a baker’s dozen of the best nonfiction of 2024, with an emphasis on books that have taught me things I didn’t know. I end with my pick for the best book of the year.
The best nonfiction books of the year tackle undeniably ... As the title suggests, the book is most concerned with grief and how it manifests as Crosley attempts to make sense of enormous new ...
Getting to read and reward this year’s best nonfiction, then ... and through those barricades at all costs.” This National Book Award winner is a bold and commendable feat of ethnography.
Tomlinson’s book works both as a wry, zinger-filled look at a world that’s not so far from “Best in Show,” the movie that parodied it, and that makes you cry with his insights into what ...
The past year was a marvelous one for those who read serious nonfiction. As has been my tradition, I present (in random order) a baker’s dozen of the best nonfiction of 2024.