Finishing the Hat Travels in Siberia by Ian Frazier (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010). A path-breaking peek into the privates lives of three ordinary women. Babita Sharma was raised in a corner shop in Reading, getting a view of a changing world from behind the counter. The Sisterhood is out now (Headline, £14.99). By Adrienne Westenfeld In higher education, where there are currently just 25 black female professors, ethnic minority students feel like they have to constantly justify their existence within institutions that weren’t made for them. In this book, which is part memoir, part manifesto, Day explores what it means to fail and how we pick ourselves back up again. By turns sensitive and scathing, Tea leads timely and important conversations about our current culture. As expected of Harry, Face It will not be the usual celebrity memoir. The Uninhabitable Earth is out now (Penguin, £20). The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective is out on 13 June (Picador, £20). Sabrina Cohen-Hatton has been a firefighter for 18 years, and is responsible for making life-changing decisions, from which of her colleagues will run into a burning building to whether or not an evacuation is needed because a situation is beyond hope. They inform, entertain, surprise, deepen curiosity, and inspire. This results in everything from medicines which work differently on women to the fact that women are 47% more likely to be seriously injured in a car accident. What We’re Told Not To Talk About (But We’re Going To Anyway) by Nimko Ali is out on 27 June (Viking, £14.99). Therapy used to be a taboo subject, but thankfully seeing a professional to help us is no longer looked down on. Here he continues to simultaneously crack us up and make us feel sympathy for the hectic life of hospital staff during Christmas time. This timely book attempts to piece together her life journey from the small village in Punjab to her stint in a woman’s shelter after her troubled marriage and finally to her rise to fame. Instead, it will feature rare personal photos, original illustrations, artwork by fans, and more, alongside Harry’s honest look at her life. Engaging with the issues of climate change and diaspora that have driven his recent non-fiction, it is a novel that engages powerfully with the most pressing of contemporary concerns. Thank you for signing up! Journalist Nesrine Malik’s We Need New Stories is an urgent look at the questions at the centre of the current culture wars. Trick Mirror is out on 8 August (4th Estate, £14.99). In her new memoir, Bushnell looks at what happens when a woman of a certain age finds herself not-so-young, free and single in the city. In Dressed, Shahidha Bari explores the secret language of our clothes, and looks at clothing in literature, art, film and philosophy. Dressed is about clothes as objects and as a means of self-expression, and a look at who we are and how we see ourselves. The pair look at issues of access, unrepresentative curricula, discrimination in the classroom, the problems of activism, and life before and after university. Is There Still Sex in the City? We all get dressed, and often we’re portraying a certain view to the world with our clothes. Superior is out on 30 May (4th Estate, £14.99). From novels anchored in the mess of Brexit to non-fiction discussing the vices and virtues of social media By . In Character Breakdown Ashton explores a version of her life, or perhaps it’s a version of her art, and asks questions including: is a life spent more on performance than reality any life at all? In What We’re Told Not To Talk About (But We’re Going To Anyway), activist Nimko Ali shares her own personal story of living with FGM, and talks to other women about their relationships with their vaginas. From ... for you, to round up the best non fiction books to buy right now. We Need New Stories is out on 5 September (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £16.99). Taking the reader through his life, we learn about how Theroux created his award-winning documentary style, and learn about his biggest challenges, including the programme he made about Jimmy Savile before all the abuse revelations about the now-deceased TV presenter came to light. Taking Up Space, by recent Cambridge graduates Chelsea Kwakye and Ore Ogunbiyi, is a guide and a manifesto for change. Guardian fiction editor Justine Jordan on the celebrated and overlooked books of the year. Funk’s story was partially told in the Netflix documentary Mercury 13, but Sue Nelson’s book about her is a fascinating read, telling us plenty we don’t know. Al-Kadhi is the founder of drag troupe Denim, and performs frequently as Glamrou. The League of Wives tells the story of these women – who banded together and called themselves The National League of Families – for the first time. Palette brings Fetto’s advice to the masses. Entertaining and incisive. Palette by Funmi Fetto is out on 3 October (Coronet, £25). Race science was probably most famously used by the Nazis, but it’s not something that we can comfortably confine to the past; in Superior, Saini reveals the scientists who are still advocates of it today, and how it’s experiencing a revival due to the misuse of science by certain political groups. Habib’s book covers how her family were persecuted as Ahwadis in Pakistan, being immigrants in Canada, and her arranged marriage at 16. I dare you all to not howl with laughter while reading anything written by Adam Kay. But even before that, she’d spent years being asked by friends, family and strangers on the street for advice on products suitable for women of colour. Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas is out on 17 October (Picador, £9.99). Actress Zawe Ashton started her career at the age of six, and has played everything from “cute little girl” to “assassin with attitude”. Invisible Women is out now (Chatto & Windus, £16.99). Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is out on 9 May (Scribe UK, £14.99). Add these brilliant books to your reading list, pronto. Think again. Every year, the Baillie Gifford Prize judges seek to identify the very best nonfiction books published in the last year. Images: Supplied by publishers / photograph of Carmen Maria Machado by Art Streiber. From an essential look at the devastating effects of climate change to the politics around black hair, we’ve selected 41 of this year’s new books for your reading pleasure. Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come is a chronicle of Pan’s hilarious and painful year of being an extrovert. Along with her husband, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Melinda Gates has been on a mission for the last 20 years to find solutions for people with the most urgent needs. The Moment of Lift is out on 23 April (Bluebird, £16.99). Wally Funk’s Race for Space: The Extraordinary Story of a Female Aviation Pioneer is out on 20 June (Saqi Books, £8.99). From memoirs to cookbooks, there's a tome here for everyone The League of Wives is out on 4 April (Constable, £20). Private Parts: How to Really Live with Endometriosis is out on 25 July (Coronet, £18.99). People of working class make up a third of the British population, but working class artists continue to be hugely underrepresented in the arts. Information on endometriosis on the internet can be unreliable and scary, which is why Eleanor Thom’s Private Parts is so needed. Unfollow: A Journey from Hatred to Hope is out on 3 October (Quercus, £14.99). Here are the books we recommend you read in 2019. This will challenge what you think a memoir can do. Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writings from the Me Too Movement, New Kings of the World: Dispatches From Bollywood, Dizi, and K-Pop, A Woman Like Her: The Short Life of Qandeel Baloch, When Death Takes Something From You Give It Back. Broken into chapters covering topics including how to fail at dating, sport and living like Gwyneth Paltrow, this book will help you to understand failure and overcome it. Here is my selection of the top nonfiction books of 2019 that will not only expand your horizons but are also compulsively readable. A legacy of the #MeToo movement, this timely anthology provides daring and honest insights into the factors and patriarchal structures enabling this abuse against women. “I believe we can change the world,” Hollis says. Gotta Get Theroux This: My Life and Strange Times on Television is out on 19 September (Pan Macmillan, £20). Months later, they would begin to learn that those responsible for getting them to safety were their wives. Any self-respecting fan of romantic films will immediately guess that comedian and writer Katy Brand’s book might have a little something to Dirty Dancing. is out on 8 August (Little, Brown, £16.99). The corner shop is an institution, and even in these days of massive retail centres and online shopping, the corner shop still holds a position in our hearts. Be inspired by Martin’s achievements, and be the change. See for yourself from books about math and animals to biographies and memoirs. Elizabeth Day is the host of How to Fail, a podcast in which well-known people talk about their biggest failures. When Puri’s father finally spoke up about the horrors he had seen, he compelled his daughter to seek out the stories of South Asians who were once subjects of the British Raj and are now British citizens. Zadie Smith hailed this as a ‘whip-smart, challenging book’. The book has generated its own momentum, and readers continue to praise its clear-eyed approach to improvement and empowerment. His This Is Going to Hurt was a phenomenal, record-breaking bestseller with its impeccable blend of humor and poignancy. At the end is my pick for best nonfiction book of the year. A devastating memoir about a mother mourning the tragic death of her 25-year-old son in an accident. From the advantages – being able to speak candidly with other women at a Syrian medical clinic or being allowed to attend an exclusive beauty contest for sheep in Saudi Arabia – to the disadvantages – the difficulty of travelling without a male relative in Yemen, for example – the stories these women have to tell are unique, and deeply needed at a time when our gaze so often turns to what’s happening in the Arab world. Similiar to our list of 100 (Fiction) Books to Read in a Lifetime, this list of 50 non-fiction books contains recommendations you might actually read (if you haven't already).This curated list covers the gamut of non-fiction, from compelling war stories to key feminist texts, to unbelievable struggles for survival, to tales of life in the culinary trade. Smashing It: Working Class Artists on Art, Life and Making It Happen is out on 3 October (Saqi Books, £12.99). But, just one week before the final phase of training, the programme was cancelled, with sexism winning out. Including fiction, non-fiction and cookbooks, we've found something to suit everyone. Best new books to read right now. One of the most esteemed contemporary name in nonfiction, the writer of The Empathy Exams is back with another blistering book. So, wondering what life might look like if she