I’m itching to get my hands on some new non-fiction books this Christmas. These books are on my list:
- Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
(Laura Hillenbrand is a fantastic author. Seabiscuit is one of my all time favorites. I also love her essay about overcoming cronic fatigue syndrome.)
- Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1
(Three of you have already ordered this book through one of my links. Thanks!)
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot
- The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
by Michael Lewis (I read this book a few weeks ago. Lewis has the gift of being able explain complicated money stuff, while writing compelling character studies.)
- Just Kids
by Patti Smith (She’s just so cool.)
- Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays
by Zadie Smith (I really loved her essay on Facebook this year.)
I just started reading Tony Wagner’s The Global Achievement Gap this weekend. Look for me to post about it soon.
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Current non-fiction reading: What Hath God Wrought; The Making of the Georgian Nation; Trotsky (Robert Service). Likely soon, if I don’t get too distracted by new books (as I did with Michael Lewis’ The Blind Side), The Whisperers by Orlando Figes, Post War by Tony Judt, City of Oranges by Adam LeBor and Arctic Mirrors: Russia and the Small Peoples of the North. None of these are in the least bit timely. (I may take up Natasha’s Dance before The Whisperers, since I still haven’t read it, despite buying it when it was new.)
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is the best non-fiction book I’ve read this year. Amazing job of research and endlessly discussable on many levels. Great book!
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