Essays

A Sense of the Mysterious three-and-half-stars

Science

By Alan Lightman

A Temple of Texts three-and-half-stars

Arts

By William Gass

American Food Writing four-stars

General Nonfiction

By Molly O’Neill

Better four-stars

General Nonfiction

By Atul Gawande

Consider the Lobster three-and-half-stars

General Nonfiction

By David Foster Wallace

Creationists four-stars

General Nonfiction

By E. L. Doctorow

Grace (Eventually) four-stars

General Nonfiction

By Anne Lamott

Here Is Where We Meet four-stars Selection

Literary

By John Berger

I Feel Bad About My Neck three-stars

Biography

By Nora Ephron

Musicophilia three-and-half-stars

General Nonfiction

By Oliver Sacks