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The Best Non-Fiction of the Decade

Here's a list of some diverse and fascinating nonfiction books from the decade. It includes titles that started and steered conversations, changed cultural discussions and defined genres.
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
1
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Righteous Mind (Haidt)
The Righteous Mind
2
Haidt
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Susan Cain)
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
3
Susan Cain
Braiding Sweetgrass (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
Braiding Sweetgrass
4
Robin Wall Kimmerer
I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
I Am Malala
5
Malala Yousafzai
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons From the Crematory (Caitlin Doughty)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons From the Crematory
6
Caitlin Doughty
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
7
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
8
Elizabeth Kolbert
Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted
9
Matthew Desmond
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Svetlana Alexievich,)
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
10
Svetlana Alexievich,
Adults in the Room: My Battle With Europe's Deep Establishment (Yanis Varoufakis)
Adults in the Room: My Battle With Europe's Deep Establishment
11
Yanis Varoufakis
So You Want to Talk About Race (Ijeoma Oluo)
So You Want to Talk About Race
12
Ijeoma Oluo
Bad Blood (John Carreyrou)
Bad Blood
13
John Carreyrou
Heavy (Kiese Laymon)
Heavy
14
Kiese Laymon
The Library Book (Susan Orlean)
The Library Book
15
Susan Orlean
How to Do Nothing (Jenny Odell)
How to Do Nothing
16
Jenny Odell
Figuring (Maria Popova)
Figuring
17
Maria Popova
Disability Visibility (Alice Wong)
Disability Visibility
18
Alice Wong
Rivers of Power (Laurence C.Smith)
Rivers of Power
19
Laurence C.Smith
Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World (Elinor Cleghorn)
Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World
20
Elinor Cleghorn
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