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Kirkus Best Nonfiction of 2019

Here is a list of Kurkus Review's best nonfiction of the year 2019. How many of these have you read?
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The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt (Andrea Wulf)
The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt
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Andrea Wulf
Agent Jack: The True Story of MI5's Secret Nazi Hunter (Robert Hutton)
Agent Jack: The True Story of MI5's Secret Nazi Hunter
2
Robert Hutton
All the Powers of Earth 1856-1860 (Sidney Blumenthal)
All the Powers of Earth 1856-1860
3
Sidney Blumenthal
An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago (Alex Kotlowitz)
An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago
4
Alex Kotlowitz
An Elegant Defense (Matt Richtel)
An Elegant Defense
5
Matt Richtel
Antisocial (Andrew Marantz)
Antisocial
6
Andrew Marantz
Arabs (Tim MacKintosh-Smith)
Arabs
7
Tim MacKintosh-Smith
Archaeology From Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past (Sarah Parcak)
Archaeology From Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past
8
Sarah Parcak
The Art of Leaving: A Memoir (Ayelet Tsabari)
The Art of Leaving: A Memoir
9
Ayelet Tsabari
Assad or We Burn the Country (Sam Dagher)
Assad or We Burn the Country
10
Sam Dagher
Audience of One (James Poniewozik)
Audience of One
11
James Poniewozik
Becoming Dr. Seuss (Brian Jay Jones)
Becoming Dr. Seuss
12
Brian Jay Jones
Beneath the Tamarind Tree (Isha Sesay)
Beneath the Tamarind Tree
13
Isha Sesay
Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do (Jennifer Eberheart, Phd)
Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
14
Jennifer Eberheart, Phd
Big Wonderful Thing (Stephen Harrigan)
Big Wonderful Thing
15
Stephen Harrigan
Black Is the Body (Emily Bernard)
Black Is the Body
16
Emily Bernard
Blowout (Rachel Maddow)
Blowout
17
Rachel Maddow
Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom (Katherine Eban)
Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
18
Katherine Eban
Bowing to Elephants: Tales of a Travel Junkie (Mag Dimond)
Bowing to Elephants: Tales of a Travel Junkie
19
Mag Dimond
Breathe: A Letter to My Sons (Imani Perry)
Breathe: A Letter to My Sons
20
Imani Perry
The British Are Coming (Rick Atkinson)
The British Are Coming
21
Rick Atkinson
The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution (Peter Hessler)
The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution
22
Peter Hessler
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators (Ronan Farrow)
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
23
Ronan Farrow
Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration (Emily Bazelon)
Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration
24
Emily Bazelon
The Club (Leo Damrosch)
The Club
25
Leo Damrosch
Coventry (Rachel Cusk)
Coventry
26
Rachel Cusk
Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers (Sady Doyle)
Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers
27
Sady Doyle
Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely (Andrew S. Curran)
Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely
28
Andrew S. Curran
The Edge of Every Day: Sketches of Schizophrenia (Marin Sardy)
The Edge of Every Day: Sketches of Schizophrenia
29
Marin Sardy
Edison (Edmund Morris)
Edison
30
Edmund Morris
Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline (Darrell Bricker)
Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline
31
Darrell Bricker
The Europeans (Orlando Figes)
The Europeans
32
Orlando Figes
Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 (Mitchell Zuckoff)
Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11
33
Mitchell Zuckoff
Family Papers: A Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century (Sarah Abrevaya Stein)
Family Papers: A Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century
34
Sarah Abrevaya Stein
Fentanyl, Inc : How Rogue Chemists Are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic (Ben Westhoff)
Fentanyl, Inc : How Rogue Chemists Are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic
35
Ben Westhoff
Figuring (Maria Popova)
Figuring
36
Maria Popova
Floating Coast (Bathsheba Demuth)
Floating Coast
37
Bathsheba Demuth
Frontal Matter: Glue Gone Wild (Suzanne Samples)
Frontal Matter: Glue Gone Wild
38
Suzanne Samples
Go Ahead in the Rain (Hanif Abdurraqib)
Go Ahead in the Rain
39
Hanif Abdurraqib
Gods of the Upper Air (Charles King)
Gods of the Upper Air
40
Charles King
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