Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Well, maybe …

… The 50 best nonfiction books of past 25 years. (Hat tip, Virginia Kerr.)



Just off the top of my head, I would have found room for Thomas Nagel's Mind and Cosmos, which is a very important book, and also Auberon Waugh's Will This Do?, and Julian Barnes's Nothing to Be Frightened Of.
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  1. Nige1:26 PM

    I'd add Adam Nicolson's The Mighty Dead and Richard Mabey's Flora Britannica...

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  2. Baceseras12:49 PM

    Boldly – not to say rashly – I’ll add a handful:

    Stewart Brand
    How Buildings Learn

    Roger Deakin
    Wildwood

    Gustaw Herling
    Volcano and Miracle

    Jennifer Homans
    Apollo’s Angels

    Clive James
    Cultural Amnesia

    Jane Jelley
    Traces of Vermeer

    Osler’s “A Way of Life” and other addresses,
    with commentary and annotations by Shigeaki Hinohara & Hisae Niki

    Joseph Vining
    From Newton’s Sleep

    Gabriel Zaid
    The Secret of Fame

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