Hot for 2020 Books: Non-Fiction

Notes From An Apocalypse: A Personal Journey To The End Of The World And Back
Mark O’Connell
Granta

Having become the first non-fiction author to win the Rooney Prize last year for his debut, To Be A Machine – an exploration of transhumanism – O’Connell looks to continue his hot streak with Notes From An Apocalypse. In a premise boasting a Jon Ronson flavour, it finds the author interviewing people from around the world preparing for doomsday. (April)

THE FALL: THE LAST DAYS OF ROBERT MAXWELL
John Preston
Viking

There has been renewed interested in the life of Robert Maxwell following his daughter Ghislaine’s high-profile association with Jeffrey Epstein. John Preston seeks to shed new light on the final chapter in the media tycoon’s life, before he fell to his death from his yacht in the Atlantic Ocean. (July)