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Nonfiction as Good as Fiction

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Alive (Piers Paul Read)
Alive
1
Piers Paul Read
All Souls (Michael Patrick MacDonald)
All Souls
2
Michael Patrick MacDonald
Always in Our Hearts (Doug Most)
Always in Our Hearts
3
Doug Most
And a Hard Rain Fell (John Ketwig)
And a Hard Rain Fell
4
John Ketwig
Are You There Alone? the Unspeakable Crimes of Andrea Yates (Suzanne O'Malley)
Are You There Alone? the Unspeakable Crimes of Andrea Yates
5
Suzanne O'Malley
Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Aron Ralston)
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
6
Aron Ralston
The Birth Order Effect (Cliff Isaacson and Kris Radish)
The Birth Order Effect
7
Cliff Isaacson and Kris Radish
Bitter Is the New Black (Jen Lancaster)
Bitter Is the New Black
8
Jen Lancaster
Blink (Malcolm Gladwell)
Blink
9
Malcolm Gladwell
Body Toxic (Susanne Antonetta)
Body Toxic
10
Susanne Antonetta
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime
11
Trevor Noah
Born on a Blue Day (Daniel Tammet)
Born on a Blue Day
12
Daniel Tammet
Born Round (Bruni)
Born Round
13
Bruni
Breaking the Rock (Jolene Babyak)
Breaking the Rock
14
Jolene Babyak
Bright Lights, Big Ass (Jen Lancaster)
Bright Lights, Big Ass
15
Jen Lancaster
The Broke Diaries (Angela Nissel)
The Broke Diaries
16
Angela Nissel
The Broken Cord (Michael Dorris)
The Broken Cord
17
Michael Dorris
The Bucolic Plague (Josh Kilmer-Purcell)
The Bucolic Plague
18
Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Burned Alive: A Survivor of an "Honor Killing" Speaks Out (Souad)
Burned Alive: A Survivor of an "Honor Killing" Speaks Out
19
Souad
Celebration, U.S.A. (Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins)
Celebration, U.S.A.
20
Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins
Cleaving (Julie Powell)
Cleaving
21
Julie Powell
Cobwebs and Cream Teas (Mary MacKie)
Cobwebs and Cream Teas
22
Mary MacKie
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine
23
Dave Cullen
Cooking for Madam: Recipes and Reminiscences From the Home of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (Marta Sgubin)
Cooking for Madam: Recipes and Reminiscences From the Home of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
24
Marta Sgubin
The Crime of Dorothy Sheridan (Leo Damore)
The Crime of Dorothy Sheridan
25
Leo Damore
Cruel Doubt (Joe McGinnis)
Cruel Doubt
26
Joe McGinnis
Do Try to Speak as We Do: The Diary of an American Au Pair (Marjorie Leet Ford)
Do Try to Speak as We Do: The Diary of an American Au Pair
27
Marjorie Leet Ford
Don't Chew Jesus: A Collection of Memorable Nun Stories (Danielle Schaaf and Michael Prendergast)
Don't Chew Jesus: A Collection of Memorable Nun Stories
28
Danielle Schaaf and Michael Prendergast
Facing the Wind (Julie Salamon)
Facing the Wind
29
Julie Salamon
Fall Down Laughing (David Lander)
Fall Down Laughing
30
David Lander
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
31
Fatal Vision (Joe McGinnis)
Fatal Vision
32
Joe McGinnis
Final Exit (Derek Humphry)
Final Exit
33
Derek Humphry
The Flamboya Tree (Clara Kelly)
The Flamboya Tree
34
Clara Kelly
Fourteen: Growing Up Alone in a Crowd (Stephen Zanichkowsky)
Fourteen: Growing Up Alone in a Crowd
35
Stephen Zanichkowsky
From Love Field: Our Final Hours With President John F. Kennedy (Nellie Connally)
From Love Field: Our Final Hours With President John F. Kennedy
36
Nellie Connally
The Geography of Bliss (Eric Weiner)
The Geography of Bliss
37
Eric Weiner
The Ghost in the House: Motherhood, Raising Children, and Struggling With Depression (Tracy Thompson)
The Ghost in the House: Motherhood, Raising Children, and Struggling With Depression
38
Tracy Thompson
The Girl in the Picture (Denise Chong)
The Girl in the Picture
39
Denise Chong
The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the De (Ann Fessler)
The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the De
40
Ann Fessler
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