My favourite reads of the year.
Tag: Nonfiction
Review: Modern Nature by Derek Jarman
Sex, death, life, art — this diary about a garden has it all.
Review: Desire by Jessie Cole
A delicate study of needs and desires.
Review: The Rise And Reign Of The Mammals by Steve Brusatte
A lively history of our mammal kin.
Review: Against Disappearance (edited by Leah Jing McIntosh and Adolfo Aranjuez)
A challenging, demanding and exciting collection of nonfiction.
Review: Wild Souls by Emma Marris
An incisive investigation into our relationship with wild animals.
Review: The Nutmeg’s Curse by Amitav Ghosh
A powerful retelling of the last 500 years of history – and where we go next.
Review: Passionate Friends by Sylvia Martin
A warm and erudite biography of love between to women in the early 20th century.
Review: The Dawn Of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow
A big history of people that demolishes the myth of progress.
Review: Found, Wanting by Natasha Sholl
A gripping and exhausting, funny and despairing, and completely compelling account of living with grief.
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