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Kirkus Best Nonfiction of 2012

Here is a list of Kurkus Review's best nonfiction of the year 2012. How many of these have you read?
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38 Nooses (Scott W. Berg)
38 Nooses
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Scott W. Berg
Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation (Rachel Cusk)
Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation
2
Rachel Cusk
Are You My Mother? (Alison Bechdel)
Are You My Mother?
3
Alison Bechdel
As Texas Goes...: How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda (Gail Collins)
As Texas Goes...: How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda
4
Gail Collins
Bailout (Neil Barofsky)
Bailout
5
Neil Barofsky
Beautiful Thing
Beautiful Thing
6
Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Katherine Boo)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
7
Katherine Boo
The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies (David Thomson)
The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies
8
David Thomson
City (P.D. Smith)
City
9
P.D. Smith
City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York (Deborah Dash Moore)
City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York
10
Deborah Dash Moore
Consider the Fork (Bee Wilson)
Consider the Fork
11
Bee Wilson
Cronkite (Douglas G. Brinkley)
Cronkite
12
Douglas G. Brinkley
Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy From Slavery to Hip-Hop (Yuval Taylor)
Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy From Slavery to Hip-Hop
13
Yuval Taylor
Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution (Rebecca Stott)
Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution
14
Rebecca Stott
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco)
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
15
Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco
Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child (Bob Spitz)
Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child
16
Bob Spitz
Desert America: Boom and Bust in the New Old West (Rubén Martínez)
Desert America: Boom and Bust in the New Old West
17
Rubén Martínez
Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power (Rachel Maddow)
Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
18
Rachel Maddow
Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of New Orleans (Ben Sandmel)
Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of New Orleans
19
Ben Sandmel
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
20
Far From the Tree (Andrew Solomon)
Far From the Tree
21
Andrew Solomon
Fire in the Ashes
Fire in the Ashes
22
The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature (David George Haskell)
The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature
23
David George Haskell
A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi (Aman Sethi)
A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi
24
Aman Sethi
Freedom's Cap: The United States Capitol and the Coming of the Civil War (Guy Gugliotta)
Freedom's Cap: The United States Capitol and the Coming of the Civil War
25
Guy Gugliotta
Full Body Burden (Iversen)
Full Body Burden
26
Iversen
God's Hotel (Victoria Sweet)
God's Hotel
27
Victoria Sweet
Haiti: The Aftershocks of History (Laurent Dubois)
Haiti: The Aftershocks of History
28
Laurent Dubois
Hello Goodbye Hello: A Circle of 101 Remarkable Meetings (Craig Brown)
Hello Goodbye Hello: A Circle of 101 Remarkable Meetings
29
Craig Brown
Hello Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand (William J. Mann)
Hello Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand
30
William J. Mann
The Holy or the Broken (Alan Light)
The Holy or the Broken
31
Alan Light
House of Stone (Shadid)
House of Stone
32
Shadid
How Music Works (David Byrne)
How Music Works
33
David Byrne
How to Be a Woman (Caitlin Moran)
How to Be a Woman
34
Caitlin Moran
The Hunt for KSM (Terry Mcdermott)
The Hunt for KSM
35
Terry Mcdermott
I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen (Sylvie Simmons)
I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen
36
Sylvie Simmons
Iron Curtain (Anne Applebaum)
Iron Curtain
37
Anne Applebaum
Joseph Anton (Salman Rushdie)
Joseph Anton
38
Salman Rushdie
Kurt Vonnegut Letters (Dan Wakefield)
Kurt Vonnegut Letters
39
Dan Wakefield
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill
40
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