Best non-fiction books 2017 – the list so far
Some of us are recent converts to non-fiction, and we feel rather zealous about it. Contrary to what we thought, non-fiction shouldn't remind you of school. You shouldn't struggle through it or only have it on your shelf for showing off.
No, it should be un-putdownable, life changing. You should want to press these pages into your friend's hands, into stranger's hands, rearrange your local bookshops' shelves and start Twitter-stalking the authors.
All this madness awaits: first you have to read our pick of the best non-fiction of 2017.
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Loved Marie Kondo's The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up and yet still find your house swimming in stuff? Try Goodbye, Things and embrace minimalism. This is a simply written book, charmingly earnest, and self-deprecating.
The author, Fumio Sasaki, now a converted minimalist, used to collect manga from his publishing job and live messily. Nowadays, he sleeps on a white roll-up mattress and only owns three shirts – in total his possessions number 150 items. And he claims to be far happier, not just because he lives in a tidy apartment, but because he no longer compares himself to others or measures out his life in coffee spoons. Relatable, gentle and potentially space-changing.
