Narrative Non Fiction


The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
In Cold Blood
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Here Comes the Garbage Barge!
Deceit v. Deceit by Vernon BaumrindThe Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana AlexievichIn Other Words by Jhumpa LahiriVoices from Chernobyl by Svetlana AlexievichThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Translated Non-Fiction by Women Authors
231 books — 38 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteStiff by Mary RoachIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best Narrative Non-Fiction
164 books — 36 voters

IT Dictionary by Adam KorgaBournemouth Boys and Boscombe Girls by Danny WinterThe Two Week Traveller by Matthew LightfootCorporate Crap by Howard  HarrisonCars, Coffee, and a Badass Ninja Toilet by K.C. Hilton
Best Funny Books about Work
28 books — 24 voters
Bournemouth Boys and Boscombe Girls by Danny WinterNobody Asked Me, But .... by Karl WigginsGunpowder Soup by Karl WigginsYou Really Are Full of Shit, Aren't You? by Karl WigginsShit my History Teacher DID NOT tell me! by Karl Wiggins
Super Funny Nonfiction
48 books — 22 voters

Whatever Comes My Way by Roger GaessBelgium on a Bounce by Roger GaessBlood River by Tim ButcherWinging It  by Lia RussGRINGOS AND FLAMINGOS  by Scott  L. Nelson
Best Travelogue Books
82 books — 124 voters

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