Our Favorite Nonfiction of 2019
Dec 10, 2019•48 min•Ep 238•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Dapper Dan, Beeline, Good Talk, and more great nonfiction books from 2019.
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Books discussed on the show:
Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino
The Yellow House: A Memoir by Sarah M. Broom
Zoo Nebraska: The Dismantling of an American Dream by Carson Vaughn
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty and Dianné Ruz |
Burnout: The Secrets To Unlocking The Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski
Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir by Daniel R. Day
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
Beeline: What Spelling Bees Reveal About Generation Z’ New Path to Success by Shalini Shankar
Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl: A Memoir by Jeannie Vanasco
Out Of The Shadows: A Memoir by Timea Nagy and Shannon Moroney
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir by T Kira Madden
Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
Solitary by Albert Woodfox
Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Married by Abby Ellis
What we’re reading:
Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orisha) by Tomi Adeyemi
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