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The 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Past 25 Years

Slate's list of the definitive nonfiction books written in English in the past quarter-century includes beautifully written memoirs but also books of reportage, collections of essays, travelogues, works of cultural criticism, passionate arguments, even a compendium of household tips. What they all share is a commitment to "mostly truth" and the belief that digging deep to find a real story—whether it's located in your memory, on dusty archive shelves, in Russian literature, in a slum in Mumbai—is a task worth undertaking.
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Mr Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder
Mr Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder
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Into the Wild
Into the Wild
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Madeleine's World (Brian Hall)
Madeleine's World (Brian Hall)
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
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Out of Sheer Rage
Out of Sheer Rage
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The Tennis Partner (Verghese)
The Tennis Partner (Verghese)
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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
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Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House (Cheryl Mendelson)
Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House (Cheryl Mendelson)
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The Battle for God (Karen Armstrong)
The Battle for God (Karen Armstrong)
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
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Borrowed Finery, Paula Fox
Borrowed Finery, Paula Fox
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American Ground (William Langewiesche)
American Ground (William Langewiesche)
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Random Family
Random Family
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Can't Stop Won't Stop
Can't Stop Won't Stop
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Fun Home
Fun Home
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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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Age of Wonder : How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty And
Age of Wonder : How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty And
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Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
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The Lost City of Z
The Lost City of Z
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Finishing the Hat (Stephen Sondheim)
Finishing the Hat (Stephen Sondheim)
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Look, I Made a Hat (Stephen Sondheim)
Look, I Made a Hat (Stephen Sondheim)
24
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires (Tim Wu)
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires (Tim Wu)
26
The New Jim Crow
The New Jim Crow
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The Possessed (Elif Batuman)
The Possessed (Elif Batuman)
28
Travels in Siberia (Ian Frazier)
Travels in Siberia (Ian Frazier)
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The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
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Harlem Is Nowhere (Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts)
Harlem Is Nowhere (Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts)
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The Information (James Gleick)
The Information (James Gleick)
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
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Far From the Tree (Andrew Solomon)
Far From the Tree (Andrew Solomon)
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The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot (Robert MacFarlane)
The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot (Robert MacFarlane)
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People Who Eat Darkness
People Who Eat Darkness
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Going Clear
Going Clear
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Lost Girls
Lost Girls
38
The Trip to Echo Spring (Olivia Laing)
The Trip to Echo Spring (Olivia Laing)
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The Unwinding
The Unwinding
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Wave
Wave
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