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Slate's Best Nonfiction Books of 1995-2019

Here is Slate's list of the best nonfiction books, starting in 1995 and going 25 years through 2019.
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Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder (Lawrence Weschler)
Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder (Lawrence Weschler)
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Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
3
Madeleine's World: A Biography of a Three-Year-Old (Brian Hall)
Madeleine's World: A Biography of a Three-Year-Old (Brian Hall)
4
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (Anne Fadiman)
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (Anne Fadiman)
5
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (David Foster Wallace)
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (David Foster Wallace)
6
Out of Sheer Rage (Geoff Dyer)
Out of Sheer Rage (Geoff Dyer)
7
The Tennis Partner (Verghese)
The Tennis Partner (Verghese)
8
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families (Philip Gourevitch)
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families (Philip Gourevitch)
9
Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House (Cheryl Mendelson)
Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House (Cheryl Mendelson)
10
The Battle for God (Karen Armstrong)
The Battle for God (Karen Armstrong)
11
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
12
Borrowed Finery (Paula Fox)
Borrowed Finery (Paula Fox)
13
American Ground (William Langewiesche)
American Ground (William Langewiesche)
14
Random Family (Adrian Nicole Leblanc)
Random Family (Adrian Nicole Leblanc)
15
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation (Jeff Chang)
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation (Jeff Chang)
16
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
17
The World Without Us (Alan Weisman)
The World Without Us (Alan Weisman)
18
The Night of the Gun (David Carr)
The Night of the Gun (David Carr)
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The Age of Wonder (Richard Holmes)
The Age of Wonder (Richard Holmes)
20
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
21
The Lost City of Z (David Grann)
The Lost City of Z (David Grann)
22
Finishing the Hat (Stephen Sondheim)
Finishing the Hat (Stephen Sondheim)
23
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
24
The Master Switch (Tim Wu)
The Master Switch (Tim Wu)
25
The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander)
The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander)
26
The Possessed (Elif Batuman)
The Possessed (Elif Batuman)
27
Travels in Siberia (Ian Frazier)
Travels in Siberia (Ian Frazier)
28
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
29
Harlem Is Nowhere (Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts)
Harlem Is Nowhere (Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts)
30
The Information (James Gleick)
The Information (James Gleick)
31
Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Katherine Boo)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Katherine Boo)
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Far From the Tree (Andrew Solomon)
Far From the Tree (Andrew Solomon)
33
The Old Ways (Robert MacFarlane)
The Old Ways (Robert MacFarlane)
34
People Who Eat Darkness (Richard Lloyd Parry)
People Who Eat Darkness (Richard Lloyd Parry)
35
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (Lawrence Wright)
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (Lawrence Wright)
36
Lost Girls (Robert Kolker)
Lost Girls (Robert Kolker)
37
The Trip to Echo Spring (Olivia Laing)
The Trip to Echo Spring (Olivia Laing)
38
The Unwinding (George Packer)
The Unwinding (George Packer)
39
Wave (Sonali Deraniyagala)
Wave (Sonali Deraniyagala)
40
Citizen: An American Lyric (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen: An American Lyric (Claudia Rankine)
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