1LynnB
What is the best nonfiction you read in 2024? Here's my list:
In no particular order:
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
The Great Stewardess Rebellion by Nell McShane Wulfhart
The Written World by Martin Puchner
The Onion Field by Joseph Wambaugh
Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne
In no particular order:
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
The Great Stewardess Rebellion by Nell McShane Wulfhart
The Written World by Martin Puchner
The Onion Field by Joseph Wambaugh
Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne
3LyzzyBee
I'm not very active in this group, sorry, but I published my best-of lists on my blog on the 31st https://librofulltime.wordpress.com/2024/12/31/book-stats-and-best-books-of-2024... and here are the top 10 nonfiction (out of 99):
Cal Flyn – Islands of Abandonment (2021)
Alastair Humphreys – Local (2024) (can't get touchstone to work)
Grace Dent – Comfort Eating (2023)
Horatio Clare – Down to the Sea in Ships (2014)
Jonathan Berg – Birmingham’s Public Art (2023)
Robin Ince – Bibliomaniac (2022)
Zeinab Badawi – An African History of Africa (2024)
Corinne Fowler – Our Island Stories (2024)
Paul Baker – Outrageous! A History of Clause 28 (2022)
Christina Hardyment – Arthur Ransome and Capt Flint’s Trunk (1984)
Cal Flyn – Islands of Abandonment (2021)
Alastair Humphreys – Local (2024) (can't get touchstone to work)
Grace Dent – Comfort Eating (2023)
Horatio Clare – Down to the Sea in Ships (2014)
Jonathan Berg – Birmingham’s Public Art (2023)
Robin Ince – Bibliomaniac (2022)
Zeinab Badawi – An African History of Africa (2024)
Corinne Fowler – Our Island Stories (2024)
Paul Baker – Outrageous! A History of Clause 28 (2022)
Christina Hardyment – Arthur Ransome and Capt Flint’s Trunk (1984)
4vwinsloe
In contrast to last year, I did not have a banner year in nonfiction reading. Only two standouts in 2024.
Rough Sleepers
Democracy in Chains
Rough Sleepers
Democracy in Chains
5PocheFamily
Ian W. Toll's The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 and Sam Willis' Struggle for Sea Power: A Naval History of the American Revolution are tied as the best of 2024 for me. I also enjoyed fresh perspectives from reading American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis, Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire, and Steel Boat Iron Hearts: A U-boat Crewman's Life Aboard U-505.
Also can't forget to mention Hart's Scipio Africanus: Greater Than Napoleon and The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I as super interesting works.
Also can't forget to mention Hart's Scipio Africanus: Greater Than Napoleon and The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I as super interesting works.
6Kalira
I really enjoyed and found fascinating, intriguing, and/or informative:
The Anatomical Venus: Wax, God, Death & the Ecstatic
The Little Book of Cat Magic: Spells, Charms & Tales
The Book of Japanese Folklore
Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk
I'm not sure enjoyed is the right word, but I found Drive: Scraping By in Uber's America, One Ride at a Time edifying and interesting as well.
The Anatomical Venus: Wax, God, Death & the Ecstatic
The Little Book of Cat Magic: Spells, Charms & Tales
The Book of Japanese Folklore
Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk
I'm not sure enjoyed is the right word, but I found Drive: Scraping By in Uber's America, One Ride at a Time edifying and interesting as well.
