Best Non-Fiction of 2012
Speechless: A Year in My Father's Business
$32.99 – Paperback / Melbourne University Press
James Button spent a year writing speeches for Kevin Rudd. Before that, he reported on politics as a highly regarded journalist for Fairfax. But James also has politics in the blood: his father was the diminutive but... Buy or find out more→
Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream
$34.95 – Hardback / Penguin Books Ltd
Neil Young is an iconic figure in the history of rock and pop culture (inducted not once but twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame). This title offers an overview of his personal life and musical career, spanning his time in... Buy or find out more→
Money Shot: A Journey into Porn and Censorship
$29.95 – Paperback / Scribe Publications
Money Shot: a journey into porn and censorship focuses on the 'hot button' issues in the censorship debate today, from the implications of the internet revolution to arguments about 'raunch culture' and its effects. Buy or find out more→
Every Love Story is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
$34.95 – Hardback / Granta Books
In his lifetime, David Foster Wallace was lauded by critics and loved by fans. But even to those who had barely read his work, he was something of a cult figure. Since his suicide in 2008, Wallace has become the Kurt Cobain of... Buy or find out more→
As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Diaries 1964-1980
$39.95 – Hardback / Penguin Books Ltd
Traces and documents the author's evolution from fledgling participant in the artistic and intellectual world of New York City to world-renowned critic and dominant force in the world of ideas with the publication of the... Buy or find out more→
Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East
$29.99 – Paperback / Black Inc.
Read our Q&A with Benjamin Law about Gasyia here. Benjamin Law considers himself pretty lucky to live... Buy or find out more→
Living, Thinking, Looking
$22.99 – Paperback / Hodder & Stoughton General Division
A dazzling collection of essays by the bestselling author of What I Loved - thought-provoking, engaging, illuminating reflections on what it means to be human. Buy or find out more→
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
$27.95 – Paperback / Scribe Publications
This astonishing, brilliantly written book brings us to places we could otherwise never go as it unfolds a riveting contemporary drama: a group of remarkable people striving to better their lives, in an age of bewildering global... Buy or find out more→
The Fun Stuff: And Other Essays
$39.95 – Hardback / Farrar Straus Giroux
Following The Broken Estate, The Irresponsible Self, and How Fiction Works --a new book that confirms Wood's preeminence, not only as a discerning judge but also as an appreciator of the contemporary novel. Buy or find out more→
Us and Them: On the Importance of Animals
$19.95 – Paperback / Black Inc.
In this dazzling piece of reportage, Anna Krien investigates the contemporary animal kingdom and our place in it. From pets to food, from wildness to science experiments, Krien also reveals how animals are faring in this new world... Buy or find out more→