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Time: Annabel Gutterman: The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024

11 December 2024

The Barn - Wright Thompson

Annabel Gutterman: The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024, as published by Time Magazine

[see also The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2024 • The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2023 • The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 • The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2022 • The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2022 • The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2021 • The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021]

  1. The Barn
    The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
    Wright Thompson
  2. Fi
    A Memoir of My Son
    Alexandra Fuller
  3. Soldiers and Kings
    Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
    Jason De León
  4. The Lucky Ones
    Zara Chowdhary
  5. The Light Eaters
    How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
    Zoë Schlanger
  6. Whiskey Tender
    A Memoir
    Deborah Jackson Taffa
  7. Knife
    Meditations After an Attempted Murder
    Salman Rushdie
  8. There's Always This Year
    On Basketball and Ascension
    Hanif Abdurraqib
  9. Grief Is for People
    Sloane Crosley
  10. The Friday Afternoon Club
    A Family Memoir
    Griffin Dunne

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