Recommendations from our site
“The Brothers Grimm by Ann Schmiesing is about the two brothers who brought us fairy tales. She does a wonderful job of taking you there, to late 18th century and early 19th century Hesse-Kassel, part of the Holy Roman Empire.” Read more...
Notable Nonfiction Books of Early 2025
Sophie Roell, Journalist
Our most recommended books
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The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives
by Plutarch -
Atticus
by Cornelius Nepos & Nicholas Horsfall -
Agricola
by Harold Mattingly, James Rives & Tacitus -
Lives of the Eminent Philosophers
Diogenes Laertius (ed. James Miller, trans. Pamela Mensch) -
Chips: The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon
by Sir Henry Channon -
Supermac
by DR Thorpe