Our Favorite Nonfiction of 2019

This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Dapper Dan, Beeline, Good Talk, and more great nonfiction books from 2019.

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Books discussed on the show:

Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino

The Yellow House: A Memoir by Sarah M. Broom

Zoo Nebraska: The Dismantling of an American Dream by Carson Vaughn

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty and Dianné Ruz |

Burnout: The Secrets To Unlocking The Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski

Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir by Daniel R. Day

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

Beeline: What Spelling Bees Reveal About Generation Z’ New Path to Success by Shalini Shankar

Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl: A Memoir by Jeannie Vanasco

Out Of The Shadows: A Memoir by Timea Nagy and Shannon Moroney

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir by T Kira Madden

Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

Solitary by Albert Woodfox

Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Married by Abby Ellis

What we’re reading:

Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orisha) by Tomi Adeyemi

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