Sunday, December 29, 2024

The Best Nonfiction of 2024

 
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This Month's Best New Top Nonfiction Picks
Which 2024 releases deserve a spot at the top of your reading list? We've rounded up our favorite nonfiction picks of the year.
 
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Book cover for Knife by Salman Rushdie
'Every electrifying page elicits tears and awe' (Booklist) in Salman Rushdie's memoir
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • The Booker Prize–winning author recounts the harrowing knife attack that almost killed him in 2022
  • The New Yorker, Town & Country, and Time all named this National Book Award finalist one of the year's best titles
  • "Reminds us of the things worth fighting for" (The New York Times)
FEATURED IN:
NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, New York Magazine, Financial Times, Vulture, Fast Company, San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist
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Book cover for The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
'A feast of historical insight' (The Wall Street Journal) from one of America's best storytellers
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • A nonfiction masterpiece that has spent months on the New York Times bestseller list
  • Examines the five months between Abraham Lincoln's election and the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter
  • "Even die-hard Civil War aficionados will learn from [this] riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult" (Los Angeles Times)
FEATURED IN:
Time Magazine, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, People, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, The Times, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly
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Book cover for The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
This urgent, groundbreaking call to action is one of the year's top sellers
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • The very best nonfiction book of 2024, according to the Goodreads community
  • How have smartphones and social media affected youth mental health?
  • "A must-read for anyone raising, working with, or teaching young people today" (Bill Gates)
FEATURED IN:
The New Yorker, NPR, TODAY Show, Good Morning America, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, New Scientist, GatesNotes (Bill Gates blog), Oprah Daily, The Atlantic, The Economist, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, Forbes, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, Politico
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Book cover for The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer
An unmissable read for nature lovers
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Discover what Indigenous wisdom and the natural world can teach us about community, reciprocity, and gratitude
  • A New York Times bestseller named one of the year's best books by Barnes & Noble, Forbes, and Library Journal
  • The author of Braiding Sweetgrass "gifts her readers once again" (Oprah Daily) with a meditation on deepening their connections with the earth
FEATURED IN:
Time Magazine, Good Morning America, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, New Scientist, Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, Scientific American, Forbes, Parade, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, Indie Next List, Library Reads, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist, BookPage, Electric Literature, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari
The author of Sapiens looks to the past and future in this #1 New York Times bestseller
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Reveals how information networks — from the writing of the Bible to innovations in AI — have shaped our world
  • Called "strikingly original" by The Economist and "engrossing" by The Guardian
  • Informed by the latest in philosophy, psychology, political theory, and computer science
  • "An important and timely must-read as our survival is at the mercy of information" (Booklist)
FEATURED IN:
CBS Mornings, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, New Scientist, The Atlantic, The Economist, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, The Guardian, The Times, New York Post, Bloomberg Businessweek, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist
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Book cover for Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
Critics and readers alike loved sitting down with the Barefoot Contessa
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Ina Garten discusses the path that took her from a job at the White House to becoming a household cooking name
  • A #1 New York Times bestseller named one of the the year's best books by Time, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and more
  • "A wildly entertaining and compulsively readable story about curiosity and courage, challenges and coconut cupcakes" (Ann Patchett)
FEATURED IN:
The New Yorker, Time Magazine, NPR, TODAY Show, CBS Mornings, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Eater, Entertainment Weekly, People, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, Newsweek, Elle, Vulture, Parade, New York Post
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Book cover for Challenger by Adam Higginbotham
Unprecedented reporting on the Challenger disaster makes this an absolute must-read
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Winner of the 2024 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction
  • Witness the space shuttle's catastrophic 1986 failure, which devastated the nation — and revealed a culture of institutional negligence inside NASA
  • "It manages to be a whodunit that stretches hundreds of pages, a heart-pounding thriller even though readers already know the ending" (The Atlantic)
FEATURED IN:
CBS Mornings, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Parade, The Guardian, The Times, New York Post, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, BookPage, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Whiskey Tender by Deborah Jackson Taffa
A coming-of-age story 'that tackles nothing less than the birth of the nation' (Oprah Daily)
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Deborah Taffa was raised on the edge of the Navajo Nation with dreams of assimilation — until she began to question the cost of abandoning her Native identity
  • A National Book Award finalist named one of the year's best releases by The Washington Post, Esquire, The Atlantic, and more
  • "This book, never anything less than mesmerizing, is full of family stories and vital Native history" (Tommy Orange)
FEATURED IN:
The New Yorker, Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Esquire, Elle, Parade, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, The Millions
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Book cover for Soldiers and Kings by Jason De León
The winner of 2024's National Book Award for Nonfiction 'will shock you' (Matthew Desmond)
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Through seven years of rigorous reporting, Jason De León sheds light on the hidden, billion-dollar industry of human smuggling
  • Made the best-of-the-year lists at Time, NPR, The Boston Globe, and The New York Times
  • "De León offers a glimpse into a world rarely seen or understood" (Los Angeles Times)
FEATURED IN:
Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist
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Book cover for The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne
An unconventional childhood in showbiz unfolds in this smash-hit memoir
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • One of Time's best books of the year captures a bygone era of the entertainment industry
  • Stories include getting fished out of the family pool by Sean Connery and rooming with Carrie Fisher in Manhattan
  • "Rueful and diverting… Heartbreaking and wry" (The Wall Street Journal)
FEATURED IN:
Time Magazine, NPR, Good Morning America, CBS Mornings, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Town & Country, Elle, Vulture, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Times, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist
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