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“Perhaps my favourite nonfiction book published this year was Jon Day’s Homing, a memoir of parenthood and pigeon fancying, and though that sounds like an odd combination, it works brilliantly.” Read more...
Editors’ Picks: Notable Books of 2019
Cal Flyn, Five Books Editor
Our most recommended books
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Speak, Memory
by Vladimir Nabokov -
Mother Archive: A Dominican Family Memoir
by Erika Morillo -
Question 7
by Richard Flanagan -
Patriot: A Memoir
by Alexei Navalny, translated by Arch Tait with Stephen Dalziel -
Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice
by Cristina Rivera Garza -
The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History
by Manjula Martin