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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) shared Books Editor 's list

Sep 12, 2017
I can seriously recommend The Return by Hisham Matar and Another Day in the Death of America by Gary Younge. A great mixed bag of non-fiction literature in this year's Orwell Prize longlist.
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Orwell Prize Longlist 2017

The Orwell Prize is Britain’s most prestigious prize for political writing. Here is the 2017 longlist:

The Seven: The Lives and Legacies of the Founding Fathers of the Irish Republic

The Seven: The Lives and Legacies of the Founding Fathers of the Irish Republic

Ruth Dudley Edwards

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On Easter Sunday, 23 April 1916, the seven members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood's military...

The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between

The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between

Hisham Matar

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, 2017 Hisham Matar was 19 when his...

Libya Politics Biography
The Power

The Power

Naomi Alderman

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Read our exclusive author interview SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR...

The Marches

The Marches

Rory Stewart

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LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2017. "This is travel writing at its best." (Katherine Norbury,...

The Life Project: The Extraordinary Story of Our Ordinary Lives

The Life Project: The Extraordinary Story of Our Ordinary Lives

Helen Pearson

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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 ORWELL PRIZE 'Eye-opening, extraordinary insights into ordinary lives'...

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Face in Books

Oct 7, 2020  
The Face
The Face
Ruth Ozeki | 2015
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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In this short non-fiction piece, Ozeki takes on the Zen exercise of staring at her face for three hours. Read my review of this interesting memoir here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2015/08/18/facing-three-hours/
  
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BethEllen (1 KP) created a post

Mar 21, 2018  
I'm an avid reader, though my tastes have changed over time. I used to read true crime non fiction, but I have moved into mystery literature. (Though I don't typically read series.) I also love Margaret Atwood and Alice Munro.
      
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Louise (64 KP) created a poll

Jul 1, 2018 (Updated Jul 1, 2018)  
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What non-fiction should I read this month?

The unexpected truth about animals by lucy cooke

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Confessions of a sociopath by M E Thomas

5 votes

The Octopus and the evolution of intelligence by Peter Godfrey-smith

6 votes

The poisoner by Stephen bates

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Louise (64 KP) rated The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories in Books

Jul 2, 2018  
The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
Marina Keegan | 2015 | Biography
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Marina Keegan could definitely write! I loved loved loved this book, whatsmore it is a non-fiction. Marina was obviously a well loved member of the Yale community and always took pride and wanted to be the best at everything she did. Her writing is truly amazing and this book contains a few short stories that Marina wrote and they're excellent. My favourite story from the fiction part of the book has to be 'reading out loud'. The stories were all very different and realistic. The non-fiction part was equally as good and I think this is the part in which she excelled. My favourite was 'why we care about whales' I am a sucker for animals, however this story was very thought provoking and makes you think of things that you probably wouldn't have thought about before.

I definitely recommend this book if you want to start out with a non-fiction book.

It's so sad, this young girl had such a promising career and life ahead of her and then taken so quickly.
  
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Josh Barkan recommended Letting Go in Books (curated)

 
Letting Go
Letting Go
Philip Roth | 2021
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"My dad gave me the novel Letting Go by Philip Roth. Dad read very little fiction—only one book of fiction a year. He was a political scientist, and he read dozens and dozens of non-fiction, academic books every year. But he always became enthusiastic about his one, annual book of fiction, which he would then recommend to everyone. He loved Roth. I like the novel, because it is Roth’s second—and unfamous—book; the writing shows his earnestness. He was looking for his voice then. I love the early novels of writers, for that same reason."

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Erika (17788 KP) rated The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt in Books

Feb 22, 2018  
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
Kara Cooney | 2015 | Biography, History & Politics
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1.0 (1 Ratings)
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This was a big DNF from me. I had many problems with this book. Yes, Cooney did disclaim that a lot of this book was conjecture, but it was worse than I was expecting. This book reminded me of James Patterson's book on King Tut that claimed to be non-fiction.
I quit 1/3rd into this book. I got tired of the maybe, likely, probably, it should have just been a fiction novel.
I'm also not a fan of the feminist theory of history, which was exactly what this was. Of that whole third of the book I got through, there was zero information presented that I didn't already know.
I think I'm so irritated by this book because I've been wanting to read it since it came out in 2015. I wait three years for this?!? Woof.
  
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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated On Trying to Keep Still in Books

Oct 7, 2020  
On Trying to Keep Still
On Trying to Keep Still
Jenny Diski | 2006
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
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When Jenny Diski died, I knew I had to read another one of her books. Read more about her and this non-fiction "travel" book from 2006 in my review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2016/07/17/travels-for-the-mind-or-for-the-body/
  
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Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania in Books

Jan 12, 2018  
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Erik Larson | 2015 | History & Politics
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8.5 (4 Ratings)
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[Eric Larson] does it again with [Dead Wake] by making non fiction read like fiction all the while providing a great amount of information. The research that he does before writing a book shows his deep passion fro the topics. In [Dead Wake] he informs the reader not only what is was like being on the Lusitania, but also the political intrigue that seemed to surround the voyage and it's demise.
  
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Trish (4 KP) rated The Zen of Fish: The Story of Sushi, from Samurai to Supermarket in Books

Feb 8, 2018  
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The Zen of Fish: The Story of Sushi, from Samurai to Supermarket
Trevor Corson | 2007
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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A non fiction book that read more like a fiction novel. I learned so much about sushi and fish. I now have a much better understanding when I go to my local sushi restaurant. I enjoyed the characters and following their journey through sushi school. If you have any interest in sushi, pick this up. You learn the facts while getting to know the characters. best of both worlds.