I'm off the board this week with my Top Ten Tuesday topic:
Best Nonfiction Books I've Read In Each of the Last Ten Years
Today is the first day of Nonfiction November so I decided to list some of my favorite nonfiction books from the last ten years.
2021 (so far):
The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green (published in 2021)
2020:
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah (c. 2016)
2019:
Becoming by Michelle Obama (c. 2018)
2018:
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (c. 2017)
2017:
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren (c. 2016)
2016:
West With the Night by Beryl Markham (c. 1942)
2015:
The History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage (c. 2006)
2014:
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown (c. 2013)
2013:
Unbroken: A World War Two Story of Survival, Resistance, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (c.2010)
2012:
Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation by John Carlin (c. 2008)
I challenge you to look back on your nonfiction selections from the past decade. What were some of your favorites?
-Anne
You have a nice mix of books here, I see several that look very compelling. I love rowing sothe Olympic one has my interest.
ReplyDeleteBoys in the Boat is SO-O-O good. One of my favorite nonfiction reads of all time!
DeleteI will take you up on that challenge. I love looking over past reads and remembering favorites.
ReplyDeleteBe sure to tag me when you create your list. I'd love to see your favorites by year.
Delete_Born a Crime_ was such a good book!
ReplyDeleteMy post—https://fiftytwo.blog/2021/11/02/ttt-books-to-recommend-to-non-readers/
Happy TTT!
Lori
I know. I am a huge fan of Trevor Noah and even more so after reading the book.
DeleteBecoming was so good. I listened to that one and loved it.
ReplyDeleteI listened to it, also, then I went to a program where Michelle was speaking about the book. Obviously that was pre-COVID days.
DeleteI enjoy nonfiction as well. I have not read any of these.
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun idea to list favorites per year. I definitely don't read enough non-fiction, but Becoming is on my TBR!
ReplyDeleteI read more now that I am retired since I am not reading as much YA books as I did before. I like learning something when I read.
DeleteWest With the Night is such a great book. I loved that one!
ReplyDeleteI know. I became obsessed with her and with Kenya after reading West With the Night. I read all her books and as much as I could find about Markham.
DeleteA great list. My oldest daughter, who is not a huge reader, actually read Unbroken of her own accord. It may have something to do with the fact it's about a WWII veteran, and she is a huge WWII buff!
ReplyDeletePam @ Read! Bake! Create!
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Unbroken is a very, very inspiring book. I highly recommend it.
DeleteI really need to pick up some nonfiction in the coming year. Thanks for the recs!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely loved The Anthropocene Reviewed! I haven't read any of the others (I don't generally enjoy non-fiction much), although my mom bought me Lab Girl last year for Christmas and I lied and told her I read it even though I didn't, so I should probably actually get around to that soon (Does that make me a bad daughter? Maybe).
ReplyDeleteHere's my TTT: https://ofpensandswords.com/top-ten-books-i-would-recommend-to-someone-who-claims-not-to-like-reading/
What a great idea for a post! I've read six of these and loved them all. I'll try to make a list for next week.
ReplyDeleteGood. I look forward to reading over your list.
DeleteI loved sharing some of these reads with you in Book Club and then going with your family and you to hear Michelle Obama!
ReplyDeleteI know. Book club is probably why I love all these books. Discussion enhances how I feel about books for sure. We should read The Anthropocene Reviewed for club. It would give us tons to talk about.
DeleteNice list! I need to read more non-fiction. I've read one of these—UNBROKEN—and I really liked it. Several of these others are on my TBR list.
ReplyDeleteHappy TTT!
Oh gosh, you've got some of my favorites on here! Boys in the Boat is still one I recommend to a ton of people and Killers of the Flowers Moon was also excellent.
ReplyDeleteI'm yet to read John Green's new book, thanks ever so much for the reminder. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteMy TTT: https://readwithstefani.com/ten-old-favorite-books-i-want-to-reread-to-determine-if-theyre-all-time-favorites/
I don't read a lot of non-fiction, but I really loved Michelle Obama's memoir. I'd really like to check out Trevor Noah's book as well, after going to South Africa last year, I think I'd find it more interesting.
ReplyDeleteMy TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2021/11/02/top-ten-tuesday-340/
Becoming is pretty fantastic!
ReplyDeleteLauren @ Always Me
Adding some of these to my list.
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