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Good nonfiction books stand as a testament to the value of curiosity and thinking deeply about our lives, our world, and all the people in it. Here are our favorites of the year.
Electric Lit’s Best Nonfiction of 2025 - Electric Literature
Books by Edgar Gomez, Maris Kreizman, and Zefyr Lisowski are among the year's most celebrated nonfiction
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November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Good nonfiction books stand as a testament to the value of curiosity and thinking deeply about our lives, our world, and all the people in it. Here are our favorites of the year.
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How much can one village physically take?
The worst-case scenario has already happened countless times in the small West Bank community of Umm al-Khair.
The worst-case scenario has already happened countless times in the small West Bank community of Umm al-Khair.
The Death that Keeps on Going
How much can one village physically take? The worst-case scenario has already happened countless times in the small West Bank community of Umm al-Khair. It happened when prominent Palestinian…
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November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
How much can one village physically take?
The worst-case scenario has already happened countless times in the small West Bank community of Umm al-Khair.
The worst-case scenario has already happened countless times in the small West Bank community of Umm al-Khair.
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One of the most awaited titles of 2025, right? I'll be bringing it back this time from the trip across the channel next week.
Hazel Carby's Racial Fictions has been published! @versobooks.bsky.social
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Hazel Carby's Racial Fictions has been published! @versobooks.bsky.social
www.versobooks.com/products/333...
Racial Fictions
Drawing on a rich tapestry of historical analysis, literary criticism, and cultural theory, Hazel V. Carby interrogates our racial fictions, which have been constructed, maintained, and weaponized acr...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
One of the most awaited titles of 2025, right? I'll be bringing it back this time from the trip across the channel next week.
Hazel Carby's Racial Fictions has been published! @versobooks.bsky.social
www.versobooks.com/products/333...
Hazel Carby's Racial Fictions has been published! @versobooks.bsky.social
www.versobooks.com/products/333...
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As the world shifts its gaze away from Palestine, the series stands as documentation of the continued ethnic cleansing and offers testimonies and stories from those facing displacement, homelessness and violence from settlers.
The Death that Keeps on Going
How much can one village physically take? The worst-case scenario has already happened countless times in the small West Bank community of Umm al-Khair. It happened when prominent Palestinian…
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November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
As the world shifts its gaze away from Palestine, the series stands as documentation of the continued ethnic cleansing and offers testimonies and stories from those facing displacement, homelessness and violence from settlers.
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"As Israel ostensibly redirects its weapons away from Gaza, the West Bank braces to receive them full-force.
What is the step from local ethnic cleansing to all-out genocide, when the world splits no hairs over international law?"
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/t...
What is the step from local ethnic cleansing to all-out genocide, when the world splits no hairs over international law?"
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/t...
The Death that Keeps on Going
How much can one village physically take? The worst-case scenario has already happened countless times in the small West Bank community of Umm al-Khair. It happened when prominent Palestinian activist...
www.versobooks.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"As Israel ostensibly redirects its weapons away from Gaza, the West Bank braces to receive them full-force.
What is the step from local ethnic cleansing to all-out genocide, when the world splits no hairs over international law?"
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/t...
What is the step from local ethnic cleansing to all-out genocide, when the world splits no hairs over international law?"
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/t...
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End of Policing was one of the more eye-opening non-fiction books I’ve read. I’m really happy to see this
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
End of Policing was one of the more eye-opening non-fiction books I’ve read. I’m really happy to see this
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Donald Sassoon, Revolutions: A New History - @versobooks.bsky.social, November 2025
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Revolutions
Revolutions is a sparkling account of political upheaval and the power of history. We think of revolutions in terms of fleeting events, such as the Fall of the Bastille or the Storming of the Winter P...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Donald Sassoon, Revolutions: A New History - @versobooks.bsky.social, November 2025
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www.versobooks.com/products/337...
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"To work in rubble is not to erase what happened but to stay with it, to treat every fragment as testimony and every scar as instruction."
On rubble and the politics of remaining in Gaza
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On rubble and the politics of remaining in Gaza
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The Impossible Reconstruction
Objects of Repair installation: Architects for Gaza, British Pavilion, Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 There are places where the idea of reconstruction collapses under the weight of repetition. Gaz...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"To work in rubble is not to erase what happened but to stay with it, to treat every fragment as testimony and every scar as instruction."
On rubble and the politics of remaining in Gaza
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/t...
On rubble and the politics of remaining in Gaza
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/t...
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I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
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Join us for a discussion between climate theorists Andreas Malm and Wim Carton, and acclaimed sci-fi writer Kim Stanley Robinson on the new front lines in the struggle for a liveable planet.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/c...
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/c...
