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Notable Nonfiction of the 21st Century

This list includes critically-acclaimed nonfiction of the 21st century, as well as some of the bestsellers from the time.
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Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
Alexander Hamilton
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Ron Chernow
An Army at Dawn (Rick Atkinson)
An Army at Dawn
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Rick Atkinson
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Barbara Kingsolver)
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
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Barbara Kingsolver
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
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Neil Degrasse Tyson
Bad Blood (John Carreyrou)
Bad Blood
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John Carreyrou
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life (William Finnegan)
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
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William Finnegan
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming
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Michelle Obama
Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Katherine Boo)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
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Katherine Boo
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Big Short
The Big Short
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Born to Run (Christopher Mcdougall)
Born to Run
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Christopher Mcdougall
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
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Daniel James Brown
Brain on Fire (Susannah Cahalan)
Brain on Fire
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Susannah Cahalan
Caste (Isabel Wilkerson)
Caste
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Isabel Wilkerson
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine
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Dave Cullen
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City
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Erik Larson
Dreamland (Sam Quinones)
Dreamland
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Sam Quinones
Eats, Shoots and Leaves (Lynne Truss)
Eats, Shoots and Leaves
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Lynne Truss
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
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Tara Westover
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
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Siddhartha Mukherjee
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
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Matthew Desmond
Far From the Tree (Andrew Solomon)
Far From the Tree
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Andrew Solomon
The Fifth Risk (Michael Lewis)
The Fifth Risk
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Michael Lewis
Freakonomics (Steven D. Levitt)
Freakonomics
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Steven D. Levitt
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
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Jeannette Walls
H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
H Is for Hawk
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Helen MacDonald
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
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Dave Eggers
Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly)
Hidden Figures
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Margot Lee Shetterly
Hidden Valley Road (Robert Kolker)
Hidden Valley Road
30
Robert Kolker
How to Survive a Plague (David France)
How to Survive a Plague
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David France
I Feel Bad About My Neck (Nora Ephron)
I Feel Bad About My Neck
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Nora Ephron
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Rebecca Skloot
In the Heart of the Sea (Nathaniel Philbrick)
In the Heart of the Sea
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Nathaniel Philbrick
John Adams (David McCullough)
John Adams
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David McCullough
Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
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Patti Smith
Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
Just Mercy
37
Bryan Stevenson
Killers of the Flower Moon (Grann)
Killers of the Flower Moon
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Grann
Kitchen Confidential (Anthony Bourdain)
Kitchen Confidential
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Anthony Bourdain
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead (Sheryl Sandberg)
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
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Sheryl Sandberg
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