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The 30 Best Works of Nonfiction of the Last Ten Years

The following books were finally chosen after much debate (and multiple meetings) by the Literary Hub staff. Tears were spilled, feelings were hurt, books were re-read. And as you'll shortly see, we had a hard time choosing just ten—so we've also included a list of dissenting opinions, and an even longer list of also-rans.
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The New Jim Crow
The New Jim Crow
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukhe
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukhe
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Bloodlands (Timothy Snyder)
Bloodlands (Timothy Snyder)
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The Warmth of Other Suns
The Warmth of Other Suns
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The Passage of Power (Robert A. Caro)
The Passage of Power (Robert A. Caro)
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The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Tom Reiss)
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Tom Reiss)
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The Sixth Extinction
The Sixth Extinction
9
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
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The Invention of Nature (Andrea Wulf)
The Invention of Nature (Andrea Wulf)
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The Witches (Stacy Schiff)
The Witches (Stacy Schiff)
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Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Svetlana Alexievich,)
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Svetlana Alexievich,)
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Dark Money (Mayer)
Dark Money (Mayer)
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How to Survive a Plague (David France)
How to Survive a Plague (David France)
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The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America (Andrés Reséndez)
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America (Andrés Reséndez)
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All the Single Ladies (Traister)
All the Single Ladies (Traister)
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Prairie Fires (Caroline Fraser)
Prairie Fires (Caroline Fraser)
18
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (David W. Blight)
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (David W. Blight)
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Underland (Robert MacFarlane)
Underland (Robert MacFarlane)
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Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
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The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning (Maggie Nelson)
The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning (Maggie Nelson)
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The Beast (Oscar Martinez)
The Beast (Oscar Martinez)
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Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
24
The House of Government (Yuri Slezkine)
The House of Government (Yuri Slezkine)
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Ghosts of the Tsunami (Richard Lloyd Parry)
Ghosts of the Tsunami (Richard Lloyd Parry)
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How to Do Nothing (Jenny Odell)
How to Do Nothing (Jenny Odell)
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Minor Feelings (Cathy Park Hong)
Minor Feelings (Cathy Park Hong)
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Vesper Flights (Helen MacDonald)
Vesper Flights (Helen MacDonald)
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Caste (Isabel Wilkerson)
Caste (Isabel Wilkerson)
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Brown Album (Porochista Khakpour)
Brown Album (Porochista Khakpour)
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