Without question, the ensuing Columbian Exchange played a large role in setting off the Great Divergence between East and West. We’ve been taught that the modern world dawned when Christopher Columbus arrived in the Caribbean in 1492 in search of a route to the riches of “India.” In fact, for centuries, historians have been telling us that everything changed because explorers from Spain and Portugal set out across the unknown reaches of the seas to establish new trade routes to what we know today as China, Indonesia, and India. French (2021) 528 pages ★★★★★- An eye-opening account of Africa’s pivotal role in world history By some standards, at least, they all qualify as “new.” The list follows, with the books arranged in alphabetical order by the authors’ last names.īorn in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War by Howard W. But the other four all came out in recent years, beginning in 2015. In fact, the five nonfiction books listed here include only one book published in 2022: Adam Hochschild’s masterful history, American Midnight. Many of the books I review were published years ago, award-winners and classics among them.Įstimated reading time: 7 minutes Both new books and old are included here And I won’t pretend to do so. Besides, I don’t read only new books. Nobody, and no team of reviewers, can possibly manage that. Instead, I’ve chosen not to compete with any reviewers who may imply they’ve read the many thousands of nonfiction books published in any given year. These must-reads will keep you informed, inspired, entertained, and exhilarated as you journey through the most contentious and compelling topics in history and the contemporary world.Fair warning: although the headline promises the “best nonfiction of 2022,” what follows is not a list of the best published during the past year. Without further ado, here are 60 of the best nonfiction books to peruse.
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They show us who we are, where we came from, and where we might be going. From uncovering invisible histories, to reflecting lyrically on medical conditions, to calling readers to political action, nonfiction writers can take us anywhere. The twenty-first century is still young - yet it has already produced an incredible array of nonfiction books probing all facets of human life.
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