These six nonfiction books are my favorites of 2024, the titles I most recommended to friends and Largehearted Boy readers (my personal definition of “favorite”).
Danielle Dutton’s collection Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other is modern creative nonfiction at its best, a collection of original and inventive pieces that defy literary categorization.
Shze-Hui Tjoa’s The Story Game is an innovative memoir-in-essays that explores both memory and the self startlingly.
Emily Raboteau’s Lessons for Survival is filled with poignant, important essays that explore raising children in catastrophic times.
Eiren Caffall’s memoir The Mourner’s Bestiary conflates her own genetic illness with the degradation of marine ecosystems profoundly and acutely in one of the year’s best books.
Margaret Juhae Lee’s Starry Field weaves family history and memory into an unforgettable memoir.
Greg Wrenn’s Mothership is a powerful and unforgettable memoir of healing, both global and personal.
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