binchy

by Ben Blatt

edited by Grace Bonney

by Ada Calhoun

by Julia Cameron

by Karen Casey

by Karen Casey

edited by Jennifer Crusie

by Philippe J. Dubois and Elise Rousseau
translated by Jennifer Higgins

by Kerry Egan

by Deborah Fallows

by Arun Gandhi

by Michael Gorman

by Michael Gorman

by Thich Nhat Hanh

edited by Ann Hood

edited by Ann Hood

by Katrina Kenison

by Sue Monk Kidd

by Sue Monk Kidd

by Sue Monk Kidd
and Ann Kidd Taylor

by Tracy Kidder & Richard Todd

by Patty Kirk

by Harold S. Kushner

by Megan Dowd Lambert

by Anne Lamott
with Sam Lamott

by Anne Lamott

by Anne Lamott

by Anne Lamott

by Anne Lamott

by Anne Lamott

by Steve Leveen

by Gina Marie Mammano

by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

by Lisa Olstein

by Clara Parkes

by Christopher Peterson

by Anna Quindlen

by Ruth Reichl

by Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.

edited by Ronald Rice

by Rainer Maria Rilke
translated by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy

by Marilynne Robinson

by Richard Rohr

by Oliver Sacks

by Nina Sankovitch

by SARK

by SARK

by John Schu

by Bernie Siegel, MD

edited by Anita Silvey

by Lizzie Skurnick

by Annie Spence

by Brandon Stanton

by Kio Stark

by Cheryl Strayed

by Cheryl Strayed

by Amy Tan
read by the Author

by Oprah Winfrey

by Lauren F. Winner

by William Zinsser


by Carl Alasko, PhD

by Ellyn Bader, PhD, and Peter T. Pearson, PhD

by Dan Baker, PhD, and Cathy Greenberg, PhD, with Ina Yalof

by Lundy Bancroft

by Lundy Bancroft
and JAC Patrissi

by Amy Banks, M.D.
with Leigh Ann Hirschman

by Melody Beattie

by Melody Beattie

by Melody Beattie

by Melody Beattie

by Martha Beck

by Albert J. Bernstein, PhD

by Lisa Groen Braner

by Brene Brown

by Brené Brown

by Brené Brown

by Brené Brown

by Brené Brown

by Brené Brown

by Susan Cain

by Richard Carlson, PhD

by Karen Casey

by Karen Casey

by Victoria Castle

by Allan B. Chinen

by Marla Cilley—the FlyLady

by KC Davis

by Dr. Edith Eva Eger

by Dr. Edith Eger

by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

by Patricia Evans

by Patricia Evans

by Patricia Evans

by Patricia Evans

by Patricia Evans

by Laurence Gonzales

by Hannah B. Harvey

by Louise L. Hay

by Louise Hay
and David Kessler

by Louise Hay and Robert Holden

by Sherre Hirsch

by Robert Holden, PhD

by Robert Holden

by Robert Karen, PhD

by Byron Katie

by Byron Katie

by Daphne Rose Kingma

by Mira Kirshenbaum

by Aundi Kolber

by Ingrid Fetell Lee

by Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller

by Alexander Levy

by Patricia Love, EdD, and Steven Stosny, PhD

by Dr. Fred Luskin

by Dr. Fred Luskin

by Kelly McGonigal, PhD

by Kelly McGonigal

by Amanda Montell

by Tim Murphy, PhD, and Loriann Hoff Oberlin

by Caroline Myss

by Christel Nani

by Cal Newport

by Mungi Ngomane

by Mark O'Connell, PhD

by Judith Orloff, MD

by Ken Page

by Steven Pressfield

by Michael Riera, PhD

by Gretchen Rubin

by Hal Edward Runkel
with Jenny Runkel

by Danya Ruttenberg

by Sharon Salzberg

by Alicia Salzer

by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant

by SARK

by SARK

by Maggie Smith

by Vikki Stark

by Deborah Collins Stephens, Jackie Speier, Michealene Cristini Risley, and Jan Yanehiro

