If what I read and loved in 2025 is any indication, writers have pulled their focus in from the big picture to the world writ small. Between the covers of my top 10 nonfiction books you'll find themes of escape, hope, tragedy and joy.
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"A Marriage at Sea" by Sophie Elmhirst
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"Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation" by Zaakir Tameez
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“Mother Mary Comes to Me” by Arundhati Roy
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"The Zorg" by Siddharth Kara
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“Bone Valley” by Gilbert King
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"Is a River Alive?" by Robert Macfarlane
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"I am Nobody's Slave" by Lee Hawkins
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"Tigers Between Empires" by Jonathan C Slaght
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"A Truce That Is Not Peace" by Miriam Toews
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"Baldwin A Love Story" by Nicholas Boggs
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