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Bookriot's 100 Must-Read Works of Genre-Bending Nonfiction

"Each of these books combines two or more genres or bends the rules — or better yet the 'rules' — of an already-established form. You will see my biases in this list: it's very memoir- and essay-heavy, as those are the nonfiction forms I read most often. It's also heavy on the literary and philosophical and leans toward the experimental. As with all lists of this sort, it's possible to write an alternate, entirely different list that's equally interesting if not more so." - Rebecca Hussey
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100 Essays I (Ruhl)
100 Essays I
1
Ruhl
2500 Random Things (Viegener)
2500 Random Things
2
Viegener
About a Mountain (John D'Agata)
About a Mountain
3
John D'Agata
The Address Book (Calle)
The Address Book
4
Calle
Susan Sontag Against Interpretation
Susan Sontag Against Interpretation
5
The Anatomy of Melancholy (Robert Burton)
The Anatomy of Melancholy
6
Robert Burton
The Argonauts (Maggie Nelson)
The Argonauts
7
Maggie Nelson
At the Existentialist Cafe (Sarah Bakewell)
At the Existentialist Cafe
8
Sarah Bakewell
The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian (Nirad C. Chaudhuri)
The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
9
Nirad C. Chaudhuri
A Bestiary (Lily Hoang)
A Bestiary
10
Lily Hoang
Ban En Banlieue (Bhanu Kapil)
Ban En Banlieue
11
Bhanu Kapil
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
12
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Macedonia)
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Macedonia)
13
The Blue Jay's Dance (Erdrich)
The Blue Jay's Dance
14
Erdrich
The Body: An Essay by Jenny Boully
The Body: An Essay by Jenny Boully
15
Body in Pain (Scarry)
Body in Pain
16
Scarry
Borderlands/ La Frontera, Gloria Anzaldua
Borderlands/ La Frontera, Gloria Anzaldua
17
The Compleat Purge (Low)
The Compleat Purge
18
Low
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (Thomas De Quincey)
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
19
Thomas De Quincey
Dictee (Theresa Hak Kyung Cha)
Dictee
20
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric (Claudia Rankine)
Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric
21
Claudia Rankine
Encountering God (Eck)
Encountering God
22
Eck
Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life (Amy Krouse Rosenthal)
Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life
23
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Eros the Bittersweet (Anne Carson)
Eros the Bittersweet
24
Anne Carson
Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
25
The Face a Time Code (Ozecki)
The Face a Time Code
26
Ozecki
The Fall of Language in the Age of English (Minae Mizumura)
The Fall of Language in the Age of English
27
Minae Mizumura
A Fan's Notes
A Fan's Notes
28
The Folded Clock: A Diary (Heidi Julavits)
The Folded Clock: A Diary
29
Heidi Julavits
Footsteps Romantic (Holmes)
Footsteps Romantic
30
Holmes
The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness (Kevin Young)
The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness
31
Kevin Young
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance (Edmund De Waal)
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
32
Edmund De Waal
H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
H Is for Hawk
33
Helen MacDonald
Heroines
Heroines
34
A History of Bombing (Lindquist)
A History of Bombing
35
Lindquist
Hood (Kinney)
Hood
36
Kinney
Hotel (Walsh)
Hotel
37
Walsh
How to Be Black
How to Be Black
38
How to Suppress Women's Writing (Joanna Russ)
How to Suppress Women's Writing
39
Joanna Russ
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read (Pierre Bayard)
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
40
Pierre Bayard
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