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
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
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)
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
The Secrets of Filming Swallows & Amazons by Sophie NevilleChasing Lincoln's Killer by James L. SwansonBomb by Steve SheinkinInstruction Manual for the 21st Century Samurai by Alexei Maxim RussellTo See Far by Jim Van Laak
Best YA Nonfiction
64 books — 77 voters
The Knights of St.John by Augusta Theodosia DraneThe Great Betrayal by Ernle BradfordA Land So Strange by Andrés ReséndezNo Picnic on Mount Kenya by Felice BenuzziThe Swamp Fox by John Oller
Blood, Sweat, and Ink
25 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
91 books — 37 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteJourney to the West by Biao  WangThe Secrets of Filming Swallows & Amazons by Sophie Neville
Best Narrative Nonfiction
187 books — 166 voters


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

George Critchlow
We imagine our paths are freely chosen. But there is a need to account for biology and history, the random intercession of other people, culture, race, and the mystery of the transcendent.

George Critchlow, The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege

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