Episode 19: Top Books of the Year, Part 1 (Non-Fiction)

To close out our first year in podcasting, your Book XChange hosts offer a two-part series of episodes highlighting our favorite non-fiction and fiction titles of 2020. As always with our show, titles are not limited to those released in 2020 - they could be from any era, as long as they were read by one of us this year. Part 1 covers non-fiction: we each choose one book that stood out during our year in reading, and get a little more in-depth about why it stood out. In our next episode, we'll cover our favorite fiction reads of the year. As the year comes to a close, we want to sincerely thank all of you listeners who gave a little of their time to listen and read along with us this year, we've greatly appreciated all the feedback and support. Happy Holidays/Merry Christmas/Happy New Year to you all!

BOOKS DISCUSSED/MENTIONED/RECOMMENDED IN THIS EPISODE

What John is currently reading/plans to read next:

'Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Making It in America," Barbara Ehrenreich -

Short story collection TBD soon -

What Jude is currently reading/plans to read next:

'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,' James Joyce -

TBD -

Jude's Top Non-Fiction Read of 2020:

'The Swerve: How the World Became Modern,' Stephen Greenblatt -

John's Top Non-Fiction Read of 2020:

'The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity,' Douglas Murray -

Planned next episode of the Book XChange podcast:

Part 2 of our End of Year series: the BXC co-hosts choose and discuss their top fiction reads of the year.