Essayist and author Jia Tolentino Offers an Inspirational Sampling of Nonfiction

Author Jia Tolentino, (18) who completed the manuscript for Trick Mirror at MacDowell, has provided a list of favorite nonfiction. Jia is a staff writer at The New Yorker, formerly the deputy editor at Jezebel and a contributing editor at The Hairpin.

She says she hopes readers enjoy her focused and yet inspirational list.

On Immunity by Eula Biss

How to Do Nothing
by Jenny Odell

This Is Chance!
by Jon Mooallem

Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby

How to Survive a Plague by David France (19)

A Paradise Built in Hell by Rebecca Solnit

Portrait of Fellow Jia Tolentino. She is sitting at her desk and facing away from the camera, smiling. She is holding a hand to her chest