Best Nonfiction of 2015, Dec. 22, 2015

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of their favorite nonfiction books of 2015, including Between the World and Me, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, and Rain.

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Books discussed on the show:

The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse: An Extraordinary Edwardian Case of Deception and Intrigue by Piu Marie Eatwell

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski Ph.D.

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein

Dear Mr. You by Mary-Louise Parker

Leaving Orbit: Notes from the Last Days of American Spaceflight by Margaret Lazarus Dean

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson

Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga by Pamela Newkirk

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer

Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

What we’re reading:

Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt

Three-Martini Lunch by Suzanne Rindell

Books out this week:

The Inflatable Woman by Rachael Ball

This Raging Light by Estelle Laure

The Seven Madmen by Roberto Arlt

Year of the Goose by Carly J. Hallman

Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges by Amy Cuddy

Broken Ground (Spirit Animals: Fall of the Beasts, Book 2) by Victoria Schwab