Non-Fiction
Ideas, history, and the books that explain our world
Ocean of Bones Follows the Black Divers Who Spent Years Hunting the Guerrero, a Pirate Slave Ship Wrecked Off Florida in 1827
David Kushner's new book braids two journeys almost 200 years apart: 561 captive Africans on a doomed pirate ship, and the divers who went looking for its wreck.
Dr Marina Nani · 7 November 2026
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Hotel Exile Wins the 2026 American Library in Paris Book Award for Its History of the Lutetia in Wartime Paris
We the People Won the 2026 Pulitzer for History With the Story of Americans Who Tried to Rewrite the Constitution
There Is No Place for Us Won the 2026 Pulitzer for Reporting on Homeless Families Who Work Full Time
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