15 best nonfiction books of 2016

7. 'The Black Calhouns,' by Gail Lumet Buckley

(Atlantic Monthly Press, 336 pp.)
Gail Lumet Buckley’s new book is a cross between history and memoir, examining the African-American experience through five generations in the lives of a single family. You can read the Monitor's full review of "The Black Calhouns" here.

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