My Favorite Reads of 2017: Nonfiction
I don't read a lot of nonfiction. This year, I read 22, which made up roughly 20% of my total reading. Here are my five favorites. (As always, clicking the book covers will take you to Amazon.) 5. We're Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union I first heard about this book at the Harper Collins fall book buzz panel the American Library Association conference last June, and after hearing it wasn't a typical celebrity memoir, I knew I wanted to read it. I opted for the audiobook, which is read by Union, and I'm so glad I did. This book is a memoir in the form of essays, and Union lays her life bare, from childhood to the present. It is both serious (she deals with racism, sexism, recounts her rape, her fertility struggles, and much more) and funny. It's loosely chronological, but it's also thematic, and the last essay provides a fitting end for this collection. Since I read it, I started binge-watching Union's current tv show, Being Mary Jane, which I h...