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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
9
The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian (Nirad C. Chaudhuri)
The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
Nirad C. Chaudhuri
10
A Bestiary (Lily Hoang)
A Bestiary
Lily Hoang
11
Ban En Banlieue (Bhanu Kapil)
Ban En Banlieue
Bhanu Kapil
12
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
13
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 (Thomas De Quincey)
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Thomas De Quincey
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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
38
How to Be Black
How to Be Black
39
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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