31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Nonfiction Books for Older Readers

The sheer necessity of actually reading each one of these books in a given year means that when compared to yesterday’s listing of Nonfiction Picture Books, today’s offering feels positively paltry. And yet, reading so many of these books turned out to be the most fun I had all year. How can you resist a book about how fashion trends have tried (and succeeded!) in killing people over the centuries? Or the book about young men who willingly ate poison for the greater good? Do you like joke...