Funk, who is now approaching 80, became America’s first female aviation safety inspector and taught 3,000 pilots to fly. We live in a time when we’re more self-aware than ever, but also more self-involved. Author Kate Clanchy’s Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me is a celebration of her 30-year teaching career. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Here he continues to simultaneously crack us up and make us feel sympathy for the hectic life of hospital staff during Christmas time. It's been a big year in the world of words. We first encountered the piercing words of Chanel Miller … Taking Up Space: The Black Girl’s Manifesto for Change is out on June 27 (#MerkyBooks, £12.99). Endometriosis affects one in 10 women. Al-Kadhi is the founder of drag troupe Denim, and performs frequently as Glamrou. How to Fail is ultimately uplifting reading about how learning how to fail is learning how to succeed better. At the end is my pick for best nonfiction book of the year. Author Rachel Hollis wins her first Goodreads Choice Award with this powerful collection of writings for women navigating the complexities of the 21st century. 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 … I Carried a Watermelon is out on 24 October (HQ, £12.99). She Speaks: The Power of Women’s Voices is out on 14 November (Atlantic Books, £10). The Moment of Lift is out on 23 April (Bluebird, £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. How to Fail is out on 4 April (4th Estate, £12.99). Forget Sherlock Holmes, compared to Maud West he’s a lightweight. Then what you need is one (or more) of this year’s brilliant non-fiction releases. In times of turmoil, we turn to books to get a sense of the world around us. We Have Always Been Here is out on 5 September (riverrun, £9.99). Taking Up Space, by recent Cambridge graduates Chelsea Kwakye and Ore Ogunbiyi, is a guide and a manifesto for change. The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent. Through asking questions including whether women have mistaken access for arrival, and if the concept of political correctness has bee weaponised to avoid giving space to those traditionally excluded, Malik argues that we need to find new narrators to challenge the status quo and create new frames of reference in our pursuit of a progressive vision. Journalist Nesrine Malik’s We Need New Stories is an urgent look at the questions at the centre of the current culture wars. This includes 1.6 women in the UK, yet it still takes an average of seven years to get a diagnosis. Think again. By The New ... and one of the books that has best helped me understand my new home is “Municipal Dreams,” a … The nature vs nurture debate regarding race is deconstructed with pertinent knowledge. Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me is out on 4 April (Picador, £16.99). One of the most hysterically comical books you will read this year, Irby is at her smartest, candid best here. 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. The long-awaited sequel to Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale was the most eagerly anticipated book of 2019. Among the speeches included are Sojournor Truth’s ‘I am a Woman’s Rights’, given in Akron, Ohio in May 1851, Maya Angelou’s ‘On the Pulse of Morning’ given at the inauguration of president Bill Clinton in January 1993, and Michelle Obama’s ‘When They Go Low, We Go High’ from the Democratic National Convention in July 2016. Cooper gives an introduction to each speech, which is then reproduced in full. Face It is out on 1 October (HarperCollins, £20). Our critics pick the best novels, poetry, sports, memoirs and children’s books of the year Bernardine Evaristo, Lee Child and more pick the best books of 2019 Save up to 30% on the books … In I Carried a Watermelon, Brand explores the legacy of the film, from how it pushed women’s stories to the forefront of commercial cinema to its depiction of abortion, which has been described as ‘Gold Standard’ by pro-choice campaigners. The American Michael Lind is another hard-to-place maverick, whose forthcoming book, The New Class War: Saving Democracy from the Managerial Elite (Atlantic, £14.99) is the best … This is a book about women lifting up other women, and changing the world by doing so. Caroline Criado Perez is an activist and writer who campaigned for a woman to be on a Bank of England note. 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 with inspiration, advice and more. By turns sensitive and scathing, Tea leads timely and important conversations about our current culture. These are books your commute is crying out for. The Uninhabitable Earth is out now (Penguin, £20). No wonder Roxane Gay loves it. 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 In their raw, emotional and compelling memoir, Amrou Al-Kadhi tells the story of growing up in a strict Iraqi Muslim household, and eventually becoming a vocal, queer drag queen estranged from their family. 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. Know My Name: A Memoir, Chanel Miller. 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. 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. Our Women on the Ground: Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World is out on 8 August (Harvill Secker, £14.99). 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. 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. 22/10/2019 N/A. Zadie Smith hailed this as a ‘whip-smart, challenging book’. Best Books 2019 UK: Fiction, Thriller, Non Fiction. 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. A beautifully fragmented and hope filled book about embracing love and death. 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. Here is my selection of the top nonfiction books of 2019 that will not only expand your horizons but are also compulsively readable. 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. 16 best non-fiction books of 2018. 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. Buchanan is one of six sisters, and in this book she looks as what it’s like to live as a modern day woman, using her sisters as examples. Lowborn is Hudson’s exploration of where she came from, recounting her journey as she revisits the towns she grew up in to discover what it really means to be poor in Britain today, and whether anything has really changed. Here are the books we recommend you read in 2019. Our Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2019. 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? 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. On 12 February 1973, 116 men arrived at Clark Air Base in the Philippines, having endured years of torture and brutal treatment as prisoners of war in Vietnam. 