by Dr. Robin Stern

by Steven Stosny, PhD

by Steven Stosny

by Steven Stosny

by Steven Stosny, PhD

by Haemin Sunim

by Ty Tashiro

by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu

by John Van Epp, PhD

by Scott Wetzler, PhD

by Beth Wilson

by Marianne Williamson


by Taylor Marie Frey
and Mike Wesolowski

by Charles Bergman

by Stephon Alexander

by Alex Bellos and Edmund Harriss

by Alex Bellos

by Eugenia Cheng

by James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti

edited by Cornelia Dean

by Kevin Devlin and Gary Lorden

by Dr. Richard Elwes

by Errol Fuller

by Shaun Gallagher

by Nancy Ross Hugo
photographs by Robert Llewellyn

edited by Gina Kolata


by Randall Munroe

by Paul Parsons & Gail Dixon

by Lauren Redniss

by Charles Seife

by Rachel Swaby

by Peter Wohlleben


by Kathryn Aalto

by Joan Anderson

by Melody Beattie

by Don Borchert

by Marianne Boucher

by Kate Bowler

by Kate Bowler

by Roz Chast

by Arun Chaudhary

by Amy Chua

by Felicia Day

by William Deresiewicz

by Anthony Doerr

by Jill Duggar
with Derick Dillard
and Craig Borlase
read by Jill Duggar

by Clare B. Dunkle

by Bob Eckstein

by Elizabeth Edwards

by Gavin Edwards

by Dave Eggers
narrated by Firdous Bamji

by Cary Elwes

by David Finch

by Stephanie Foo

by David Grann
read by Ann Marie Lee, Will Patton, and Danny Campbell

by Conor Grennan

by Prince Harry

by Jen Psaki
read by the Author

by James Herriot

by Zora Neale Hurston
read by Robin Miles

by Immaculee Ilibagiza
with Steve Erwin

by Immaculee Ilibagiza
with Steve Erwin

by Immaculee Ilibagiza
with Steve Erwin

by Immaculee Ilibagiza

collected by Dave Isay

by Jennifer Jewell

by Dan Jones
read by Clive Chafer

by Brianna Karp

by Julia Kaye

by Jacqueline Kennedy
Interviews with Arthur M. Schlessinger, Jr., 1964

by Tracy Kidder
read by Paul Michael

by Tracy Kidder
read by the author

by Tracy Kidder

by Maia Kobabe

by Catherine Claire Larson

by Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau

by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

by Tia Levings

by The Library of Congress
foreword by Carla Hayden

by Amy Low

by Tim Madigan

by Leonard Marcus

by Leonard Marcus

by Dylan Marron

by Ellen McCarthy

by Wendy McClure
performed by Teri Clark Linden

by Crystal McVea
and Alex Tresniowski

by Antonio Mendez and Matt Baglio
read by Dylan Baker

by Chanel Miller

by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter

by Colleen Mondor

by Kate Moore
read by the Author

by Laura Munson

by Jessica Nabongo

by Trevor Noah
performed by the author

by Mihaela Noroc

by Barack Obama

by Barack Obama

by Barack Obama

by Michelle Obama

by Michelle Obama

by Manal M. Omar

written by Jim Ottaviani
art by Leland Myrick
coloring by Hilary Sycamore

by Alice Ozma

by Jason Padgett and Maureen Ann Seaberg
performed by Jeff Cummings and Kate Rudd

by Simon Parkin

by Christi Paul

by Judith Galblum Pex

by Randy Rainbow

by Rebecca S. Ramsey

by Lauren Redniss

by Danica Roem

by Jason B. Rosenthal
read by the author

by Oliver Sacks
read by Oliver Sacks and Richard Davidson

by Marjane Satrapi

by Frank Schaeffer

by Frank Schaeffer

by Casey Scieszka and Steven Weinberg

by Isha Sesay

by Margot Lee Shetterly

by David Small

by Maggie Smith

by Megan Smolenyak

by Pete Souza

by Brandon Stanton

by Patrick Stewart
read by the Author

by Daniel Tammet
read by Simon Vance

by Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.
read by the author

by Abigail Thomas

by Amy Thomas

by Claire Tomalen

by Dick Van Dyke

by Jen Waite

by Tara Westover
read by Julia Whelan

by Mo Willems

by Jennifer Worth
read by Nicola Barber

by Javier Zamora