Our Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2023: December 12, 2023

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Better Living Through Birding, Liliana’s Invincible Summer, In the Form of a Question, and more!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World by Christian Cooper

Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice by Cristina Rivera Garza

In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life by Amy Schneider 

Eyeliner: A Cultural History by Zahra Hankir

We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian

You Just Need to Lose Weight: and 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon

The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel 

Creep: Accusations and Confessions by Myriam Gurba

Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA by Theresa Runstedtler

Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond

The Theory of Everything Else: A Voyage Into the World of the Weird by Dan Schreiber 

Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America by Krista Burton

How to Say Babylon: A Memoir by Safiya Sinclair

The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church by Rachel L. Swarns

Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant 

The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race by Farah Karim-Cooper 

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

Queen B by Juno Dawson

Celestial Monsters by Aiden Thomas 

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

Confounding Oaths by Alexis Hall 

A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna

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