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. Invisible Women is out now (Chatto & Windus, £16.99). The best nonfiction books of 2019 represent the genre in all of its eclectic glory. Along with learning how to mop a floor and stack a shelf, Sharma also gained a unique insight into a shifting political and cultural landscape. Babita Sharma was raised in a corner shop in Reading, getting a view of a changing world from behind the counter. My Past is a Foreign Country by Zeba Talkhani is out on 26 June (Sceptre, £14.99). 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. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is out on 9 May (Scribe UK, £14.99). Keep an eye on your inbox. 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. After two years of careful consideration, Robert McCrum has concluded his selection of the 100 greatest nonfiction books of all time. Be the Change is out on June 13 (Sphere, £12.99). But, just one week before the final phase of training, the programme was cancelled, with sexism winning out. Non-Fiction Books. Palette brings Fetto’s advice to the masses. Finishing the Hat Travels in Siberia by Ian Frazier (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010). written by Jazmin Kopotsha. The pair look at issues of access, unrepresentative curricula, discrimination in the classroom, the problems of activism, and life before and after university. For anyone who loved Tara Westover’s Educated, this is your next must-read. A vital and urgent addition to political science. Including fiction, non-fiction and cookbooks, we've found something to suit everyone. 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. Add these brilliant books to your reading list, pronto. One thing all of these non-fiction books have in common is that they’re great reads. 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. The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013). Books & Art • Entertainment. In this book, which is part memoir, part manifesto, Day explores what it means to fail and how we pick ourselves back up again. Before Carrie Bradshaw, there was her real-life inspiration Candace Bushnell. Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas is out on 17 October (Picador, £9.99). Bringing together case studies, stories and new research this book, which was being talked about ahead of its release, makes a strong case for change. To find out if life’s better for introverts of extroverts, you’ll have to read the book. 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. Don’t Touch My Hair is out on 2 May (Allen Lane, £20). Part memoir about a personal obsession, and part homage to the film, Brand’s celebration includes her own memories and interviews with other fans of the film. 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. Award-winning writer Saini explores the bases of race in science throughout history. Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me is an honest and heartwarming look at a career path that is often demeaned, diminished and under-resourced, and will show you why it shouldn’t be. 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 novels anchored in the mess of Brexit to non-fiction discussing the vices and virtues of social media By . From memoirs to cookbooks, there's a tome here for everyone Entertaining and incisive. Gotta Get Theroux This: My Life and Strange Times on Television is out on 19 September (Pan Macmillan, £20). And then, one day, disaster strikes and Gottlieb finds that she is the one in need of a therapist. 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. Every year, the Baillie Gifford Prize judges seek to identify the very best nonfiction books published in the last year. By Adrienne Westenfeld An important zeitgeist of our time. 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. Partition Voices is out on 11 July (Bloomsbury, £20). At the Pond: Swimming at the Hampstead Ladies’ Pond is out on 20 June (Daunt Books, £10.99). 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. The Best List: Toronto Star’s Top Ten Books of 2019. 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. Covering hair, skincare, makeup and body products, this is for women of colour, who have been so often ignored by mainstream beauty coverage. The Best Books to Look Out For in November 2018. Dressed is out on 13 June (Jonathan Cape, £25). 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. We all get dressed, and often we’re portraying a certain view to the world with our clothes. At the age of 26, she left Westboro, her family and her life behind, and now advocates for the people and ideas she was brought up to despise. Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection by Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Stephen Fry: Best classic … Unfollow: A Journey from Hatred to Hope is out on 3 October (Quercus, £14.99). 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. 20 Dec 2019. is out on 8 August (Little, Brown, £16.99). The Good Immigrant USA is out now (Dialogue Books, £16.99). by Kristin Iversen. See for yourself from books about math and animals to biographies and memoirs. More Orgasms Please: Why Female Pleasure Matters is out on 4 July (Square Peg, £12.99). 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. Partition – the splitting of India into India and Pakistan – was one of the most tumultuous events of the 20th century, and the effects are still felt decades later, although they’re rarely spoken about. In this powerful book, Evans tears down racial myths which has been fortified by some of our most prolific scholars. Three Women by Lisa Taddeo is out on 9 July (Bloomsbury, £16.99). She wanted to become one of the first women astronauts, and took part in a rigorous training and testing programme. 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 Hotbed Collective, which began life as a podcast, examines the orgasm gap between women and men in its first book, More Orgasms Please. Here is our edit of the must-read non-fiction books of 2021 and the best non-fiction books of all time. Tolentino gives razor-sharp cultural commentary about our era of hyper individualism and tech obsession with shrewd insight. The Sisterhood is out now (Headline, £14.99). The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective is out on 13 June (Picador, £20). Actress Zawe Ashton started her career at the age of six, and has played everything from “cute little girl” to “assassin with attitude”. Best new books to read right now. 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