Climate Revolution: The Only Future | The Verso Book Club Reading Grou
Kim Stanley Robinson is joining the VBC Reading Group to discuss climate fiction and reality with Andreas Malm and Wim Carton.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Join us for a discussion between climate theorists Andreas Malm and Wim Carton, and acclaimed sci-fi writer Kim Stanley Robinson on the new front lines in the struggle for a liveable planet.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/c...
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/c...
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fresh audio product:
• Paul Heideman @pmheideman.bsky.social, author of Rogue Elephant, on how the Republican party went from a staid vehicle of American business to the frothy lunacy of today
www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...
• Paul Heideman @pmheideman.bsky.social, author of Rogue Elephant, on how the Republican party went from a staid vehicle of American business to the frothy lunacy of today
www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...
November 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
fresh audio product:
• Paul Heideman @pmheideman.bsky.social, author of Rogue Elephant, on how the Republican party went from a staid vehicle of American business to the frothy lunacy of today
www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...
• Paul Heideman @pmheideman.bsky.social, author of Rogue Elephant, on how the Republican party went from a staid vehicle of American business to the frothy lunacy of today
www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...
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Great stuff by @versobooks.bsky.social: Harvey at 90, a series if posts honouring David Harvey's oeuvre in celebration of his 90th birthday.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/h...
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Harvey at 90: A Verso Series
Last year, we celebrated Fredric Jameson's ninetieth birthday with a month long series commemorating his impact on literary criticism, critical theory and philosophy. This month, in honour of David H...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Great stuff by @versobooks.bsky.social: Harvey at 90, a series if posts honouring David Harvey's oeuvre in celebration of his 90th birthday.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/h...
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/h...
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Rosianna Halse Rojas and Kate Evans discuss Jane Austen's quilt, fandom culture, and the colonial histories that are simultaneously everywhere in Austen's work and left out of the picture.
Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen is out now!
youtu.be/OFKr8oIhSnU?...
Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen is out now!
youtu.be/OFKr8oIhSnU?...
Patchwork: Jane Austen and the threads of empire
YouTube video by Rosianna Halse Rojas
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November 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Rosianna Halse Rojas and Kate Evans discuss Jane Austen's quilt, fandom culture, and the colonial histories that are simultaneously everywhere in Austen's work and left out of the picture.
Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen is out now!
youtu.be/OFKr8oIhSnU?...
Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen is out now!
youtu.be/OFKr8oIhSnU?...
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On November 19, Verso Books celebrated the launch of its spring 2026 catalog at its offices in Manhattan. In attendance were Verso staffers (from l.) Jeanne Tao, Eva Sotomayor, Tim Thomas, Lana Pochiro, Colby Groves, and Anthony Korum.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
On November 19, Verso Books celebrated the launch of its spring 2026 catalog at its offices in Manhattan. In attendance were Verso staffers (from l.) Jeanne Tao, Eva Sotomayor, Tim Thomas, Lana Pochiro, Colby Groves, and Anthony Korum.
(TreVaughn Malik Roach-Carter)
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In an article originally published by @versobooks.bsky.social, Vashti editor Kate Greenberg reflects on the impending demolition of the village of Umm al-Khair. www.vashtimedia.com/umm-al-khair...
The death that keeps on going
Months after the murder of activist Awdah Hathaleen, Israel's plan to demolish Umm al-Khair exposes a ruthless new level of impunity in the West Bank.
www.vashtimedia.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
In an article originally published by @versobooks.bsky.social, Vashti editor Kate Greenberg reflects on the impending demolition of the village of Umm al-Khair. www.vashtimedia.com/umm-al-khair...
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"With some basic lessons in physics, Malm and Carton show that much of what gets proposed now for coping with the climate crisis will not work." — Kim Stanley Robinson
Join our reading group with Andreas Malm, Wim Carton and Kim Stanley Robinson!
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/c...
Join our reading group with Andreas Malm, Wim Carton and Kim Stanley Robinson!
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/c...
Climate Revolution: The Only Future | The Verso Book Club Reading Grou
Kim Stanley Robinson is joining the VBC Reading Group to discuss climate fiction and reality with Andreas Malm and Wim Carton.
www.versobooks.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"With some basic lessons in physics, Malm and Carton show that much of what gets proposed now for coping with the climate crisis will not work." — Kim Stanley Robinson
Join our reading group with Andreas Malm, Wim Carton and Kim Stanley Robinson!
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/c...
Join our reading group with Andreas Malm, Wim Carton and Kim Stanley Robinson!
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/c...
November 30 @ 2pm est - be there!
"With some basic lessons in physics, Malm and Carton show that much of what gets proposed now for coping with the climate crisis will not work." — Kim Stanley Robinson
Join our reading group with Andreas Malm, Wim Carton and Kim Stanley Robinson!
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/c...
Join our reading group with Andreas Malm, Wim Carton and Kim Stanley Robinson!
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/c...
