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The Best Memoirs/Nonfiction Books

Their are some truly great true stories, sometimes that's what makes them almost better than fiction.
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Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild
1
Jon Krakauer
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air
2
Jon Krakauer
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (Jon Krakauer)
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
3
Jon Krakauer
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
4
John Berendt
Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen)
Out of Africa
5
Isak Dinesen
Under the Tuscan Sun (Frances Mayes)
Under the Tuscan Sun
6
Frances Mayes
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
7
Jeannette Walls
A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)
A Walk in the Woods
8
Bill Bryson
A Walk Across America
A Walk Across America
9
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
10
Truman Capote
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
11
Ralph Ellison
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
12
Maya Angelou
The Burning of Bridget Cleary: A True Story (Angela Bourke)
The Burning of Bridget Cleary: A True Story
13
Angela Bourke
Two Feet, Four Paws, Walking the Dog 4,500 Miles (Spud Talbot-Ponsonby)
Two Feet, Four Paws, Walking the Dog 4,500 Miles
14
Spud Talbot-Ponsonby
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild
15
Cheryl Strayed
Zodiac: The Shocking True Story of the Hunt for the Nation's Most Elusive Serial Killer (Robert Graysmith)
Zodiac: The Shocking True Story of the Hunt for the Nation's Most Elusive Serial Killer
16
Robert Graysmith
A Child Called It (Dave Pelzer)
A Child Called It
17
Dave Pelzer
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
18
Elie Wiesel
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
19
Dee Brown
I'll Be Gone in the Dark (Michelle McNamara)
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
20
Michelle McNamara
Unbroken (Laura Hillenbrand)
Unbroken
21
Laura Hillenbrand
Seabiscuit (Laura Hillenbrand)
Seabiscuit
22
Laura Hillenbrand
Hunger (Roxane Gay)
Hunger
23
Roxane Gay
Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Katherine Boo)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
24
Katherine Boo
What Is the What
What Is the What
25
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
26
Anne Frank
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
27
Rebecca Skloot
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Annie Dillard)
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
28
Annie Dillard
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder (Caroline Fraser)
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
29
Caroline Fraser
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
When Breath Becomes Air
30
Paul Kalanithi
I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
I Am Malala
31
Malala Yousafzai
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Ishmael Beah)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
32
Ishmael Beah
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
33
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
34
Jared Diamond
Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly)
Hidden Figures
35
Margot Lee Shetterly
Hillbilly Elegy (JD Vance)
Hillbilly Elegy
36
JD Vance
The Last Lecture (Randy Pausch)
The Last Lecture
37
Randy Pausch
Tuesdays With Morrie
Tuesdays With Morrie
38
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
39
Joan Didion
The End of Your Life Book Club (Will Schwalbe)
The End of Your Life Book Club
40
Will Schwalbe
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