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Kirkus Best Nonfiction of 2018

Here is a list of Kurkus Review's best nonfiction of the year 2018. How many of these have you read?
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Yuval Noah Harari)
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
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Yuval Noah Harari
All That Heaven Allows (Mark Griffin)
All That Heaven Allows
2
Mark Griffin
American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts (Chris McGreal)
American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts
3
Chris McGreal
American Prison (Shane Bauer)
American Prison
4
Shane Bauer
The Annotated Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses S. Grant)
The Annotated Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
5
Ulysses S. Grant
Belonging (Nora Krug)
Belonging
6
Nora Krug
Beneath a Ruthless Sun (Gilbert King)
Beneath a Ruthless Sun
7
Gilbert King
The Best Cook in the World (Rick Bragg)
The Best Cook in the World
8
Rick Bragg
The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created (Jane Leavy)
The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created
9
Jane Leavy
Bing Crosby: Swinging on a Star: The War Years, 1940-1946 (Gary Giddins)
Bing Crosby: Swinging on a Star: The War Years, 1940-1946
10
Gary Giddins
Broken Lives: How Ordinary Germans Experienced the 20th Century (Konrad H. Jarausch)
Broken Lives: How Ordinary Germans Experienced the 20th Century
11
Konrad H. Jarausch
The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist (Radley Balko)
The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist
12
Radley Balko
Call Me American (Abdi nor Iftin)
Call Me American
13
Abdi nor Iftin
Call Them by Their True Names (Rebecca Solnit)
Call Them by Their True Names
14
Rebecca Solnit
Calypso (David Sedaris)
Calypso
15
David Sedaris
Captive Audience (Lucas Mann)
Captive Audience
16
Lucas Mann
Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly (Joshua Rivkin)
Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly
17
Joshua Rivkin
Chesapeake Requiem (Earl Swift)
Chesapeake Requiem
18
Earl Swift
Churchill: Walking With Destiny (Andrew Roberts)
Churchill: Walking With Destiny
19
Andrew Roberts
City of Devils: The Two Men Who Ruled the Underworld of Old Shanghai (Paul French)
City of Devils: The Two Men Who Ruled the Underworld of Old Shanghai
20
Paul French
City of a Million Dreams: A History of New Orleans at Year 300 (Jason Berry)
City of a Million Dreams: A History of New Orleans at Year 300
21
Jason Berry
Close Encounters With Humankind (Sang-Hee Lee)
Close Encounters With Humankind
22
Sang-Hee Lee
The Consciousness Instinct (Michael S. Gazzaniga)
The Consciousness Instinct
23
Michael S. Gazzaniga
Crashed (Adam Tooze)
Crashed
24
Adam Tooze
Daemon Voices: Essays on Storytelling (Philip Pullman)
Daemon Voices: Essays on Storytelling
25
Philip Pullman
Darwin Comes to Town (Menno Schilthuizen)
Darwin Comes to Town
26
Menno Schilthuizen
De Gaulle (Julian Jackson)
De Gaulle
27
Julian Jackson
Dead Girls (Alice Bolin)
Dead Girls
28
Alice Bolin
The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England (Graham Robb)
The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England
29
Graham Robb
Denmark Vesey's Garden (Ethan Kytle)
Denmark Vesey's Garden
30
Ethan Kytle
Dopesick (Beth Macy)
Dopesick
31
Beth Macy
Energy: A Human History (Richard Rhodes)
Energy: A Human History
32
Richard Rhodes
The Escape Artists (Neal Bascomb)
The Escape Artists
33
Neal Bascomb
Fear :Trump in the White House (Bob Woodward)
Fear :Trump in the White House
34
Bob Woodward
Feel Free (Zadie Smith)
Feel Free
35
Zadie Smith
The Fifth Risk (Michael Lewis)
The Fifth Risk
36
Michael Lewis
The Final Race (Eric T. Eichinger)
The Final Race
37
Eric T. Eichinger
For Single Mothers Working as Train Conductors (Laura Esther Wolfson)
For Single Mothers Working as Train Conductors
38
Laura Esther Wolfson
Forms of Enchantment: Writings on Art and Artists (Marina Warner)
Forms of Enchantment: Writings on Art and Artists
39
Marina Warner
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (David W. Blight)
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
40
David W. Blight
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