Climate Revolution: The Only Future | The Verso Book Club Reading Grou
Kim Stanley Robinson is joining the VBC Reading Group to discuss climate fiction and reality with Andreas Malm and Wim Carton.
www.versobooks.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
November 30 @ 2pm est - be there!
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“[Vigdis Hjorth’s] If Only is an anti-love story, a reverse romance: instead of hoping and waiting for the lovers to get together, you dread their being finally united.” —@ursulind.bsky.social
Clarity and Delusion | Ursula Lindsey
The Norwegian writer Vigdis Hjorth has a gift for depicting painful, confusing, and mortifying relationships.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
“[Vigdis Hjorth’s] If Only is an anti-love story, a reverse romance: instead of hoping and waiting for the lovers to get together, you dread their being finally united.” —@ursulind.bsky.social
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NEW FREE HELL!
An in-depth talk w/@leninology.bsky.social on "Disaster Nationalism" (@versobooks.bsky.social).
Here's the interview:
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An in-depth talk w/@leninology.bsky.social on "Disaster Nationalism" (@versobooks.bsky.social).
Here's the interview:
thisishell.com/interviews/1...
Here's the entire show:
thisishell.com/episodes/1872
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The Downfall Of Liberal Civilization / Richard Seymour
Richard Seymour returns to This Is Hell! to talk about his new book "Disaster Nationalism: The Downfall of Liberal Civilization”, published by Verso Books. Seymour discusses the ideologies amplifying ...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
NEW FREE HELL!
An in-depth talk w/@leninology.bsky.social on "Disaster Nationalism" (@versobooks.bsky.social).
Here's the interview:
thisishell.com/interviews/1...
Here's the entire show:
thisishell.com/episodes/1872
Support our commercial-free listener supported work at patreon.com/thisishell
An in-depth talk w/@leninology.bsky.social on "Disaster Nationalism" (@versobooks.bsky.social).
Here's the interview:
thisishell.com/interviews/1...
Here's the entire show:
thisishell.com/episodes/1872
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ONE WEEK TO GO 👇
Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine. Hear from the authors: Prof. Adam Hanieh, Dr Robert Knox,
Dr Rafeef Ziadah
⏰26 Nov | 17:00–18:30
🔗 kcl.ac.uk/events/resis...
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Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine. Hear from the authors: Prof. Adam Hanieh, Dr Robert Knox,
Dr Rafeef Ziadah
⏰26 Nov | 17:00–18:30
🔗 kcl.ac.uk/events/resis...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
ONE WEEK TO GO 👇
Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine. Hear from the authors: Prof. Adam Hanieh, Dr Robert Knox,
Dr Rafeef Ziadah
⏰26 Nov | 17:00–18:30
🔗 kcl.ac.uk/events/resis...
@versobooks.bsky.social
Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine. Hear from the authors: Prof. Adam Hanieh, Dr Robert Knox,
Dr Rafeef Ziadah
⏰26 Nov | 17:00–18:30
🔗 kcl.ac.uk/events/resis...
@versobooks.bsky.social
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What if “saving the economy” now means sacrificing the conditions for human life?
Andreas Malm explains why the climate’s hard limits force a choice: either we strand fossil assets and shut down extraction or we strand entire regions and peoples.
youtu.be/shTNvH_Is0U
Andreas Malm explains why the climate’s hard limits force a choice: either we strand fossil assets and shut down extraction or we strand entire regions and peoples.
youtu.be/shTNvH_Is0U
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
What if “saving the economy” now means sacrificing the conditions for human life?
Andreas Malm explains why the climate’s hard limits force a choice: either we strand fossil assets and shut down extraction or we strand entire regions and peoples.
youtu.be/shTNvH_Is0U
Andreas Malm explains why the climate’s hard limits force a choice: either we strand fossil assets and shut down extraction or we strand entire regions and peoples.
youtu.be/shTNvH_Is0U
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Out now! Revolutions: A New History by Donald Sassoon
"This is thrilling history. Sassoon examines some of the most important revolutions of the modern era and argues for their importance in understanding the shaping of our own times."
- Rana Mitter
"This is thrilling history. Sassoon examines some of the most important revolutions of the modern era and argues for their importance in understanding the shaping of our own times."
- Rana Mitter
Revolutions
Revolutions is a sparkling account of political upheaval and the power of history. We think of revolutions in terms of fleeting events, such as the Fall of the Bastille or the Storming of the Winter P...
www.versobooks.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Out now! Revolutions: A New History by Donald Sassoon
"This is thrilling history. Sassoon examines some of the most important revolutions of the modern era and argues for their importance in understanding the shaping of our own times."
- Rana Mitter
"This is thrilling history. Sassoon examines some of the most important revolutions of the modern era and argues for their importance in understanding the shaping of our own times."
- Rana Mitter