Part 2 of the
books I’m not recommending for Christmas (see the explanation in Part 1)
includes history and biography, general non-fiction, and poetry.
A note about the
general non-fiction books listed: four of them (by Levin, Vance, Reno, and
Metaxas). Although written before the presidential election, go a long way to
explaining what happened on Nov. 8.
History and Biography
The
Autobiography of Mark Twain
(3 volumes)
Tudors by Peter Ackroyd.
Sherlock
Holmes: The Man Who Never Lived and Will Never Die by the Museum of London.
Dr.
Johnson and Mr. Savage
by Richard Holmes.
The
Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606
by James Shapior.
A
Hobbit, A Wardrobe, and a Great War by Joseph Loconte.
Mark
Twain: Chasing the Last Laugh
by Richard Zacks.
Norman
Nicholson: The Whispering Poet
by Kathleen Jones.
King
John by Marc Morris.
General Non-fiction
The
Fractured Republic
by Yuval Levin.
Hillbilly
Elegy by J.D. Vance.
Resurrecting
the Idea of a Christian Society
by R.R. Reno.
A
Long Way Home by
Saroo Brierly.
If
You Can Keep It by
Eric Metaxas.
Pilgrim
Wheels by Neil
Hanson.
Poetry
Sentenced
to Life by Clive James.
Where
the Sky Opens by Laurie Klein.
American
Barricade by Daniel
Schoonebeek.
Poems by C.S. Lewis.
Ozone Journal by Peter Balakian.
The
Joy of Poetry by
Megan Willome.
Rapture and The Bees by Carol Ann Duffy.
Poetry:
A Survivor’s Guide
by Mark Yakich.
Balancing
Acts by Yahia
Lababidi.
Mall
Flower by Tina
Barry.
Parable
and Paradox by
Malcom Guite.
Songs
and Poems by Leonard
Cohen.
Push
Mountain Road by Pat Durmon.
Rain and Landing Light by Don Paterson.
The
Light the Dead See
by Frank Stanford.
Hagar
Poems by Mohja Kahf.
Measures
of Expatriation by
Vahni Capildeo.
Related:
Photograph by Axelle B via Public
Domain Pictures. Used with permission.
I've seen Hillbilly Elegy come up on a number of posts. I should probably check it out! The Sherlock book looks interesting, too. A few years ago I listened to all Doyle's Sherlock stories on audio just to get to know the original, as I had seen so many variations in modern-day versions.
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