Nonfiction

“Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a WorldClass Metropolis” by Sam Anderson

Sam Anderson goes to Oklahoma City to write about basketball and expectations, then, pinging between centuries and subjects, electric with curiosity, comes away with a story of highways, weather forecasting, land rushes and James Harden. As Anderson insists, you really do start to believe this is the story of

(Crown, 448 pages, $27) everything.

“Frederick Douglass: Prophet