The 5 biggest nonfiction books of the fall

On the Shelf The Fall's Biggest Nonfiction If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Oprah Winfrey called it “searing”, “powerful” and “needed.” Peril By Bob Woodward and Robert Costa Simon & Schuster: 512 pages, $30 Sept. 21 Closing out his trilogy on Donald Trump, Woodward is joined by the Washington Post’s Robert Costa to document not only the tumultuous downfall of 45 and the Jan. 6 insurrection but also the early months of Joe Biden’s administration. Details are locked down as usual, but publisher Jonathan Karp promises “it will be newsworthy on an international scale.” Books Review: Woodward’s Trump exposé ‘Rage’ reflects the lazy thinking that got us into this mess Woodward’s journalism helped bring down Richard Nixon. Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty By Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe Harper: 336 pages, $30 Sept. 21 Journalist Anderson Cooper documents the rise and fall of his mother’s family, the Vanderbilts. Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography By Laurie Woolever Ecco: 448 pages, $30 Sept. 28 The controversial recent documentary “Roadrunner” demonstrated two things: The public remains insatiably fascinated with the food-travel writer and TV host who died in 2018; and much remains to be told.