50 notable works of nonfiction from 2023

In her vital, exhilarating book, Dederer considers how to view the work of creative “geniuses” who are known to be “muscular, unfettered, womanizing, virile, cruel.” How badly must an artist behave before he is canceled? In this breezy and confessional accounting, the answer isn’t definitive, but the work of pondering is a thrill. (Book World review.)

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