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The 30 Best Works of Nonfiction of the Last Ten Years

The following books were finally chosen after much debate (and multiple meetings) by the Literary Hub staff. Tears were spilled, feelings were hurt, books were re-read. And as you'll shortly see, we had a hard time choosing just ten—so we've also included a list of dissenting opinions, and an even longer list of also-rans.
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The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
1
Alexander
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
2
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
3
Rebecca Skloot
Bloodlands (Timothy Snyder)
Bloodlands
4
Timothy Snyder
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
5
Isabel Wilkerson
The Passage of Power (Robert A. Caro)
The Passage of Power
6
Robert A. Caro
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Tom Reiss)
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
7
Tom Reiss
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
8
Elizabeth Kolbert
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
9
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Invention of Nature (Andrea Wulf)
The Invention of Nature
10
Andrea Wulf
The Witches (Stacy Schiff)
The Witches
11
Stacy Schiff
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Svetlana Alexievich,)
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
12
Svetlana Alexievich,
Dark Money (Mayer)
Dark Money
13
Mayer
How to Survive a Plague (David France)
How to Survive a Plague
14
David France
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America (Andrés Reséndez)
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
15
Andrés Reséndez
All the Single Ladies (Traister)
All the Single Ladies
16
Traister
Prairie Fires (Caroline Fraser)
Prairie Fires
17
Caroline Fraser
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (David W. Blight)
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
18
David W. Blight
Underland (Robert MacFarlane)
Underland
19
Robert MacFarlane
Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Say Nothing
20
Patrick Radden Keefe
The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning (Maggie Nelson)
The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning
21
Maggie Nelson
The Beast (Oscar Martinez)
The Beast
22
Oscar Martinez
Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted
23
Matthew Desmond
The House of Government (Yuri Slezkine)
The House of Government
24
Yuri Slezkine
Ghosts of the Tsunami (Richard Lloyd Parry)
Ghosts of the Tsunami
25
Richard Lloyd Parry
How to Do Nothing (Jenny Odell)
How to Do Nothing
26
Jenny Odell
Minor Feelings (Cathy Park Hong)
Minor Feelings
27
Cathy Park Hong
Vesper Flights (Helen MacDonald)
Vesper Flights
28
Helen MacDonald
Caste (Isabel Wilkerson)
Caste
29
Isabel Wilkerson
Brown Album (Porochista Khakpour)
Brown Album
30
Porochista Khakpour
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