Here is my list of the best nonfiction books, films, and documentaries that I have read or seen in 2015.
Books
In The Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides
Dead Wake by Erick Larson
Missoula by John Krakauer
Getting Life by Michael Morton
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
Dateline Purgatory by Kathy Cruz
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
The Big Short by Michael Lewis
We Don’t Need Roads (Back to the Future Trilogy) by Caseen Gaines
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
Empty Mansions by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr.
Films
Bridge of Spies
Trumbo
In the Heart of the Sea
Spotlight
Love & Mercy
Documentaries
The Wrecking Crew
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Keith Richards: Under the Influence
An Unreal Dream