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100 Major Works of Modern Creative Nonfiction

Eschewing nonfiction lists from Modern Library, TIME Magazine, and The Guardian, taken from thoughtco.com
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Desert Solitaire (Edward Abbey)
Desert Solitaire (Edward Abbey)
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (Agee)
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (Agee)
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Experience (Martin Amis)
Experience (Martin Amis)
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Growing Up (Russell Baker)
Growing Up (Russell Baker)
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Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
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Nothing to Be Frightened of (Julian Barnes)
Nothing to Be Frightened of (Julian Barnes)
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Untold Stories (Alan Bennett)
Untold Stories (Alan Bennett)
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Recollected Essays (Wendell Berry)
Recollected Essays (Wendell Berry)
10
Notes From a Small Island
Notes From a Small Island
11
Little Wilson and Big God (Anthony Burgess)
Little Wilson and Big God (Anthony Burgess)
12
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell)
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell)
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In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
14
Silent Spring
Silent Spring
15
The Water Is Wide (Pat Conroy)
The Water Is Wide (Pat Conroy)
16
A Childhood: The Biography of a Place (Harry Crews)
A Childhood: The Biography of a Place (Harry Crews)
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We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live (Joan Didion)
We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live (Joan Didion)
18
The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking
19
An American Childhood (Annie Dillard)
An American Childhood (Annie Dillard)
20
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
21
Nickel and Dimed
Nickel and Dimed
22
The Solace of Open Spaces (Gretel Ehrlich)
The Solace of Open Spaces (Gretel Ehrlich)
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The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Natu (Loren Eiseley)
The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Natu (Loren Eiseley)
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SHADOW AND ACT by Ralph Ellison
SHADOW AND ACT by Ralph Ellison
25
Crazy Salad
Crazy Salad
26
Snobbery: The American Version (Joseph Epstein)
Snobbery: The American Version (Joseph Epstein)
27
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
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The Civil War: A Narrative
The Civil War: A Narrative
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Great Plains
Great Plains
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The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
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Ever Since Darwin
Ever Since Darwin
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Good-Bye to All That
Good-Bye to All That
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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A Drinking Life: A Memoir (Peter Hamill)
A Drinking Life: A Memoir (Peter Hamill)
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A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast
36
Dispatches
Dispatches
37
Hiroshima
Hiroshima
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Unbroken
Unbroken
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The Edward Hoagland Reader (Edward Hoagland)
The Edward Hoagland Reader (Edward Hoagland)
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The True Believer (Eric Hoffer)
The True Believer (Eric Hoffer)
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