Dec 07, 2011

Best Nonfiction of 2011 Kirkus

Best Nonfiction of 2011

Eric Liebetrau, Editor

Choosing any “best-of” list is always a monumental undertaking, a task guaranteed to involve plenty of discussion, heated debate and perhaps even controversy. This year proved no less difficult, mainly due to the remarkable number of outstanding books published in 2011. Of course, you won’t hear any complaints from me—exposure to such important literature is the most rewarding part of my job.

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Cover art for 1493

Kirkus Star 1493

by Charles C. Mann

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Kirkus Star 1861

by Adam Goodheart

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Kirkus Star 33 REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE

by Dorian Lynskey

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Kirkus Star ARRIVAL CITY

by Doug Saunders

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Kirkus Star ASSASSINS OF THE TURQUOISE PALACE

by Roya Hakakian

Cover art for THE BEAUTY AND THE SORROW

Kirkus Star THE BEAUTY AND THE SORROW

by Peter Englund

Cover art for THE BEGINNING OF INFINITY

Kirkus Star THE BEGINNING OF INFINITY

by David Deutsch

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Kirkus Star BENTO'S SKETCHBOOK

by John Berger

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Kirkus Star BLOOD, BONES, AND BUTTER

by Gabrielle Hamilton

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Kirkus Star BLUE NIGHTS

by Joan Didion

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Kirkus Star THE BODY POLITIC

by Jonathan D. Moreno

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Kirkus Star BORN IN AFRICA

by Martin Meredith

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Kirkus Star BOTTOM OF THE 33RD

by Dan Barry

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Kirkus Star THE BRILLIANT DISASTER

by Jim Rasenberger

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Kirkus Star CHARLES DICKENS

by Claire Tomalin

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Kirkus Star COURAGE BEYOND THE GAME

by Jim Dent

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Kirkus Star DEADLY CHOICES

by Paul A. Offit

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Kirkus Star DEATH IN THE CITY OF LIGHT

by David King

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Kirkus Star DEEP FUTURE

by Curt Stager

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Kirkus Star THE DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC

by Candice Millard

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Kirkus Star THE ECSTASY OF INFLUENCE

by Jonathan Lethem

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Kirkus Star ELECTRIC EDEN

by Rob Young

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Kirkus Star EVERYONE LOVES YOU WHEN YOU'RE DEAD

by Neil Strauss

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Kirkus Star FIRST CONTACT

by Marc Kaufman

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Kirkus Star FOUNDING GARDENERS

by Andrea Wulf

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Kirkus Star IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS

by Erik Larson

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Kirkus Star THE GREATER JOURNEY

by David McCullough

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Kirkus Star GREEN IS THE NEW RED

by Will Potter

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Kirkus Star HALFWAY TO HOLLYWOOD

by Michael Palin

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Kirkus Star HEARTS TOUCHED BY FIRE

by Harold Holzer

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Kirkus Star HERE ON EARTH

by Tim Flannery

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Kirkus Star THE HONORED DEAD

by Joseph Braude

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Kirkus Star HOT

by Mark Hertsgaard

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Kirkus Star HOWARD COSELL

by Mark Ribowsky

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Kirkus Star INFERNO

by Max Hastings

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Kirkus Star THE INFLUENCING MACHINE

by Brooke Gladstone

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Kirkus Star INSIDE SCIENTOLOGY

by Janet Reitman

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Kirkus Star JANE FONDA

by Patricia Bosworth

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Kirkus Star JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM

by James Carroll

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Kirkus Star IS JOURNALISM WORTH DYING FOR?

by Anna Politkovskaya

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Kirkus Star LENNON

by Tim Riley

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Kirkus Star THE LONGEST WAR

by Peter L. Bergen

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Kirkus Star LOST IN SHANGRI-LA

by Mitchell Zuckoff

Cover art for LOVE AND CAPITAL

Kirkus Star LOVE AND CAPITAL

by Mary Gabriel

Cover art for THE MAN IN THE ROCKEFELLER SUIT

Kirkus Star THE MAN IN THE ROCKEFELLER SUIT

by Mark Seal

Cover art for THE MEMORY PALACE

Kirkus Star THE MEMORY PALACE

by Mira Bartók

Cover art for MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD

Kirkus Star MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD

by David S. Reynolds

Cover art for THE ORIGINS OF POLITICAL ORDER

Kirkus Star THE ORIGINS OF POLITICAL ORDER

by Francis Fukuyama

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