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Bookriot's 100 Must-Read Works of Genre-Bending Nonfiction - Page 2

"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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In Other Words (Lahiri)
In Other Words
41
Lahiri
The Interesting Narrative
The Interesting Narrative
42
Is God a Mathematician (Livio)
Is God a Mathematician
43
Livio
Lab Girl (Hope Jahren)
Lab Girl
44
Hope Jahren
The Lifespan of a Fact (Dagata)
The Lifespan of a Fact
45
Dagata
Little Labors (Rivka Galchen)
Little Labors
46
Rivka Galchen
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone (Olivia Laing)
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
47
Olivia Laing
Lost Art of Walking (Nicholson)
Lost Art of Walking
48
Nicholson
Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir (Lauren Slater)
Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir
49
Lauren Slater
A Natural History of the Senses (Diane Ackerman)
A Natural History of the Senses
50
Diane Ackerman
The Magicians Book (Laura Miller)
The Magicians Book
51
Laura Miller
The Morville Hours (Katherine Swift)
The Morville Hours
52
Katherine Swift
My Emily Dickinson (Susan Howe)
My Emily Dickinson
53
Susan Howe
The Motion of Light in Water
The Motion of Light in Water
54
My Paris (Gail Scott)
My Paris
55
Gail Scott
My Poets (Maureen N. McLane)
My Poets
56
Maureen N. McLane
Negroland (Margo Jefferson)
Negroland
57
Margo Jefferson
The Nobel Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death (Colson Whitehead)
The Nobel Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death
58
Colson Whitehead
Now and at the Hour of Our Death (Susana Moreira Marques)
Now and at the Hour of Our Death
59
Susana Moreira Marques
Odd Woman in the City (Vivian Gornick)
Odd Woman in the City
60
Vivian Gornick
Ongoingness (Manguso)
Ongoingness
61
Manguso
Out of Sheer Rage
Out of Sheer Rage
62
The Periodic Table (Primo Levi)
The Periodic Table
63
Primo Levi
The Pharmacist's Mate (Fusselman)
The Pharmacist's Mate
64
Fusselman
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
65
Sei Shonagon
The Possessed (Elif Batuman)
The Possessed
66
Elif Batuman
The Quest for Corvo (A.J.A. Symons)
The Quest for Corvo
67
A.J.A. Symons
Rational Mysticism (Hogan)
Rational Mysticism
68
Hogan
Reality Manifesto (Shields)
Reality Manifesto
69
Shields
Religio Medici and Urne-Buriall (Sir Thomas Browne)
Religio Medici and Urne-Buriall
70
Sir Thomas Browne
The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books (Azar Nafisi)
The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books
71
Azar Nafisi
The Rings of Saturn (W.G. Sebald)
The Rings of Saturn
72
W.G. Sebald
The Rodrigo Chronicles (Delgado)
The Rodrigo Chronicles
73
Delgado
Running in the Family (Michael Ondaatje)
Running in the Family
74
Michael Ondaatje
Self Portrait in Green (Ndiaye)
Self Portrait in Green
75
Ndiaye
The Self Unstable (Gabbert)
The Self Unstable
76
Gabbert
A Sense of the Mysterious (Lightman)
A Sense of the Mysterious
77
Lightman
Janet Malcolm the Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes
Janet Malcolm the Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes
78
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Mary Roach)
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
79
Mary Roach
Stranger on a Train (Diski)
Stranger on a Train
80
Diski
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