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34 Great Works of Nonfiction by 34 Great Authors

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Voices From Chernobyl (Svetlana Alexievich)
Voices From Chernobyl
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Svetlana Alexievich
Eichmann in Jerusalem (Hannah Arendt)
Eichmann in Jerusalem
2
Hannah Arendt
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
3
James Baldwin
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
4
Simone De Beauvoir
The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War. (Gioconda Belli)
The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War.
5
Gioconda Belli
Testament of Youth (Vera Brittain)
Testament of Youth
6
Vera Brittain
Grains of Gold: Tales of a Cosmopolitan Traveler (Gendün Chöphel)
Grains of Gold: Tales of a Cosmopolitan Traveler
7
Gendün Chöphel
The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village (Samuel R.Delaney)
The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village
8
Samuel R.Delaney
Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 (W.E.B. Du Bois)
Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880
9
W.E.B. Du Bois
The Wretched of the Earth (Franz Fanon)
The Wretched of the Earth
10
Franz Fanon
Daughter of Persia (Sattareh Farman-Farmaian)
Daughter of Persia
11
Sattareh Farman-Farmaian
Janet Frame: An Autobiography (Janet Frame)
Janet Frame: An Autobiography
12
Janet Frame
Memory of Fire (Eduardo Galeano)
Memory of Fire
13
Eduardo Galeano
Journey Into the Whirlwind (Evgenia Ginzburg)
Journey Into the Whirlwind
14
Evgenia Ginzburg
Living My Life (Emma Goldman)
Living My Life
15
Emma Goldman
84, Charing Cross (Helene Hanff)
84, Charing Cross
16
Helene Hanff
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (Bell Hooks)
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
17
Bell Hooks
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (William Kamkwamba)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
18
William Kamkwamba
The Shock Doctrine (Naomi Klein)
The Shock Doctrine
19
Naomi Klein
The Drowned and the Saved (Primo Levi)
The Drowned and the Saved
20
Primo Levi
Sister Outsider (Audre Lorde)
Sister Outsider
21
Audre Lorde
Rosalind Franklin (Brenda Maddox)
Rosalind Franklin
22
Brenda Maddox
From the Ruins of Empire (Pankaj Mishra)
From the Ruins of Empire
23
Pankaj Mishra
The Discovery of India (Jawaharlal Nehru)
The Discovery of India
24
Jawaharlal Nehru
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
25
Friedrich Nietzsche
Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Letters to a Young Poet
26
Rainer Maria Rilke
Assata: An Autobiography (Assata Shakur)
Assata: An Autobiography
27
Assata Shakur
Aké: The Years of Childhood (Wole Soyinka)
Aké: The Years of Childhood
28
Wole Soyinka
Alice James (Jean Strouse)
Alice James
29
Jean Strouse
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (David Foster Wallace)
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
30
David Foster Wallace
Medical Apartheid (Harriet Washington)
Medical Apartheid
31
Harriet Washington
Three Guineas (Virginia Woolf)
Three Guineas
32
Virginia Woolf
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
33
Richard Wright
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
34
Malcolm X
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