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100 Major Works of Modern Creative Nonfiction

Eschewing nonfiction lists from Modern Library, TIME Magazine, and The Guardian, taken from thoughtco.com
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from thoughtco.com · made by Grainne Peacock
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Desert Solitaire (Edward Abbey)
Desert Solitaire (Edward Abbey)
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (Agee)
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (Agee)
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Experience (Martin Amis)
Experience (Martin Amis)
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Growing Up (Russell Baker)
Growing Up (Russell Baker)
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Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
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Nothing to Be Frightened of (Julian Barnes)
Nothing to Be Frightened of (Julian Barnes)
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Untold Stories (Alan Bennett)
Untold Stories (Alan Bennett)
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Recollected Essays (Wendell Berry)
Recollected Essays (Wendell Berry)
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Notes From a Small Island
Notes From a Small Island
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Little Wilson and Big God (Anthony Burgess)
Little Wilson and Big God (Anthony Burgess)
12
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell)
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell)
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In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
14
Silent Spring
Silent Spring
15
The Water Is Wide (Pat Conroy)
The Water Is Wide (Pat Conroy)
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A Childhood: The Biography of a Place (Harry Crews)
A Childhood: The Biography of a Place (Harry Crews)
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We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live (Joan Didion)
We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live (Joan Didion)
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The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking
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An American Childhood (Annie Dillard)
An American Childhood (Annie Dillard)
20
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
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Nickel and Dimed
Nickel and Dimed
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The Solace of Open Spaces (Gretel Ehrlich)
The Solace of Open Spaces (Gretel Ehrlich)
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The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Natu (Loren Eiseley)
The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Natu (Loren Eiseley)
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SHADOW AND ACT by Ralph Ellison
SHADOW AND ACT by Ralph Ellison
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Crazy Salad
Crazy Salad
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Snobbery: The American Version (Joseph Epstein)
Snobbery: The American Version (Joseph Epstein)
27
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
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The Civil War: A Narrative
The Civil War: A Narrative
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Great Plains
Great Plains
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The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
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Ever Since Darwin
Ever Since Darwin
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Good-Bye to All That
Good-Bye to All That
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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A Drinking Life: A Memoir (Peter Hamill)
A Drinking Life: A Memoir (Peter Hamill)
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A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast
36
Dispatches
Dispatches
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Hiroshima
Hiroshima
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Unbroken
Unbroken
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The Edward Hoagland Reader (Edward Hoagland)
The Edward Hoagland Reader (Edward Hoagland)
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The True Believer (Eric Hoffer)
The True Believer (Eric Hoffer)
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