A Long Way Home: A Memoir
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Curated category · 2006—2025
Best nonfiction
Award-winning and editorially recommended nonfiction across twenty years, organized for discovery rather than sales ranking.
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- Lists & prizes
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A Painter's Progress: A Portrait Of Lucian Freud
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Afterparty
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Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China
National Book Award for Nonfiction
All The Light We Cannot See: A Novel
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All The Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid
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An Unnecessary Woman
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Baking Chez Moi: Recipes From My Paris Home To Your Home Anywhere
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Beethoven: Anguish And Triumph
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Being Mortal: Medicine And What Matters In The End
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Bitter Eden: A Novel
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Bolaño, A Biography In Conversations
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Caribbean Potluck: Modern Recipes From Our Family Kitchen
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Check The Technique: More Liner Notes For Hip-Hop Junkies
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Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking)
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Delancey: A Man, A Woman, A Restaurant, A Marriage
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Duty: Memoirs Of A Secretary At War
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Electric City: A Novel
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Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
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Euphoria
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Fresh From The Farm: A Year Of Recipes And Stories
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Friendswood: A Novel
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Geek Sublime: The Beauty Of Code, The Code Of Beauty
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Gottland: Mostly True Stories From Half Of Czechoslovakia
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How To Be A Victorian: A Dawn-To-Dusk Guide To Victorian Life
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In The Wolf's Mouth: A Novel
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J Dilla's Donuts
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Little Failure: A Memoir
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Lovers At The Chameleon Club, Paris 1932: A Novel
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Man Alive: A True Story Of Violence, Forgiveness And Becoming A Man
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Mexico: The Cookbook
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My Perfect Pantry: 150 Easy Recipes From 50 Essential Ingredients
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On Immunity
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Orfeo: A Novel
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Ovenly: Sweet And Salty Recipes From New York's Most Creative Bakery
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Overwhelmed: Work, Love, And Play When No One Has The Time
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