The best nonfiction of 2011

/ Book Recommendations / By Mary Daniels Brown / December 8, 2011

The best nonfiction of 2011 – Books – Salon.com

Our favorite nonfiction spanned centuries and the world, and told stories of writers, princesses and great thinkers

As promised yesterday, Salon’s Laura Miller today presents her list of the five best nonfiction books of the year:

Townie by Andre Dubus, III
Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution by Mary Gabriel
The Information: A Histsory, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick
Catherine the Great: The Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff

As with the fiction list, there are links to Salon’s review of each of these books. But unlike the fiction list, there is no extensive list of “honorable mentions,” unfortunately.

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Mary Daniels Brown

My mother always insisted that, as soon as I was old enough to sit up, she’d find me in my crib after my nap babbling away, with a Little Golden Book on my lap. I’ve had my nose in a book ever since. I grew up in a small town, with the tiny town library literally in my backyard. As an only child in an unhappy home, I found comfort and companionship in books. As an adult I wanted to be Harry Potter, although I admit I’m more Hermione. My life has been a series of research projects. Reading has taught me that human lives are deliciously messy and that “it’s complicated” isn’t a punchline.

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