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The 30 Best Nonfiction Books of the Last 30 Years - LA Times

"Times — and The Times — have changed since the first Festival of Books was held in 1996. What hasn't is our commitment to this vibrant community of readers and writers, with the annual spring ritual continuing to shape, and be shaped by, the books we love (and love to argue over). So, after building our Ultimate L.A. and Hollywood bookshelves, we decided to mark the 30th edition of the festival by shifting the frame of this year's special issue from "place" to "time," and choose the best books published since the event's inauguration."
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Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris)
Me Talk Pretty One Day
1
David Sedaris
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
2
Elizabeth Kolbert
Thick and Other Essays (Tressie McMillan Cottom)
Thick and Other Essays
3
Tressie McMillan Cottom
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Lawrence Wright)
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
4
Lawrence Wright
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life (William Finnegan)
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
5
William Finnegan
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine
6
Dave Cullen
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City
7
Erik Larson
The Argonauts (Maggie Nelson)
The Argonauts
8
Maggie Nelson
Killers of the Flower Moon (David Grann)
Killers of the Flower Moon
9
David Grann
The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
10
Michelle Alexander
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens
11
Yuval Noah Harari
Citizen (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen
12
Claudia Rankine
Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Say Nothing
13
Patrick Radden Keefe
Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
14
Patti Smith
Master of the Senate (Robert A. Caro)
Master of the Senate
15
Robert A. Caro
Solito (Javier Zamora)
Solito
16
Javier Zamora
On Writing (Stephen King)
On Writing
17
Stephen King
Men We Reaped (Jesmyn Ward)
Men We Reaped
18
Jesmyn Ward
Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster (Mike Davis)
Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster
19
Mike Davis
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
20
Rebecca Skloot
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
21
Alison Bechdel
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air
22
Jon Krakauer
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed
23
Barbara Ehrenreich
Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Katherine Boo)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
24
Katherine Boo
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx (Adrian Nicole Leblanc)
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
25
Adrian Nicole Leblanc
Heavy (Kiese Laymon)
Heavy
26
Kiese Laymon
Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted
27
Matthew Desmond
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
28
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
29
Joan Didion
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
30
Isabel Wilkerson
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