Annaka's Favorite Nonfiction of 2023Like this list

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• Us

  Soler, Sara,

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  A cute exploration of one couple's relationship and the changes that they have to make when one member transitions. The art work is adorable and manga-esque.

• Poverty, by America

  Desmond, Matthew,

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  The follow-up to Desmond's 2010 exploration of poverty, Evicted. This shorter work reads less like a narrative and more like a manifesto. Difficult and moving and something perhaps all Americans could do with taking a closer look at.

• The Wager

  a Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

  Grann, David,

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  This book has been on Best Of lists all year, and with good reason! A dramatic tale of shipwreck, betrayal, lies, and survival, plus one of the main characters is Lord Byron (yes, that Lord Byron)'s grandfather? Narrative history fans will…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory

  American Evangelicals in An Age of Extremism

  Alberta, Tim,

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  Another entry in the Jesus and John Wayne-like genre that seeks to explore the relationship between modern Evangelicalism and American politics, this time from the writer of American Carnage. Good for fans of political science, religious…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The World Record Book of Racist Stories

  Ruffin, Amber • Lamar, Lacey

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  A book of things that maybe shouldn't be as funny as they are. Ruffin and Lamar's follow-up to You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey is as hilarious and even harder hitting. Definitely recommended checking out the audiobook on this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ducks

  Two Years in the Oil Sands

  Beaton, Kate

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  From the mind behind some of the funniest webcomics ever created comes a beautifully rendered graphic memoir about one of the least funny things out there. Beaton's explorations of solitude, sexism, and the horrible slurry that the two…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• An Immense World

  How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

  Yong, Ed,

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  Did you know that humans can learn to echolocate? That fun fact and many more in this book about the way that animals perceive the world around them.

• A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

  Murder in Ancient Rome

  Southon, Emma

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  Alright this one's a repeat from last year but I did read it again in 2023 and it's just as good. I recommend the audiobook for fans of history, murder, or people who think about ancient Rome more than twice a day.

• Cleopatra

  a Life

  Schiff, Stacy

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  A comprehensive biography of one of history's most misunderstood women by one of the best history writers living today.

• Alexander Hamilton

  Chernow, Ron

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  The biography that spawned a Broadway empire, with way more detail about one man's life than you could ever need. Even if this book wasn't as good as it is, I'd have to include it for sheer effort alone.