More of the Best Nonfiction Books of the Year, Plus a Look Into the Troubles in Northern Ireland

Earlier this year, Costco announced that it was getting rid of its book table. Like a lot of book lovers, I was so disappointed. Where would I find affordable box sets of kids’ books for my nieces and nephews? But Costco recently announced that it’s keeping its book table at 100 of its locations. According to Publishers Weekly, many publishers are relieved because “Not only do they have the capability of selling tens-of-thousand copies of a title, but they serve as important places for consumers to discover new titles not typically sold in other stores and which can be difficult to find online.” 

The yearly popularity contest that is the Goodreads Choice Awards has been announced. Like Book Riot mentioned in their article earlier this month, the results were…disappointing. The books highlighted were overwhelmingly books by white authors who received large marketing budgets. But in addition to that, I’m disappointed that there are only three nonfiction categories now, Nonfiction, Memoir, and History & Biography. What about science writing? Why are history and biography in the same category? Maybe next year, we’ll see more nonfiction categories, but this year, we’re left a little wanting.