The best non-fiction of 2023

The Economist’s deputy culture editor, Rachel Lloyd, curates an illuminating list of the best non-fiction books released in 2023. From David Grann’s “The Wager,” a thrilling account of shipwreck, cannibalism, and mutiny in the Pacific in 1741, to Anna Funder’s “Wifedom,” which sheds light on the invisible life of Eileen O’Shaughnessy, George Orwell’s wife. Each is a well-crafted narrative that will help shape your understanding of the world.