Best Nonfiction of 2020 - Voting Thread

https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/kgs8pr/best_nonfiction_of_2020_voting_thread/

created by vincoug on 20/12/2020 at 11:00 UTC

38 upvotes, 40 top-level comments (showing 25)

Welcome readers!

This is the voting thread for the best Nonfiction of 2020! From here, you can make nominations, vote for, and discuss the best Nonfiction of 2020. Here are the rules:

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Nominations

Nominations are made by posting a parent comment.

Parent comments will only be nominations. If you're not making a nomination you must reply to another comment or your comment will be removed.

All nominations must have been originally published in 2020.

Please search the thread before making your own nomination. Duplicate nominations will be removed.

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Voting

Voting will be done using upvotes.

You can vote for as many books as you'd like.

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Other Stuff

Nominations will be left open until Sunday January 17 at which point they will be locked, votes counted, and winners announced.

These threads will be left in contest mode until voting is finished.

Most importantly, have fun!

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Best of 2020 Lists

To remind you of some of the great books that were published this year, here's the /r/Books' Megalist of Best of 2020 Lists

Comments

Comment by vincoug at 17/01/2021 at 15:34 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Thank you everyone for participating! Voting is closed, the thread is locked, votes are being tabulated, and the winners will be announced shortly.

Comment by candlesandpretense at 20/12/2020 at 13:40 UTC

23 upvotes, 0 direct replies

The Splendid and the Vile - Erik Larson

Comment by chchchcher at 20/12/2020 at 14:57 UTC

6 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Eat a Peach by David Chang & Gabe Ulla

Comment by JoKer730 at 21/12/2020 at 04:44 UTC

6 upvotes, 0 direct replies

The Answer is...: Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek

Comment by CinnamonDolceLatte at 23/12/2020 at 17:44 UTC

8 upvotes, 0 direct replies

A Life on Our Planet* by David Attenborough

Comment by mleftpeel at 20/12/2020 at 13:01 UTC

23 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

Comment by iozl at 22/12/2020 at 10:08 UTC

6 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

Comment by candlesandpretense at 20/12/2020 at 13:39 UTC

11 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family - Robert Kolker

Comment by [deleted] at 20/12/2020 at 11:43 UTC

33 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Promised Land by Barack Obama

Comment by [deleted] at 20/12/2020 at 11:48 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Leave Only Footprints by Conor Knighton

Comment by BohemianPeasant at 21/12/2020 at 00:13 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism[1] by Anne Applebaum

1: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50155421-twilight-of-democracy

Comment by Fahlm at 21/12/2020 at 08:59 UTC

6 upvotes, 0 direct replies

The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack

Comment by mstiffy at 22/12/2020 at 05:13 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emanuel Acho

Comment by chchchcher at 20/12/2020 at 15:02 UTC

8 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong

Comment by [deleted] at 20/12/2020 at 11:46 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

The Bird Way by Jennifer Ackerman

Comment by BohemianPeasant at 21/12/2020 at 23:10 UTC

7 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man[1] by Mary L. Trump .

1: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54114950-too-much-and-never-enough

Comment by sunshinerainbow2020 at 21/12/2020 at 01:42 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

The Sirens of Mars - Sarah Stewart Johnson

Comment by Motorvision at 21/12/2020 at 02:23 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings & Erin Meyer

Comment by EveryCliche at 22/12/2020 at 15:20 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Team of Five: The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump by Kate Andersen Bower

Comment by deja_flu at 22/12/2020 at 17:19 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Fake law: The truth about justice in an age of lies - The Secret Barrister

Comment by snakesareracist at 23/12/2020 at 00:48 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Hollywood Park by Mikkel Jollet

Comment by ahorsewithnonamemoo at 28/12/2020 at 04:06 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

The Stars in Our Pockets: Getting Lost and Sometimes Found in the Digital Age - by Howard Axelrod

Comment by Ozark_Bosn at 28/12/2020 at 20:57 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears) by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling