The Miramichi Reader’s Best Nonfiction of 2025

Here are our best nonfiction titles of the year, chosen by our contributors!


In the Field by Sadiqa de Meijer

“This gorgeous collection of essays left me feeling stunned. It’s thoughtful and revealing. I can’t wait to read de Meijer’s forthcoming book of fiction.” — Ken Wilson

You Will Not Kill Our Imagination by Saeed Teebi

Bad Indians Book Club: Reading at the Edge of a Thousand Worlds by Patty Krawec

“There is so much to learn here, so many starting points for dialogue, so many opportunities to clear space and grow. Patty Krawec emerges as a voice for the ‘bad Indians,’ all those pushed to the margins but refusing to be defined by them.” — Anne Smith-Nochasak

In Crisis, On Crisis: Essays in Troubled Times by James Cairns