Top Ten Non-Fiction Reads of 2015

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, asks for “Top Ten Best Books I Read In 2015.” I decided to focus this list on the excellent non-fiction books published in 2015 that I loved reading this year. Here’s my list, with very oversimplified descriptions of when I’d recommend reading them. IF YOU WANT… Continue reading Top Ten Non-Fiction Reads of 2015

Fail Fail Again Fail Better by Pema Chödrön

I enjoy reading the occasional commencement speech, especially from authors I admire. I think my all time favorite is the one George Saunders gave at Syracuse in 2013, on kindness. I don’t usually seek out commencement addresses in print, but I made an exception for Pema Chödrön. She’s an American-born Buddhist nun, she’s incredible and wise, and her… Continue reading Fail Fail Again Fail Better by Pema Chödrön

Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed

In the introduction to Tiny Beautiful Things, Steve Almond says that this book will “endure as a piece of literary art, as will Cheryl’s other books, because they do the essential work of literary art: they make us more human than we were before.” That’s really all you need to know about this book: It will… Continue reading Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed