Riverhead Books

In a world inclined toward the verbal, are you a visual thinker? Great at directions, puzzles, and assembling…

Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Criticism, Jerry Saltz presents a handbook with insight to inspire, rivet, and…

Anger is one of the sources of unhappiness in the world. Anger at family, at work, at the state of things can all hold…

Our society seems fixated on conspiracy theories, with examples ranging from Pearl Harbor and 9/11 to the assassinations…

Find the strange jewel within yourself with this empowering read from the author of Eat, Pray, Love. Creativity and…

With a combination of comedy and insight, author Jonathan Losos reveals the latest breakthroughs in evolutionary biology…

From the plough to the baby bottle, there are several inventions that we take for granted in our everyday life. In this…

Clean: The New Science of Skin was named a Best Book by both NPR and Vanity Fair in 2020. It aims to address the…

When your life is disrupted by loss, grief, illness, breakups, or other major, unwelcome transformations, sometimes the…

A casual and approachable history of civilization and the economy. Named one of 2017's best books by Bloomberg…

In the summer of 1854, London was just emerging as one of the world's first recognized modern cities. Despite this…

We're all made up of bones and blood. 206 bones to be precise, and somewhere around a gallon and a half of blood. Our…

Henry Every is perhaps one of the most notorious names in maritime history. A legendary pirate, made more legendary by a…

Breathing is such a fundamental part of being alive that our bodies do it without our prompting. It's unconscious, it's…

In this beautiful and moving memoir, author Michele Harper details her experience working as an ER physician in…

Too often American history treats the story of Native Americans as a tragedy that ended at the 1890 massacre at Wounded…

What can I do to help my brain work more efficiently? This is a question brain-expert Dr. Richard Restak asked the…

Bone is a resilient, adaptable material, one of the incredible inventions of evolution. This cultural and natural…

When Pussy riot burst into a Russian cathedral in 2012, their country's leaders weren't ready for their critique, but…

Author Victoria Sweet has been working in healthcare for years, and has an intimate understanding of the ways in which…

"Don't read my diary when I'm gone...Ok, I'm going to work now, when you wake up this morning, please read my diary.…

Journalist Jon Ronson investigates the strange things we’re willing to believe in, from robots programmed with our…

A safety expert reveals why few of us are as careful as we think we are, and what we can do about it.  This book…

Rosin argues in this book that the transformational demands of women seeking equal rights has come to a point where…

The one-word version: "Read."  The longer version is an introduction to how to avoid common pitfalls in vocabulary,…

How to deal with that confident-seeming person who shines like gold but systematically makes your life hell. Looks at…

Want to write impactful nonfiction? You could do worse than look to Mary Pipher as a guide. Her books, most…

I should probably get it out of the way that Jon Ronson is my favorite author. His stirring mediations, objective…

Cartoonist, mathmatician, and constant question asker, Randall Munroe follows up his New York Times Best Sellers What…

The only survival guide you'll ever need for when you're gallavanting through time and get lost. Equipped with a handy…