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

“I love books that bring together serious, disciplined thinking and the author’s personal experience, that show the effects of someone’s academic research on their lives, and In Crisis, On Crisis does that admirably.” — Ken Wilson

A Season in the Okanagan by Bill Arnott

The Antifa Comic Book (Revised & Expanded) by Gord Hill

“Doing a deep read of Gord Hill’s meticulously researched & brilliantly crafted The Antifa Comic Book was a mind (& heart) opener for me. ” — Catherine Walker

Razing Palestine edited by Leila Marshy

Field Work by Andrew Forbes

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