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Juju's Favorite Nonfiction Books

These are some of the best nonfiction books I've read over the last 20 years. I'm sure there are others that will come to mind later.
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All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward)
All the President's Men
1
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
2
Frank McCourt
Bad Blood (John Carreyrou)
Bad Blood
3
John Carreyrou
A Beautiful Mind (Sylvia Nasar)
A Beautiful Mind
4
Sylvia Nasar
Becoming Justice Blackmun (Linda Greenhouse)
Becoming Justice Blackmun
5
Linda Greenhouse
Black Edge (Kolhatkar)
Black Edge
6
Kolhatkar
Black Hawk Down (Mark Bowden)
Black Hawk Down
7
Mark Bowden
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Daniel James Brown)
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
8
Daniel James Brown
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators (Ronan Farrow)
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
9
Ronan Farrow
Children of Cain (Tina Rosenberg)
Children of Cain
10
Tina Rosenberg
A Collection of Essays (George Orwell)
A Collection of Essays
11
George Orwell
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Atul Gawande)
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
12
Atul Gawande
Dancing on My Grave (Gelsey Kirkland)
Dancing on My Grave
13
Gelsey Kirkland
Dancing With Cuba (Alma Guillermoprieto)
Dancing With Cuba
14
Alma Guillermoprieto
Darkness Visible (William Styron)
Darkness Visible
15
William Styron
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
16
Tara Westover
Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America (Beryl Satter)
Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America
17
Beryl Satter
Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo (Hayden Herrera)
Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo
18
Hayden Herrera
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
19
Gideon's Trumpet (Anthony Lewis)
Gideon's Trumpet
20
Anthony Lewis
The Heart That Bleeds (Alma Guillermoprieto)
The Heart That Bleeds
21
Alma Guillermoprieto
Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell)
Homage to Catalonia
22
George Orwell
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
23
Maya Angelou
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
24
Rebecca Skloot
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
25
Truman Capote
In the Heart of the Sea (Nathaniel Philbrick)
In the Heart of the Sea
26
Nathaniel Philbrick
Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
Just Mercy
27
Bryan Stevenson
Killing Pablo
Killing Pablo
28
The Labyrinth of Solitude
The Labyrinth of Solitude
29
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus
30
Art Spiegelman
Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began (Art Spiegelman)
Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began
31
Art Spiegelman
Mountains Beyond Mountains (Tracey Kidder)
Mountains Beyond Mountains
32
Tracey Kidder
News of a Kidnapping (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
News of a Kidnapping
33
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
No Equal Justice (David Cole)
No Equal Justice
34
David Cole
The Perfect Storm (Sebastian Junger)
The Perfect Storm
35
Sebastian Junger
Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Say Nothing
36
Patrick Radden Keefe
Speak, Memory (Vladimir Nabokov)
Speak, Memory
37
Vladimir Nabokov
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (Anne Fadiman)
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
38
Anne Fadiman
The Story of My Life (Helen Keller)
The Story of My Life
39
Helen Keller
Teacher Man
Teacher Man
40
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