In a recent poll, The Verge staff shared impactful books they read over the past year, showcasing a variety of genres. Notable mentions include Ed Helms’ SNAFU: The Definitive Guide to History’s Greatest Screwups, which humorously examines significant historical blunders, and Yiyun Li’s Things in Nature Merely Grow, a poignant memoir on grief. Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed offers a critical look at capitalism through an anarchist lens, while Cixin Liu’s The Three-Body Problem combines science fiction with historical context during China’s Cultural Revolution. Additionally, Theodora Goss’ Letters from an Imaginary Country provides a fresh take on classic horror narratives through the eyes of female “monsters.”
