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Bookriot's 100 Must-Read Works of Genre-Bending Nonfiction

"Each of these books combines two or more genres or bends the rules — or better yet the 'rules' — of an already-established form. You will see my biases in this list: it's very memoir- and essay-heavy, as those are the nonfiction forms I read most often. It's also heavy on the literary and philosophical and leans toward the experimental. As with all lists of this sort, it's possible to write an alternate, entirely different list that's equally interesting if not more so." - Rebecca Hussey
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100 Essays I (Ruhl)
100 Essays I (Ruhl)
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2500 Random Things (Viegener)
2500 Random Things (Viegener)
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About a Mountain (John D'Agata)
About a Mountain (John D'Agata)
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The Address Book (Calle)
The Address Book (Calle)
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Susan Sontag Against Interpretation
Susan Sontag Against Interpretation
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The Anatomy of Melancholy (Robert Burton)
The Anatomy of Melancholy (Robert Burton)
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The Argonauts (Maggie Nelson)
The Argonauts (Maggie Nelson)
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At the Existentialist Cafe (Sarah Bakewell)
At the Existentialist Cafe (Sarah Bakewell)
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The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian (Nirad C. Chaudhuri)
The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian (Nirad C. Chaudhuri)
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A Bestiary (Lily Hoang)
A Bestiary (Lily Hoang)
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Ban En Banlieue (Bhanu Kapil)
Ban En Banlieue (Bhanu Kapil)
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Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Macedonia)
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Macedonia)
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The Blue Jay's Dance (Erdrich)
The Blue Jay's Dance (Erdrich)
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The Body: An Essay by Jenny Boully
The Body: An Essay by Jenny Boully
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Body in Pain (Scarry)
Body in Pain (Scarry)
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Borderlands/ La Frontera, Gloria Anzaldua
Borderlands/ La Frontera, Gloria Anzaldua
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The Compleat Purge (Low)
The Compleat Purge (Low)
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
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Dictee (Theresa Hak Kyung Cha)
Dictee (Theresa Hak Kyung Cha)
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Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric (Claudia Rankine)
Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric (Claudia Rankine)
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Encountering God (Eck)
Encountering God (Eck)
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Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life (Amy Krouse Rosenthal)
Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life (Amy Krouse Rosenthal)
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Eros the Bittersweet (Anne Carson)
Eros the Bittersweet (Anne Carson)
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Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
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The Face a Time Code (Ozecki)
The Face a Time Code (Ozecki)
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The Fall of Language in the Age of English (Minae Mizumura)
The Fall of Language in the Age of English (Minae Mizumura)
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A Fan's Notes
A Fan's Notes
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The Folded Clock: A Diary (Heidi Julavits)
The Folded Clock: A Diary (Heidi Julavits)
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Footsteps Romantic (Holmes)
Footsteps Romantic (Holmes)
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The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness (Kevin Young)
The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness (Kevin Young)
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The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
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H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
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Heroines
Heroines
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A History of Bombing (Lindquist)
A History of Bombing (Lindquist)
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Hood (Kinney)
Hood (Kinney)
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Hotel (Walsh)
Hotel (Walsh)
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How to Be Black
How to Be Black
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How to Suppress Women's Writing (Joanna Russ)
How to Suppress Women's Writing (Joanna Russ)
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How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read (Pierre Bayard)
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read (Pierre Bayard)
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