Curated category · 2006—2025
Best nonfiction
Award-winning and editorially recommended nonfiction across twenty years, organized for discovery rather than sales ranking.
- Selections
- 1591
- Authors
- 1442
- Lists & prizes
- 4
Showing 145–192 of 1591
Cloistered: My Years as a Nun
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Cold Crematorium
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Consent: A Memoir
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Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
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Dac Biet: An Extra-Special Vietnamese Cookbook
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Delicious Tonight: Foolproof Recipes for 150+ Easy Dinners
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Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here
The New York Times — 10 Best Books
Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me
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Getting to Know Death: A Meditation
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Great Expectations
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Greekish: Everyday Recipes with Greek Roots
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Grief Is for People
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Grown Woman Talk: Your Guide to Getting and Staying Healthy
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Here After: A Memoir
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Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net
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How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler
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I Heard Her Call My Name
The New York Times — 10 Best Books
If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury
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Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality
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Justine Cooks: A Cookbook
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Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
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Milk Street 365: The All-Purpose Cookbook for Every Day of the Year
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Milk Street Bakes: A Baking Book with 200 Sweet and Savory Recipes
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My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-Wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me
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No One Gets to Fall Apart: A Memoir
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Nuclear War: A Scenario
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Ottolenghi Comfort: A Cookbook
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Pass the Plate: 100 Delicious, Highly Shareable, Everyday Recipes
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Patriot: A Memoir
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Phantom Orbit: A Thriller
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Piglet
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Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment
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Playground
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Reagan
The New York Times — 10 Best Books
Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
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