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Dwell's Top 100 Nonfiction Books

My incredibly immaculate taste in nonfiction books, including essays, memoirs, biographies, true crime, etc.
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How to Say Babylon: A Memoir (Safiya Sinclair)
How to Say Babylon: A Memoir (Safiya Sinclair)
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Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
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In the Dream House (Carmen Maria Machado)
In the Dream House (Carmen Maria Machado)
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Red Comet (Heather L. Clark)
Red Comet (Heather L. Clark)
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While You Were Out (Meg Kissenger)
While You Were Out (Meg Kissenger)
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Joy (Abigail Santamaria)
Joy (Abigail Santamaria)
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In Love (Amy Bloom)
In Love (Amy Bloom)
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A Widow's Story (Joyce Carol Oats)
A Widow's Story (Joyce Carol Oats)
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Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality (Hanne Blank)
Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality (Hanne Blank)
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There Is No Ethan (Anna Akbari)
There Is No Ethan (Anna Akbari)
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Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
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Assume Nothing (Tanya)
Assume Nothing (Tanya)
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Georgette Heyer: Biography of a Bestseller (Jennifer Kloester)
Georgette Heyer: Biography of a Bestseller (Jennifer Kloester)
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Brave Girl Eating a Family's Struggle With Anorexia (Harriet Brown)
Brave Girl Eating a Family's Struggle With Anorexia (Harriet Brown)
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Road Map to Holland (Jennifer Graf Groneberg)
Road Map to Holland (Jennifer Graf Groneberg)
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Consent (Vanessa Springora)
Consent (Vanessa Springora)
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The MAGA Diaries: My Surreal Adventures Inside the Right Wing (And How I Got Out) (Tina Nguyen)
The MAGA Diaries: My Surreal Adventures Inside the Right Wing (And How I Got Out) (Tina Nguyen)
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The Cinderella Complex (Colette Dowling)
The Cinderella Complex (Colette Dowling)
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A Murder in Hollywood (Casey Sherman)
A Murder in Hollywood (Casey Sherman)
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Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement (Toufah Jallow, Kim Pittaway)
Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement (Toufah Jallow, Kim Pittaway)
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Splinters (Leslie Jamison)
Splinters (Leslie Jamison)
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Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed (Maureen Callahan)
Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed (Maureen Callahan)
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The Clean Body: A Modern History (Peter Ward)
The Clean Body: A Modern History (Peter Ward)
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When Mothers Kill (Michelle Oberman)
When Mothers Kill (Michelle Oberman)
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Bunny Mellon: The Life of an American Style Legend (Meryl Gordon)
Bunny Mellon: The Life of an American Style Legend (Meryl Gordon)
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Unspeakable (Jessica Willis Fisher)
Unspeakable (Jessica Willis Fisher)
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Odd Girl Out (Rachel Simmons)
Odd Girl Out (Rachel Simmons)
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Birth Control the Insidious Power of Men (Allison Yarrow)
Birth Control the Insidious Power of Men (Allison Yarrow)
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A Field Guide to Getting Lost (Rebecca Solnit)
A Field Guide to Getting Lost (Rebecca Solnit)
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The Burning Blue: The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA's Challenger Disaster (Kevin Cook)
The Burning Blue: The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA's Challenger Disaster (Kevin Cook)
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She-Wolves (Helen Castor)
She-Wolves (Helen Castor)
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Rage (Bob Woodward)
Rage (Bob Woodward)
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A Mother's Reckoning (Sue Klebold)
A Mother's Reckoning (Sue Klebold)
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I Am I Am I Am (Maggie O'farrell)
I Am I Am I Am (Maggie O'farrell)
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Come Fly the World (Julia Cooke)
Come Fly the World (Julia Cooke)
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The Fourth Estate: A History of Women in the Middle Ages (Shulamith Shahar)
The Fourth Estate: A History of Women in the Middle Ages (Shulamith Shahar)
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King: A Life (Jonathan Eig)
King: A Life (Jonathan Eig)
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The Center Cannot Hold (Elyn Saks)
The Center Cannot Hold (Elyn Saks)
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This Boy We Made (Taylor Harris)
This Boy We Made (Taylor Harris)
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First Generations: Women in Colonial America (Carol Berkin)
First Generations: Women in Colonial America (Carol Berkin)
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