Index of Nonfiction by Topic

The index of all nonfiction reviews arranged alphabetically by author’s last name is available here.

This page contains the index of nonfiction notes by topic. Within each topic, entries are listed alphabetically by author’s last name.

Some books appear under multiple categories.

Biography

Ambrose, Stephen E.

• Undaunted Courage (1996)

Middlebrook, Diane Wood

• Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton (1998)

Milford, Nancy

• Zelda: A Biography (1970)

 Crime

True Crime, Legal Reportage

Capote, Truman

• In Cold Blood (1965)

Darden, Christopher

• In Contempt (1996)

Lefkowitz, Bernard

• Our Guys (1997)

Rule, Ann

• Dead by Sunset (1995)

Culture & Society

Brumberg, Joan Jacobs

• The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls (1997)

 Conway, Jill Ker

• When Memory Speaks (1998)

Gottschall, Jonathan

• The Storytelling Animal (2012)

Lefkowitz, Bernard

• Our Guys (1997)

Middlebrook, Diane Wood

• Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton (1998)

Summerscale, Kate

• Mrs. Robinson’s Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady (2012)

Health & Medicine

Cahalan, Susannah

• Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (2012)

Fishman, Steve

• A Bomb in the Brain (1988)

Flaherty, Alice W.

• The Midnight Disease (2004)

History

Ambrose, Stephen E.

• Undaunted Courage (1996)

Brokaw, Tom

• The Greatest Generation (1998)

Flynn, Sean

• 3000 Degrees (2002)

Hillenbrand, Laura

• Seabiscuit: An American Legend (2001)

Jessop, Violet

• Titanic Survivor (1997)

Philbrick, Nathaniel

• In the Heart of the Sea (2000)

Summerscale, Kate

• Mrs. Robinson’s Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady (2012)

Winchester, Simon

• The Professor and the Madman (1998)

Literary Criticism, History, & Theory

Capote, Truman

• In Cold Blood (1965)

 Conway, Jill Ker

• When Memory Speaks (1998)

Gottschall, Jonathan

• The Storytelling Animal (2012)

Hawthorn, Jeremy

• Studying the Novel (1992)

Milford, Nancy

• Zelda: A Biography (1970)

Rosenblatt, Louise M.

• The Reader, the Text, the Poem: The Transactional Theory of the Literary Work (1978)

Winchester, Simon

• The Professor and the Madman (1998)

Zinsser, William

• Inventing the Truth (1987)

Memoir

Cahalan, Susannah

• Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (2012)

Cheever, Susan

• Note Found in a Bottle: My Life as a Drinker (1999)

 Conway, Jill Ker

• When Memory Speaks (1998)

Darden, Christopher

• In Contempt (1996)

Flaherty, Alice W.

• The Midnight Disease (2004)

Gilbert, Elizabeth

• Eat, Pray, Love (2006)

Goldberg, Natalie

• Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir (2007)

Grealy, Lucy

• Autobiography of a Face (1994)

Hood, Ann

• Comfort: A Journey Through Grief (2008)

Jessop, Violet

• Titanic Survivor (1997)

Kalish, Mildred A.

• Little Heathens (2007)

 Karr, Mary

• The Liars’ Club (1995)

Kidd, Sue Monk

• The Dance of the Dissident Daughter (1996)

Lamott, Anne

• Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith (1999)

Macdonald, Helen

• H Is for Hawk (2014) 

McBride, James

• The Color of Water (1996)

McCourt, Frank

• Angela’s Ashes (1996)

McDonnell, Jane Taylor

• Living to Tell the Tale: A Guide to Writing Memoir (1998)

Patchett, Ann

• Truth and Beauty: A Friendship (2004)

Zinsser, William

• Inventing the Truth (1987)

Psychology

Brumberg, Joan Jacobs

• The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls (1997)

Flaherty, Alice W.

• The Midnight Disease (2004)

Gottschall, Jonathan

• The Storytelling Animal (2012)

Luskin, Fred

• Forgive for Good (2002)

 Maisel, Eric

• A Writer’s Space (2008)

Offill, Jenny and Elissa Schappel

• The Friend Who Got Away (2005)

Reading

Gottschall, Jonathan

• The Storytelling Animal (2012)

Hawthorn, Jeremy

• Studying the Novel (1992)

Rosenblatt, Louise M.

• The Reader, the Text, the Poem: The Transactional Theory of the Literary Work (1978)

Science & Technology

Flynn, Sean

• 3000 Degrees (2002)

Writing

 Conway, Jill Ker

• When Memory Speaks (1998)

Flaherty, Alice W.

• The Midnight Disease (2004)

Goldberg, Natalie

• Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir (2007)

Grason, Sandy

• Journalution: Journaling to Awaken Your Inner Voice, Heal Your Life, and Manifest Your Dreams (2005)

Heilbrun, Carolyn G. (Also see Cross, Amanda)

• Writing a Woman’s Life (1988) 

 Maisel, Eric

• A Writer’s Space (2008)

McDonnell, Jane Taylor

• Living to Tell the Tale: A Guide to Writing Memoir (1998)

Zinsser, William

• Inventing the Truth (1987)