We look to nonfiction to comprehend the world around us, and in a year like 2018, there’s a lot we need to understand. Our picks for the best nonfiction books of the year tackle everything from ...

My favorite nonfiction books of 2018 illuminate and investigate worlds large and small. They expose Silicon Valley fraud and papal intrigue. They chronicle Napoleon’s last stand and Afghanistan’s ...

The Newton-Blanchard Prizes, which were first awarded in 2016, reward creative writing by undergraduates across the disciplines. One prize recognizes achievement in fiction-writing, and a second goes ...