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Dwell's Top 100 Nonfiction Books

My incredibly immaculate taste in nonfiction books, including essays, memoirs, biographies, true crime, etc.
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How to Say Babylon: A Memoir (Safiya Sinclair)
How to Say Babylon: A Memoir
1
Safiya Sinclair
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
2
Alison Bechdel
In the Dream House (Carmen Maria Machado)
In the Dream House
3
Carmen Maria Machado
Red Comet (Heather L. Clark)
Red Comet
4
Heather L. Clark
While You Were Out (Meg Kissenger)
While You Were Out
5
Meg Kissenger
Joy (Abigail Santamaria)
Joy
6
Abigail Santamaria
In Love (Amy Bloom)
In Love
7
Amy Bloom
A Widow's Story (Joyce Carol Oats)
A Widow's Story
8
Joyce Carol Oats
Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality (Hanne Blank)
Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality
9
Hanne Blank
There Is No Ethan (Anna Akbari)
There Is No Ethan
10
Anna Akbari
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? (Roz Chast)
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
11
Roz Chast
Assume Nothing (Tanya)
Assume Nothing
12
Tanya
Georgette Heyer: Biography of a Bestseller (Jennifer Kloester)
Georgette Heyer: Biography of a Bestseller
13
Jennifer Kloester
Brave Girl Eating a Family's Struggle With Anorexia (Harriet Brown)
Brave Girl Eating a Family's Struggle With Anorexia
14
Harriet Brown
Road Map to Holland (Jennifer Graf Groneberg)
Road Map to Holland
15
Jennifer Graf Groneberg
Consent (Vanessa Springora)
Consent
16
Vanessa Springora
The MAGA Diaries: My Surreal Adventures Inside the Right Wing (And How I Got Out) (Tina Nguyen)
The MAGA Diaries: My Surreal Adventures Inside the Right Wing (And How I Got Out)
17
Tina Nguyen
The Cinderella Complex (Colette Dowling)
The Cinderella Complex
18
Colette Dowling
A Murder in Hollywood (Casey Sherman)
A Murder in Hollywood
19
Casey Sherman
Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement (Toufah Jallow, Kim Pittaway)
Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement
20
Toufah Jallow, Kim Pittaway
Splinters (Leslie Jamison)
Splinters
21
Leslie Jamison
Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed (Maureen Callahan)
Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
22
Maureen Callahan
The Clean Body: A Modern History (Peter Ward)
The Clean Body: A Modern History
23
Peter Ward
When Mothers Kill (Michelle Oberman)
When Mothers Kill
24
Michelle Oberman
Bunny Mellon: The Life of an American Style Legend (Meryl Gordon)
Bunny Mellon: The Life of an American Style Legend
25
Meryl Gordon
Unspeakable (Jessica Willis Fisher)
Unspeakable
26
Jessica Willis Fisher
Odd Girl Out (Rachel Simmons)
Odd Girl Out
27
Rachel Simmons
Birth Control the Insidious Power of Men (Allison Yarrow)
Birth Control the Insidious Power of Men
28
Allison Yarrow
A Field Guide to Getting Lost (Rebecca Solnit)
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
29
Rebecca Solnit
The Burning Blue: The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA's Challenger Disaster (Kevin Cook)
The Burning Blue: The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA's Challenger Disaster
30
Kevin Cook
She-Wolves (Helen Castor)
She-Wolves
31
Helen Castor
Rage (Bob Woodward)
Rage
32
Bob Woodward
A Mother's Reckoning (Sue Klebold)
A Mother's Reckoning
33
Sue Klebold
I Am I Am I Am (Maggie O'farrell)
I Am I Am I Am
34
Maggie O'farrell
Come Fly the World (Julia Cooke)
Come Fly the World
35
Julia Cooke
The Fourth Estate: A History of Women in the Middle Ages (Shulamith Shahar)
The Fourth Estate: A History of Women in the Middle Ages
36
Shulamith Shahar
King: A Life (Jonathan Eig)
King: A Life
37
Jonathan Eig
The Center Cannot Hold (Elyn Saks)
The Center Cannot Hold
38
Elyn Saks
This Boy We Made (Taylor Harris)
This Boy We Made
39
Taylor Harris
First Generations: Women in Colonial America (Carol Berkin)
First Generations: Women in Colonial America
40
Carol Berkin
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