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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1493

by Charles C. Mann

1861

by Adam Goodheart

33 REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE

by Dorian Lynskey

ARRIVAL CITY

by Doug Saunders

ASSASSINS OF THE TURQUOISE PALACE

by Roya Hakakian

THE BEAUTY AND THE SORROW

by Peter Englund

THE BEGINNING OF INFINITY

by David Deutsch

BENTO'S SKETCHBOOK

by John Berger

BLOOD, BONES, AND BUTTER

by Gabrielle Hamilton

BLUE NIGHTS

by Joan Didion

THE BODY POLITIC

by Jonathan D. Moreno

BORN IN AFRICA

by Martin Meredith

 

BOTTOM OF THE 33RD

by Dan Barry

THE BRILLIANT DISASTER

by Jim Rasenberger

CHARLES DICKENS

by Claire Tomalin

COURAGE BEYOND THE GAME

by Jim Dent

DEADLY CHOICES

by Paul A. Offit

DEATH IN THE CITY OF LIGHT

by David King

DEEP FUTURE

by Curt Stager

THE DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC

by Candice Millard

THE ECSTASY OF INFLUENCE

by Jonathan Lethem

ELECTRIC EDEN

by Rob Young

EVERYONE LOVES YOU WHEN YOU'RE DEAD

by Neil Strauss

FIRST CONTACT

by Marc Kaufman

FOUNDING GARDENERS

by Andrea Wulf

IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS

by Erik Larson

THE GREATER JOURNEY

by David McCullough

GREEN IS THE NEW RED

by Will Potter

HALFWAY TO HOLLYWOOD

by Michael Palin

HEARTS TOUCHED BY FIRE

by Harold Holzer

HERE ON EARTH

by Tim Flannery

THE HONORED DEAD

by Joseph Braude

HOT

by Mark Hertsgaard

HOWARD COSELL

by Mark Ribowsky

INFERNO

by Max Hastings

THE INFLUENCING MACHINE

by Brooke Gladstone

INSIDE SCIENTOLOGY

by Janet Reitman

JANE FONDA

by Patricia Bosworth

JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM

by James Carroll

IS JOURNALISM WORTH DYING FOR?

by Anna Politkovskaya

LENNON

by Tim Riley

THE LONGEST WAR

by Peter L. Bergen

LOST IN SHANGRI-LA

by Mitchell Zuckoff

LOVE AND CAPITAL

by Mary Gabriel

THE MAN IN THE ROCKEFELLER SUIT

by Mark Seal

THE MEMORY PALACE

by Mira Bartók

MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD

by David S. Reynolds

THE ORIGINS OF POLITICAL ORDER

by Francis Fukuyama