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December 6, 2017
Favorite Nonfiction of 2017
2017 was another great year for nonfiction, especially essay collections and memoirs.
These are the nonfiction books I have most recommended to family, friends, and everyone who has crossed my path this year (my personal metric for "favorite").
Where applicable, I have reposted my original short review.
Melissa Febos's memoir-in-essays Abandon Me is one of my favorite nonfiction books of the year, a lyrical and moving examination of love and loss.
Animals Strike Curious Poses by Elena Passarello
Elena Passarello's new essay collection Animals Strike Curious Poses is a dazzling bestiary about animals famous in their time and humans' relationships with them.
The Art of Misdiagnosis by Gayle Brandeis
Gayle Brandeis's memoir The Art of Misdiagnosis is moving and eloquently told.
Chelsea Martin's essay collection Caca Dolce is filled with reminiscences funny, shocking, and totally relatable.
Roxane Gay's memoir Hunger is one of the smartest and most moving books I have read in years.
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby
Samantha Irby's essay collection We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. is easily the funniest book I have read all year, and behind the humor are essential truths and wisdom.
also at Largehearted Boy:
online "best of 2017" book lists
Largehearted Boy favorite novels collections of 2017
Largehearted Boy favorite short story collections of 2017
Largehearted Boy favorite nonfiction of 2016
Largehearted Boy favorite nonfiction of 2015
Largehearted Boy favorite nonfiction of 2014
Largehearted Boy favorite nonfiction of 2013
Largehearted Boy favorite nonfiction of 2012
Largehearted Boy favorite nonfiction of 2011
Largehearted Boy favorite nonfiction of 2010
Largehearted Boy favorite nonfiction of 2009
Largehearted Boy favorite nonfiction of 2008
previous lists at Largehearted Boy
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LIbrairie Drawn and Quarterly Books of the week (weekly book recommendations)
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guest book reviews
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