Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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I read some great nonfiction in 2024. These are the books that have stuck with me most.

Honourable mentions:
The Dam by David Almond and Levi Pinfold
Pyongyang: a journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle translated by Helge Dascher

Top five in no particular order:
Strong Female Character by Fern Brady
I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O'Farrell
A Flat Place by Noreen Masud
Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art & Life & Sudden Death by Laura Cumming
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon

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