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Amy's Nonfiction Favorites

These are some of my all-time favorite nonfiction books. Many of them are books that I return to again and again.
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Fatal Vision (Joe McGinnis)
Fatal Vision
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Joe McGinnis
THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE by H. L. Mencken
THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE by H. L. Mencken
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A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
A People's History of the United States
3
Howard Zinn
Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States
Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States
4
The Story of English (Robert McCrum/Wm. Cran/Robert Macneil)
The Story of English
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Robert McCrum/Wm. Cran/Robert Macneil
The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap (Stephanie Coontz)
The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap
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Stephanie Coontz
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Steven Pinker)
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
7
Steven Pinker
Helter Skelter (Vincent Bugliosi)
Helter Skelter
8
Vincent Bugliosi
Small Sacrifices (Rule, Ann)
Small Sacrifices
9
Rule, Ann
The Stranger Beside Me
The Stranger Beside Me
10
The Color of Water (James McBride)
The Color of Water
11
James McBride
Pictures at a Revolution (Mark Harris)
Pictures at a Revolution
12
Mark Harris
Taking Charge (Lyndon B. Johnson)
Taking Charge
13
Lyndon B. Johnson
Reaching for Glory (Lyndon B. Johnson)
Reaching for Glory
14
Lyndon B. Johnson
Death of Innocents (Richard Firstman)
Death of Innocents
15
Richard Firstman
Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam (Bernard Edelman)
Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam
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Bernard Edelman
Truman (David McCullough)
Truman
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David McCullough
City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940's (Otto Friedrich)
City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940's
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Otto Friedrich
Shadow Divers
Shadow Divers
19
Seabiscuit (Laura Hillenbrand)
Seabiscuit
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Laura Hillenbrand
One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway (Asne Seierstad)
One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway
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Asne Seierstad
Coal: A Human History (Barbara Freese)
Coal: A Human History
22
Barbara Freese
At Random (Bennett Cerf)
At Random
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Bennett Cerf
The Worst Hard Time (Timothy Egan)
The Worst Hard Time
24
Timothy Egan
Girls of a Tender Age (Mary-Ann Tirone Smith)
Girls of a Tender Age
25
Mary-Ann Tirone Smith
What's the Matter With Kansas?
What's the Matter With Kansas?
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Memo From Darryl F. Zanuck (Rudy Behlmer)
Memo From Darryl F. Zanuck
27
Rudy Behlmer
Memo From David O. Selznick (Selznick)
Memo From David O. Selznick
28
Selznick
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
29
Viktor Frankl
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City
30
Erik Larson
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
31
Anne Frank
Confederates in the Attic (Tony Horwitz)
Confederates in the Attic
32
Tony Horwitz
Mommy Knows Worst (James Lileks)
Mommy Knows Worst
33
James Lileks
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine
34
Dave Cullen
Romantic Comedy in Hollywood (Jim Harvey)
Romantic Comedy in Hollywood
35
Jim Harvey
Frankly, My Dear (Molly Haskell)
Frankly, My Dear
36
Molly Haskell
Dark City (Eddie Muller)
Dark City
37
Eddie Muller
Testament of Youth (Vera Brittain)
Testament of Youth
38
Vera Brittain
The Murrow Boys
The Murrow Boys
39
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
40
Isabel Wilkerson
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