TWO OF TIME’S TOP NONFICTION BOOKS OF 2015Fabian Samuel

Introduction Business professional Fabian Samuel divides his time

between leading Indfrag Limited as chief operating officer and the League of Extraordinary Gamers as a co-founder. In his spare time, Fabian Samuel enjoys reading nonfiction books.

At the end of 2015, TIME released a list of its top 10 nonfiction books. Among titles rated high on the list were H Is for Hawk and Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life. The latter, written by The New Yorker staff writer William Finnegan, is a memoir about the author’s passion for surfing. He shares experiences traveling to the coastal regions of Australia and Fiji as well as South Africa in pursuit of what he refers to as moments of grace in waves.

Nonfiction Books His excursions are explained in detail, from

discovering an epic wave to overcoming malaria during a trek through Indonesia.

H Is for Hawk is a memoir about Helen McDonald. Mourning her father’s death, she purchases Mabel, a goshawk. While taming the bird, the author discovers that the process offers an unexpected sense of healing. Further, she finds a wildness in herself that was not present prior to owning Mabel. For many readers, the book’s appeal comes from the author’s use of language, which makes audiences feel as though they are part of the story.