We’re a quarter of the way through the year, if you can believe it, which makes it a good time to look back at the state of books so far in 2024. Goodreads has just released a list of 51 Nonfiction Hits of 2024 (So Far), separated into Essays, Memoirs, History & Biography, Science, and General Nonfiction. These are the books that have been added by Goodreads users to their Read and Want to Read shelves the most, as well as gathering a lot of positive reviews.
Here are a few of the best and buzziest nonfiction books of 2024 so far:
Essays
There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib
You Get What You Pay For: Essays by Morgan Parker
Like Love: Essays and Conversations by Maggie Nelson
Thunder Song: Essays by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe
I Finally Bought Some Jordans: Essays by Michael Arceneaux
Memoirs
Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley
The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul
This American Ex-Wife by Lyz Lenz
Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne
Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine by Uché Blackstock
History & Biography
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson
Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong by Katie Gee Salisbury
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbins
Science, Technology & Health
Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet by Hannah Ritchie
Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka
Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher
General Nonfiction
The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell
Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out by Shannon Reed
To see all 51 of the Nonfiction Hits of 2024 (So Far), check out the full list on Goodreads.
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