David Grann

New York

Staff Writer @NewYorker. Author of The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, & Murder. Other books: Killers of the Flower Moon; Lost City of Z; The White Darkness

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Articles

The Best Historical Nonfiction Books

4 weeks ago | fivebooks.com | Truman Capote |Mark O'Connell |Helen Garner |David Grann

Looking at some of the books you’ve chosen today—as well as the ones that you write—I was trying to figure out what genre they are. I think it’s historical nonfiction—but done in a way that really brings the past alive and takes you to a time and place like a novel does. Is that one way of describing it? I love books that tell real stories in a way that’s emotional, sensory, suspenseful. They explore ideas, but also evoke a different time and place.
RED SCARE | Kirkus Reviews

1 month ago | kirkusreviews.com | Clay Risen |David Grann |Omar El Akkad

An exemplary work of political and cultural history that invites a gimlet-eyed look at our own time. A sweeping history of the campaign to suppress liberal dissent via blacklisting and harassment. As Risen, whose histories have ranged from whiskey to the Rough Riders, writes, “There is a lineage to the American hard right of today” in the Red Scare of old. In fear that communists were everywhere in American society, police agencies went overboard to prove it, usually to no effect.
The Past is Never Dead: A Guest Post by David Grann

1 month ago | barnesandnoble.com | David Grann |s We Love |Isabelle McConville

The Past is Never Dead: A Guest Post by David Grann This seamless slam-dunk of epic history-telling from the author of the bestselling Killers of the Flower Moon is an eighteenth-century puzzle of high seas intrigue, a fateful shipwreck, mutiny, and a real-life “Lord of the Flies” descent into mayhem, culminating in a gripping courtroom battle where opposing truths hang in the balance.
THE NEXT ONE IS FOR YOU

1 month ago | kirkusreviews.com | Ali Watkins |David Grann |Elie Wiesel |Marion Wiesel

Dogged original research and superb narrative skills come together in this gripping account of pitiless evil. During that time, enrolled members of the Osage Indian nation were among the wealthiest people per capita in the world. The rich oil fields beneath their reservation brought millions of dollars into the tribe annually, distributed to tribal members holding "headrights" that could not be bought or sold but only inherited.
TAMED | Kirkus Reviews

1 month ago | kirkusreviews.com | Alice Roberts |David Grann |Howard Zinn

A lively exploration of how human culture depends on partnerships with the plants and animals we have domesticated. A wide-ranging look at the species that have become our partners in creating human society. Roberts, an academic and author, draws on insights from the fields of history, archaeology, and genetics to trace the stories of her chosen animals and plants and their effect on our lives.
What do readers think of The Wager?

1 month ago | bookbrowse.com | David Grann

Write your own review! Katherine Pond Incredible Story Incredible journey of a British Armada headed to the West Coast of South America to intercept a Spanish galleon filled with silver from the New World. Britain and Spain are at war and it would be quite a coup to capture this ship and its wealth. But, it is 1740, the Atlantic Ocean is a wide empty expanse, the Cape of Hope is treacherous and the season is all wrong.
The Best Paperbacks of March 2025

2 months ago | barnesandnoble.com | Isabelle McConville |David Grann |Colm Toibin |Hanif Abdurraqib

This seamless slam-dunk of epic history-telling from the author of the bestselling Killers of the Flower Moon is an eighteenth-century puzzle of high seas intrigue, a fateful shipwreck, mutiny, and a real-life “Lord of the Flies” descent into mayhem, culminating in a gripping courtroom battle where opposing truths hang in the balance. Rousing, engrossing, and such a ride!
TAKING MANHATTAN

2 months ago | kirkusreviews.com | Russell Shorto |David Grann |Howard Zinn

Dogged original research and superb narrative skills come together in this gripping account of pitiless evil. During that time, enrolled members of the Osage Indian nation were among the wealthiest people per capita in the world. The rich oil fields beneath their reservation brought millions of dollars into the tribe annually, distributed to tribal members holding "headrights" that could not be bought or sold but only inherited.
THE TWO PRINCES OF MPFUMO

2 months ago | kirkusreviews.com | David Grann |Elie Wiesel |Marion Wiesel

An intriguing subject presented with more historical context than biographical detail. A little-known story that exposes the complexities and contradictions of British colonialism during the early 18th century. O’Neill, a University of Southern California historian, excavates the story of two East African princes who boarded a British ship with the intention of traveling to London, only to be sold into slavery in Jamaica.
MURDER IN THE DOLLHOUSE

2 months ago | kirkusreviews.com | Rich Cohen |David Grann |Truman Capote

"There's got to be something wrong with somebody who'd do a thing like that." This is Perry Edward Smith, talking about himself. "Deal me out, baby...I'm a normal." This is Richard Eugene Hickock, talking about himself. They're as sick a pair as Leopold and Loeb and together they killed a mother, a father, a pretty 17-year-old and her brother, none of whom they'd seen before, in cold blood. A couple of days before they had bought a 100 foot rope to garrote them—enough for ten people if necessary.