Narrative Nonfiction


The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
In Cold Blood
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Thirty Minutes Over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot's World War II Story – A Moving True Story Picture Book About the Historic Bombing and Apology for Kids (Ages 6-9)
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Into the Wild
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonEinstein by Walter IsaacsonMozart by Maynard Solomon
Biographies with a Fresh Angle
3 books — 1 voter
Heroes in Good Company by Skyler BaileyThe Trigger by Tim ButcherIn the Garden of Beasts by Erik LarsonThe Damned Balkans by John FarebrotherFearless by Eric Blehm
Non-Fiction War Stories
90 books — 36 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Secrets of Filming Swallows & Amazons by Sophie NevilleInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteJourney to the West by Biao  Wang
Best Narrative Nonfiction
184 books — 166 voters


And though not everyone went in, many of us walked in on a Friday and came out ten years later. Some never came back.
Jorge Noguerales, La película de mi viaje

John McPhee
So, a little desperate and surprisingly inspired, I bought a cap. Not just any cap. I picked one with a bright-gold visor, a gold button at the top, a crown of navy blue, an American flag on the left temple, and—on the forehead emblem—a spread-winged eagle over a rising sun and a red-and-green tractor-trailer and the white letters “America— Spirit of Freedom.” On the back, over my cerebellum, was a starred banner in blue, white, red, green, and gold that said “Carnesville, GA Petro.” I put on th ...more
John McPhee, Uncommon Carriers

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