1. The Great Derangement
Amitav Ghosh’s well-argued book talks about global warming and why we should take it more seriously.
2. The Gene: an Intimate History
Siddhartha Mukherjee,who earlier wrote the Pulitzer-winning book, The Emperor Of All Maladies, writes another brilliant book telling the story of the human gene in a very gripping style.
3. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi’s deeply moving book is a memoir about his own struggle with stage IV metastatic lung cancer, which was published posthumously..
4.No One Else : A Personal History of Outlawed Love and Sex
Siddharth Dube’s book is a personal and moving account of a man’s struggle to understand his sexuality at a time of increasing intolerance.
5.Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterley’s wonderful book is about a group of African American women , who participated in some of NASA’s successful projects, working against the tide of rampant racism and sexism.
Some very illuminating non-fiction books came out in 2016 dealing with a variety of subjects. It is difficult to combine meticulous research with a readable style, and all these books have achieved this balance.