Our Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2022: December 20, 2022

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Strangers to Ourselves, Stay True, I’m Glad My Mom Died, and more of their favorite nonfiction books of 2022.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place by Neema Avashia

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel Aviv

Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe

If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity by Justin Gregg

Huda F Are You? by Hufa Fahmy

Stay True: A Memoir by Hua Hsu

The Forever Witness: How DNA and Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder by Edward Humes

The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy by Moiya McTier

Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer

100 Animals That Can F*cking End You by Mamadou Ndiaye

Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir by Erika L. Sanchez

Butts: A Backstory by Heather Radke

Murder Among Friends: How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime by Candace Fleming

How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur 

WHAT WE’RE READING:

We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway

MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK:

Queen of Myth and Monsters (Adrian X Isolde) by Scarlett St. Clair 

Orchid Muse: A History of Obsession in Fifteen Flowers by Erica Hannickel

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