1clamairy
I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend by Martin Short
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan
And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
Making it So by Patrick Stewart
(Edited to add authors and fix touchstones.)
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan
And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
Making it So by Patrick Stewart
(Edited to add authors and fix touchstones.)
2Jim53
Mine was Herbie Hancock's Possibilities. I think I read less nonfiction that I have in years.
3Karlstar
>1 clamairy: I got mine from you: And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle.
4Marissa_Doyle
I'll have to go back and look at earlier reads, but Dead Mountain: the Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident was fascinating.
5MrsLee
Best non-fiction for me:
4 stars, which is a very high rating for non-fiction in my rating system. It means there was more than just information going on there.
The Glass Universe by Dava Sobel
The Measure of her Powers by M.F.K. Fisher
The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun by J.R.R. Tolkien
A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle. This is not on the scale of the three above, but it was delightful and I'm including it. I may not feel edified after reading it, but I was certainly gratified.
It was a very good year for non-fiction for me.
4 stars, which is a very high rating for non-fiction in my rating system. It means there was more than just information going on there.
The Glass Universe by Dava Sobel
The Measure of her Powers by M.F.K. Fisher
The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun by J.R.R. Tolkien
A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle. This is not on the scale of the three above, but it was delightful and I'm including it. I may not feel edified after reading it, but I was certainly gratified.
It was a very good year for non-fiction for me.
6NorthernStar
My best this year was Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story by Lee Berger.
My notes from my 2023 thread: "This was seriously good, and I read it all in almost one sitting. Almost Human by Lee Berger was a direct hit by hfglen. Thank you Hugh! It was an interesting contrast to Kindred, which took me several weeks to get through. This was at least as informative, but much more gripping as a story as well as a personal narrative. Highly recommend to anyone interested in human prehistory and evolution or science in general."
My notes from my 2023 thread: "This was seriously good, and I read it all in almost one sitting. Almost Human by Lee Berger was a direct hit by hfglen. Thank you Hugh! It was an interesting contrast to Kindred, which took me several weeks to get through. This was at least as informative, but much more gripping as a story as well as a personal narrative. Highly recommend to anyone interested in human prehistory and evolution or science in general."
7clamairy
>6 NorthernStar: Oh, I think I got hit by that bullet, but then couldn't get my hands on it at the time, and then forgot all about it. Will see if it's available now. (I checked, and it's already been added to my Libby wishlist. So thank you for the reminder.)
8Sakerfalcon
My top 5 non-fiction reads:
Lost rainforests of Britain by Guy Shrubsole
The secret to superhuman strength by Alison Bechdel
Last witnesses by Svetlana Alexievich
Femina by Janina Ramirez
The story of art without men by Katy Hessel.
Lost rainforests of Britain by Guy Shrubsole
The secret to superhuman strength by Alison Bechdel
Last witnesses by Svetlana Alexievich
Femina by Janina Ramirez
The story of art without men by Katy Hessel.
