Today we’ll see the best non-fiction book releases of 2023, it’s been 11 months since the year started and we’ve got a really long list of books but today I’m going to discuss a few.
Let’s see the best non-fiction releases. The list has been made based on Goodread’s ratings and my experience with the book.
Non-Fiction Releases
All the Memories That Remain: War, Alzheimer’s, and the Search for a Way Home
Writer: E.M. Liddick
Genre: Memoir
Release Date: 11th April, 2023
Goodreads rating: 4.82
The story talks about the author’s disordered life when he returns from his trip from Afghanistan as a special operations task force. He realizes that now he is no longer in love with his wife, and finds his dad in a position where he didn’t imagine him to be so by re-reading his father’s letters as a source of enlightenment he gets the old him back.
Here’s a video of the author where he talks about his past life, the book, and his life experiences.
The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos
Writer: Jamie Green
Genre: Science, Space, Nature, Philosophy, Technology
Release Date: 18th April, 2023
Goodreads rating: 4.04
This is the 10th Book of the author/Science Journalist Jaime Green. The book talks about the possibility of life on other planets, the exploration of aliens, how science has influenced our history and culture, and the explanation of everything that makes it easier to read.
I found a great video of the author where she discusses different aspects of the book and science. MUST WATCH.
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Writer: David Grann
Genre: History, True Crime, Adventure, and Mystery
Release Date: 18th April, 2023
Goodreads rating: 4.23
The book mentions the event that took place in 1741 when the British ship was on a mission to capture a treasure-filled Spanish ship but instead wrecked in Cape Horn, a rocky headland at the southernmost tip of the Chilean archipelago Tierra del Fuego, where the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans meet. It is also said that no one survived from that ship.
There is news saying that soon a movie will also be released THE WAGER based on this incident.
Here’s a podcast in case you want to dive in and want to know more about the incident.
Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women
Writer: Victoria Dutchman- Smith
Genre: History, Politics, Society, and Feminism
Release Date: 2nd March, 2023
Goodreads rating: 3.88
This is an eye-opening and revolutionary book for the female audience as this book talks about the evolution of identity politics in recent years. Women find themselves talked about and mentioned as inferior, and selfish, given threats, are silenced by abusive language and because of the stereotypical discrimination against older people refrains them from coming together.
Here’s a talk by Victoria Dutchman on HAGS.
King: A life
Writer: Jonathan Eig
Genre: Biography, History, Politics, American History, Memoir
Release Date: 16th May, 2023
Goodreads rating: 4.69
The book is a full biography in decades. It’s a 688-page detailed book that reveals new secrets, research, and recently classified FBI files about the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. The book has an intimate view of MKL’s relationship with his wife, father, and others. Martin King Luther was a deep thinker, brilliant strategist, and radical who led one of the greatest movements of all time.
The Teachers: A Year Inside America’s Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
Writer: Alexandra Robbins
Genre: Sociology, History, Biography, Politics
Release Date: 14th March, 2023
Goodreads rating: 4.22
Educational expert Alexandra Robbins talks about 3 teachers in this book who tell and talk about what’s going on in the educational world and schools behind the school doors. Scandals, teacher’s hard-hitting confessions, school violence, parent’s bad behavior, inadequate support, staffing, and unrealistic demands asked by the schools.
The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Writer: Alexandra Robbins
Genre: Art, Music, Philosophy, Self-Help
Release Date: 17th January, 2023
Goodreads rating: 4.13
A piece of art by the legendary music producer Alexandra Robbins, explains in the book where this creativity comes and from where it doesn’t come, he has explained and learned that being an artist isn’t just about giving the output; it’s about your relation with the world. According to him, everyone has space for creativity in their life and everyone can make it larger.
Spare
Writer: Prince Harry
Genre: Memoir, Biography, Autobiography, Politics, British Literature
Release Date: 10th January, 2023
Goodreads rating: 3.89
It’s one of the well-known but a lot to discover stories of the Prince Harry royal family. The book tells how his life changed after the death of his mother, he struggled with everything from school, anger issues, loneliness, and even struggling with accepting life in the spotlight.
His life changed when his partner stepped into his life, Meghan before that he joined the British army to structure his life and bring his life into the discipline.
Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock
Writer: Jenny Odell
Genre: Philosophy, Self Help, Personal Development, Mental Health
Release Date: 7th March, 2023
Goodreads rating: 3.63
The book talks about how corporate culture and life have dominated our clock, they are devised not for humans or us but for profit. Book tries to change the whole concept of time by embracing it which will give us and our planet a better future.
Fool Me Once: Scams, Stories, and Secrets from the Trillion-Dollar Fraud Industry
Writer: Kelly Richmond Pope
Genre: Business, Crime, Psychology, Economics
Release Date: 21st March, 2023
Goodreads rating: 3.62
The book will open your eyes and challenge your thinking and will inspire you to question your thinking and preconceived notions about fraud. Govt., businesses, and people lose trillions of dollars to financial crimes. The book also covers frauds in action, uncovering what makes perps tick and whistleblowers so morally righteous.
Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away with It
Writer: Elie Honig
Genre: Politics, History, Law, True Crime, Sociology
Release Date: 31st January, 2023
Goodreads rating: 4.04
The book talks about how successful, rich, notorious people like Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, Harvey Weinstein, and Bill Cosby weaponize their wealth, and use their political power to bend the system and dodge them for decades. CNN senior legal analyst Elie Hong exposes all of them.
The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery
Writer: Adam Gopnik
Genre: Biography, Autobiography, and Psychology
Release Date: 2nd March, 2023
Amazon rating: 3.9
Adam says mastery can be achieved in any field if you relentlessly improve yourself. Mastery is a process of methodically breaking down the process piece by piece and true mastery in any field requires mastering other people’s minds.
These were a few of the books I read and found them to be worthy in the list of Best Non-Fiction Releases of 2023