was more open to new experiences and new people, she challenged herself to live like a gregarious extrovert for a year. Yes, this book will scare you, but it will also prompt you to take action to ensure the damage we as humans have done to the planet is stopped. The Heat of the Moment is both a look at the work of firefighters and the story of a woman in a traditionally male-dominated career. The Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 Span Everything From True Crime to Scammer Culture These are our favorite reads of the year to help you expand your mind. Non-Fiction Books. Biting and honest, this collection of essays revolve around themes of longing and obsession. Now, she’s a prizewinning novelist who’s travelled the world. This includes 1.6 women in the UK, yet it still takes an average of seven years to get a diagnosis. If you’re looking for something lighter, there are books about the power of clothing and swapping an introvert lifestyle for an extrovert one, and a look at beauty products for women of colour. Like the best rockumentaries, this history of a fictitious '70s rock band in their own… Three Women by Lisa Taddeo is out on 9 July (Bloomsbury, £16.99). From the NBA-winning author and cultural icon, this is a sharply realized, poetic, and sophisticated memoir of a transformative year in Smith’s life. She’s a musical legend, and we can’t believe that Debbie Harry hasn’t released an autobiography. Part memoir, part guide book and part survival guide, Thom’s book details what it’s really like to have endometriosis, and offers advice on everything from finding the right specialist for you to what actually happens in an internal exam. Journalist Daisy Buchanan takes us inside her upbringing in The Sisterhood, an upbringing that can be best described as the Bennet sisters in a 21st century, Kardashian-influenced world. 16 January 2019. 20 Dec 2019. Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come is out on 30 May (Doubleday, £12.99). Books & Art • Entertainment. Taylor Jenkins Reid amazon.com. Caroline Criado Perez is an activist and writer who campaigned for a woman to be on a Bank of England note. In this debut collection of essays, New Yorker culture writer Jia Tolentino covers the internet, the self, feminism and politics, all while exploring her own coming of age. If you are a fan of Fleabag, you will love this collection of self deprecating, outrageous and painfully awkward encounters. Best Books 2019 UK: Fiction, Thriller, Non Fiction. Zeba Talkhani grew up in Saudi Arabia, and journeyed abroad to India, Germany and the UK - where she now lives - in her search for freedom. Black hair can often be seen as political and subject to societal pressures. I Carried a Watermelon is out on 24 October (HQ, £12.99). Best romantic comedy book For fans of Sophie Kinsella's novels, as well as Jane The Virgin series, … From fashion to race to food, 2020’s non-fiction books are wide-ranging, and sure to arm us with new knowledge.. Pan is a shy introvert who found herself jobless and friendless, sitting in a familiar sofa crease shaped to her body. Formerly called Rude: There is No Such Thing As Oversharing, Ali covers everything from first periods to pregnancies, orgasms to the menopause, looking at the experiences of women from all walks of life and addresses questions including what you do if you’re living on the street and having your period, how your vagina repairs after a fourth-degree tear and how you know if you’ve ever really orgasmed. Taboo-breaking and important, this book puts paid to the notion that it’s rude to talk about the vagina. Here is our edit of the must-read non-fiction books of 2021 and the best non-fiction books of all time. A tender, funny and unflinching account of the friendship, insecurities, jokes, jealousy and love that make up the sisterhood, whether you’re bound by blood or not. This is a book about women lifting up other women, and changing the world by doing so. Rejecting the traditional path her culture had chosen for her, Talkhani became financially independent and married on her own terms. Louis Theroux has turned his attention to various subjects throughout his career as a documentary maker, and now he turns the focus on himself in his biography. The nature vs nurture debate regarding race is deconstructed with pertinent knowledge. These are books your commute is crying out for. A whole new set of essays by first and second-generation immigrants explore what it’s like to be othered in an increasingly divided America, touching on topics including memory, fashion and heritage. In this short and powerful memoir, Pakistani-Canadian photographer Samra Habib discusses her search for the language to express her true self, and how she made peace with her sexuality, family and religion. She Speaks: The Power of Women’s Voices is out on 14 November (Atlantic Books, £10). To find out if life’s better for introverts of extroverts, you’ll have to read the book. Author Rachel Hollis wins her first Goodreads Choice Award with this powerful collection of writings for women navigating the complexities of the 21st century. Immerse yourself in candid and revealing memoirs, enlightening accounts of … It's been a big year in the world of words. Activist Gina Martin, who was named our Equality Champion of the Year at the Remarkable Women Awards, fought and won the battle to make upskirting a criminal offence in England and Wales. Legendary journalist Christiane Amanpour – CNN’s chief international correspondent – has written the foreword to this inspiring and extraordinary essay collection. That will all change this autumn (thank goodness), when Face It is released. We Have Always Been Here is out on 5 September (riverrun, £9.99). Covering hair, skincare, makeup and body products, this is for women of colour, who have been so often ignored by mainstream beauty coverage. Including book recommendations from Maggie O’Farrell, JoJo Moyes and Sophie Kinsella. Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style, Benjamin Dreyer. She wanted to become one of the first women astronauts, and took part in a rigorous training and testing programme. Featuring Black, Latinx, Asian, and queer voices, this book is a galvanizing effort to propagate this much needed movement. From the antic-filled backstory of British ska band Madness to Michael Sheen’s spine-tingling narration of Philip Pullman’s The Book of Dust: Two, these are our best audiobooks of 2019. The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013). Kerry Hudson grew up working class, and in poverty, moving often with her single mother and attending nine different primary schools and five secondaries. 16 best non-fiction books of 2018. Looking for a book that will broaden your horizons, tell you a real-life story you’ve not heard before or give you the knowledge to argue a point of view? Is There Still Sex in the City? Before Carrie Bradshaw, there was her real-life inspiration Candace Bushnell. The Best Books Of 2020, So Far. Her film and TV appearances include Fresh Meat, Guerilla and Nocturnal Animals. Funmi Fetto is the contributing beauty editor at Vogue UK. Angela Saini’s Superior exposes the world of race science, the idea that race has some basis in biology. The best non-fiction books can educate readers on vital subjects, offer fresh new perspectives, or simply give us a valuable, and often entertaining, insight into the lives of others. Award-winning writer Saini explores the bases of race in science throughout history. Don’t Touch My Hair is out on 2 May (Allen Lane, £20). And she also gets personal, writing about her personal life and the road to equality in her marriage. A brazen and audacious collection of personal and social essays from a queer icon. The UK edition of The Good Immigrant, featuring essays by Riz Ahmed, Himesh Patel and Bim Adewunmi was an urgent, essential book. Keep an eye on your inbox. by Kristin Iversen. Stapleton weaves together tales from West’s own casebook with social history and research to uncover the reality of life as a female private detective in the early 1900s. Although she never got to go to space, her story is sure to inspire the next generation of female astronauts. is a funny and honest first-person account that includes the wit we’ve come to know and love from Bushnell, with guidance on everything from what to do when your age-appropriate date asks you to pay for his kitchen renovation to the pluses and minuses of being older and wiser. The Good Immigrant USA is out now (Dialogue Books, £16.99). The Best Books of 2019: Non-Fiction PopMatters Staff. More Orgasms Please: Why Female Pleasure Matters is out on 4 July (Square Peg, £12.99). How to Fail is ultimately uplifting reading about how learning how to fail is learning how to succeed better. Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas by Adam Kay I dare you all to not howl with laughter while reading anything written by Adam Kay. Photographed by Poppy Thorpe. Sorted into chapters divided by narrative trope - from the haunted house to bildungsroman - Machado looks back at her religious adolescence and unpacks the stereotype of lesbian relationships as safe and utopian, and casts her eye over Star Trek, Disney villains and more. Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection by Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Stephen Fry: Best classic … Nonfiction books teach kids how to read for information but well-written books like these best nonfiction books of 2019 for kids, do more than that. Adam Kay made us cry with laughter, and then cry in sorrow, with his tales of life as a junior doctor in This Is Going to Hurt. Get caught up in memoirs of life in a religious sect and growing up in poverty, honest examinations of failure and the vagina, and surprising looks at race science and censorship. The destruction of our planet is a terrifying thing to think about, but if we’re going to stop it, we need to talk about it. The story picks up 15 years after her seminal novel and promises a … The Heat of the Moment is out on 11 April (Doubleday, £16.99). Carmen Maria Machado’s debut short story collection Her Body and Other Parties was a look at the female body, women’s agency and relationships, told via fiction that included elements of magical realism and fantasy. One thing all of these non-fiction books have in common is that they’re great reads. Pushing the boundaries of non-fiction, Lisa Taddeo’s book is the story of three women’s unmet needs, unspoken thoughts, disappointments, hopes and unrelenting obsessions. We live in a time when we’re more self-aware than ever, but also more self-involved. At the Pond: Swimming at the Hampstead Ladies’ Pond is out on 20 June (Daunt Books, £10.99). Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala (Knopf, 2013). From page to screen, here are TV adaptations that are as good as the books they're based on. Science - methodical and unbiased, right? An important zeitgeist of our time. One of the most hysterically comical books you will read this year, Irby is at her smartest, candid best here. The US edition is no different. In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado is out on 1 October (Serpent’s Tail). As an actress, she treads a thin line between life and art, trying to keep sight of where a character ends and the real Ashton begins. Nonfiction provides us a clear-cut, unreserved portrait of our present and where it might lead us to. The Corner Shop is a very human look at how small these small and rather unassuming shops have shaped the way we live over the years. Our Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2019. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. By The New ... and one of the books that has best helped me understand my new home is “Municipal Dreams,” a … Gotta Get Theroux This: My Life and Strange Times on Television, £20, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas, £9.99, She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices, £10, Private Parts: How to Really Live with Endometriosis, £18.99, What We’re Told Not To Talk About (But We’re Going To Anyway), £14.99, Wally Funk’s Race for Space: The Extraordinary Story of a Female Aviation Pioneer, £8.99, Our Women on the Ground: Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World, £14.99, Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen, £16.99, More Orgasms Please: Why Female Pleasure Matters, £12.99, what it means to fail and how we pick ourselves back up again, Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me, £16.99, Black hair can often be seen as political, Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come, £12.99, The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective, £20, Equality Champion of the Year at the Remarkable Women Awards, At the Pond: Swimming at the Hampstead Ladies’ Pond, £10.99, My Past is a Foreign Country by Zeba Talkhani, £14.99, Taking Up Space: The Black Girl’s Manifesto for Change, £12.99, In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, Unfollow: A Journey from Hatred to Hope, £14.99, Smashing It: Working Class Artists on Art, Life and Making It Happen, £12.99. Here, the chair of this year's judging panel Stig Abell talks us through the 2019 shortlist: a thrilling line-up of books that are as notable for their literary prowess as for their weight and significance.. Interview by Cal Flyn Qandeel Baloch was a controversial social media star in Pakistan who was murdered by her brother in 2016. The Best List: Toronto Star’s Top Ten Books of 2019. It is the culmination of thousands of hours of research over eight years, telling the stories of Lina, in a marriage with two children and a husband who won’t touch her; Maggie, in a relationship with her teacher and then in court, a hated pariah in her small town; and Sloane, a sexual object of men, including her husband, who likes to watch her have sex with other men and women. 22/10/2019 N/A. In She Speaks, MP Yvette Cooper examines the impact of 30 speeches made by women throughout history. Lowborn is out on 16 May (Chatto & Windus, £14.99). Escaping her relationship and discovering who she wanted to be, Habib went on to find comfort in a mosque that was welcoming to LGBTQ Muslims. In The Uninhabitable Earth, David Wallace-Wells - climate columnist for New York magazine - talks about the troubles that await us if we let climate change continue unabated, from food shortages and refugee emergencies to the way our politics, culture and relationship to technology will shift. This book portrays a brazenly intimate portrayal of womanhood, love and desire. An honest and fun look at everything from feminist porn to body image and menopause, this put women’s bodies and our right to pleasure firmly on the map. Must-reads of 2019: the best new books of the year Voyage into the planet's past and future with Robert Macfarlane, return to Gilead in Margaret Atwood's explosive follow-up to The Handmaid's Tale and celebrate the 70th anniversary of the dystopian classic Nineteen Eighty-Four. Her memoir looks at being an outsider and examines Talkhani’s relationship with her mother and the challenges she faced at a young age when she began to lose her hair. Then what you need is one (or more) of this year’s brilliant non-fiction releases. You’ve heard of the pay gap and the gender data gap, but how much do you know about the orgasm gap? The Corner Shop is out on 18 April (Two Roads, £16.99). Be it biography, history, nature writing or any other form of true story, non-fiction writing is often loaded with just as much suspense and character as the most exciting novel. Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future by Pete Buttigieg. And then, one day, disaster strikes and Gottlieb finds that she is the one in need of a therapist. From a book about Dirty Dancing to memoirs about life as queer Muslims and a look at the life of a documentary maker, 2019’s non-fiction releases will provide you … For his second book, he turns his attention to the NHS at Christmas, giving us a peek at the hilarious, horrifying and sometimes heartbreaking life of hospital staff during the festive period. The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective is a story of a woman ahead of her time who had to hide vital aspects of her own identity to thrive in a class-obsessed and male-dominated world. Martha Alexander. Author Kate Clanchy’s Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me is a celebration of her 30-year teaching career. Bill Bryson, one of our great humorists and nonfiction writers, is the author of other funny books (A Walk in The Woods, for example) and funny-but … Dressed is out on 13 June (Jonathan Cape, £25). 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