Best Nonfiction of 2012: Essays & Entertainment

by Sylvie Simmons

Taking on a looming subject with intelligence and wit, Simmons manages to take the full measure of her man. Full review >

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by Sean Howe

Brilliantly juxtaposes Marvel with its best characters: flawed and imperfect, but capable of achieving miraculous feats. Full review >

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by David Thomson

A profound and richly satisfying reckoning with the movies and what they mean. Full review >

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by Rick Moody

Thoughtful, heartfelt and frequently moving, like the best music. Full review >

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by David Byrne

Highly recommended—anyone at all interested in music will learn a lot from this book. Full review >

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by Stella Adler edited by Barry Paris

An exciting, inspiring and essential book for anyone interested in American theater. Full review >

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by Edmund Morris

A splendid assemblage of significant work by one of our keenest observers. Full review >

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by Siri Hustvedt

At once stimulating and warmhearted, with sentences of drop-dead beauty and acuity on nearly every page. Full review >

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by Tom Bissell

Stellar cultural writing—Bissell has the knowledge and wit to earn his provocations. Full review >

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by Daniel Mendelsohn

Incisive, reflective and unfailingly stimulating. It wouldn’t hurt Mendelsohn to occasionally pass up an opportunity to... Full review >

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by Alan Light

A masterful work of critical journalism. Full review >

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