Nonfiction has been bringing colors to every book shelf from all around the world since literature started to blossom and printing press were built. At this point in time, there has been thousands and thousands of nonfiction books that are invading the literary realm. They do not contain imaginative and extraordinary tales but only meaningful and enlightening stories.
Memoir, biography, manual, and travelogue are some of its best subgenres. Another aspect that makes the world of nonfiction more colorful is the community of authors. Among the remarkable authors are Stephen Hawking, Rachel Carson, Michelle Obama, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Oliver Wolf Sacks, and more. Nonfiction is truly a wonderful and rich genre. Apart from all that, there are also the best books that make every reader in the world learn from the substances embedded in the stories. So, listed below are the promising nonfiction books to read this holiday.
The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning by Maggie Nelson
In August 13, 2012, W.W. Norton & Company published the 1st edition of The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning by Maggie Nelson. It talks about how the fields of vision of the public are being swarmed with cruel imagery by both the entertainment and real world. The widespread images of horror, agony, and war has almost killed the hope of the 20th century that these images will shake everything up into a less marginalized society or help establish a fair social structure. Now, what should the people do, when should they watch, and when must they turn away? Ultimately, Nelson’s complex analysis of the creative landscape provides a paradigm of how strong ethical values can be matched with an exceptionally powerful enjoyment of work that explores the boundaries of taste, tradition, and acceptability. The author has truly risen among the leading cultural critics with this exceptional work about depictions of brutality and abuse in literature.
From Science to Spirituality: Finding Spirituality in Science by Neil C. Griffen
Neil C. Griffen challenges readers to wonder about the pre-existing ideas and values in the field of science and religious reasoning. From Science to Spirituality: Finding Spirituality in Science aims to enlighten science and religious faith and help people see how these two disciplines fit together. The author exceptionally includes well-researched and significant information that supports the advantages of utilizing scientific knowledge in evaluating spiritual concerns, including the commonly volatile argument about the presence of one God. According to one of the excerpts of the book, the scientific method is quite the latest development in human history. Both the truth and His wisdom typically originated from whichever god was famous in the past. There is a person who spreads the desires of that particular god. A great example is Ancient Egypt’s pharaohs, who are the self-proclaimed gods that lead using an iron hand.
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
This promising nonfiction book is published by Doubleday in the UK and Broadway Books in the US. It is written by Bill Bryson and has become one of the best books today. A Short History of Nearly Everything is a famous science book that elaborates particular fields of science with the use of a language that is easily comprehensible and speaks more to the masses than other writings on the topic. In fact, it is among United Kingdom’s bestselling famous science books of 2005 after selling more than 300,000 copies. Moreover, it differs from the author’s travel book genre because it is talking about the general sciences, like astronomy, chemistry, and more. A Short History of Nearly Everything also examines time through geology and evolution.
100 Essays I Don’t Have Time to Write by Sarah Ruhl
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux published the reprint edition of Sarah Ruhl’s 100 Essays I Don’t Have Time to Write in 2015. It is not just a literary piece that talks about the amazing world of theater but it is also a map of a really distinct artistic sensibility and a guide for those who opt to walk on the path of artistry. The essays contained clever forms of meditation about life in the arts and cheerful scribbles of reflections on the things in between. Admonition, celebration, interrogation, jokes, tasks, supplications, prayers, and suggestions are blended throughout the pieces: frank thoughts compiled from years of working in the theatre.
The Damsel’s Files 