15 best nonfiction books of 2011: CSMonitor picks

15 bests nonfiction titles of 2011, according to the Monitor's reviewers

14. "The Long Road Home," by Ben Shephard

What became of 15 million displaced citizens at the end of World War II? British historian Ben Shephard tells their story in human terms in The Long Road Home: The Aftermath of the Second World War (Knopf Doubleday, 512 pp.). Monitor reviewer Terry Hartle predicts that Shephard’s book will leave readers “alternatively amazed, horrified, shocked and, occasionally, inspired.” (CSMonitor.com, 3/10/11)

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