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Nonfiction Books for Readers and Learners

Books are a magical way to transport to a different time and place, to learn about a theory or concept, and to hear all kinds of stories. The genre of nonfiction books encompasses all books that are based in fact and record real events or facts. 

There are nonfiction books to read about almost any topic you can think of! If you’re a big sports fan, reach for a book about the history and development of your favorite game. If you’re looking for books to help you navigate life or books to strengthen your brain, nonfiction books offer some of the best options. 

True stories can be as amusing, surprising, and compelling as any work of fiction. Next time you are looking for a book that will pull on your heartstrings, shock you with surprising twists, or fill you with joy, try reaching for a book that is nonfiction. To help you out, we’ve gathered some of the best nonfiction books below!

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The Mother of All Questions
The Mother of All Questions
by Rebecca Solnit
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The Unexpected Guest
The Unexpected Guest
by Michael Konik
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
by Ruth Benedict, Ian Buruma
Brave New World Revisited
Brave New World Revisited
by Aldous Huxley
Essays After Eighty
Essays After Eighty
by Donald Hall
Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls
by William McKeown
Dust Bowl Girls
Dust Bowl Girls
by Lydia Reeder
Rocket Billionaires
Rocket Billionaires
by Tim Fernholz
How We Get Free
How We Get Free
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
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Lectures on Literature
Lectures on Literature
by Vladimir Nabokov, John Updike
Rites of Spring
Rites of Spring
by Modris Eksteins
Selfie
Selfie
by Will Storr
Please Kill Me
Please Kill Me
by Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain
Letters from the Greatest Generation
Letters from the Greatest Generation
by Howard H. Peckham, Shirley A. Snyder, James H. Madison
Why Read the Classics?
Why Read the Classics?
by Italo Calvino
Love with a Chance of Drowning
Love with a Chance of Drowning
by Torre DeRoche
The City on the Edge of Forever
The City on the Edge of Forever
by Harlan Ellison
To Kill or Be Killed
To Kill or Be Killed
by Joni Ankerson
UFOs, Chemtrails, and Aliens
UFOs, Chemtrails, and Aliens
by Donald R. Prothero, Timothy D. Callahan, Michael Shermer
Depression Hates a Moving Target
Depression Hates a Moving Target
by Nita Sweeney
Modern Japanese Literature
Modern Japanese Literature
by Donald Keene
Girls to the Front
Girls to the Front
by Sara Marcus
Cool
Cool
by Salvatore Basile
Artemis
Artemis
by Jean Shinoda Bolen
Cloris
Cloris
by Cloris Leachman, George Englund
The Perfect Mile
The Perfect Mile
by Neal Bascomb
Mean
Mean
by Myriam Gurba
Fatal Invention
Fatal Invention
by Dorothy Roberts
Rising
Rising
by Elizabeth Rush
World of Our Fathers
World of Our Fathers
by Irving Howe, Morris Dickstein
Women Who Kill
Women Who Kill
by Ann Jones
Bringing the Heat
Bringing the Heat
by Mark Bowden
Sex and the Single Girl
Sex and the Single Girl
by Helen Gurley Brown
Skin
Skin
by Dorothy Allison
A Place to Stand
A Place to Stand
by Jimmy Santiago Baca
At Eighty-Two
At Eighty-Two
by May Sarton
Dead Girls
Dead Girls
by Alice Bolin
A Literate Passion
A Literate Passion
by Anais Nin, Henry Miller, Gunther Stuhlmann
I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends
I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends
by Courtney Robertson, Deb Baer
In the Company of Dolphins
In the Company of Dolphins
by Irwin Shaw
The Comedians
The Comedians
by Kliph Nesteroff
Chosen by a Horse
Chosen by a Horse
by Susan Richards
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Diane Arbus
Diane Arbus
by Patricia Bosworth
February House
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by Sherill Tippins
Revolution from Within
Revolution from Within
by Gloria Steinem
Golf in the Kingdom
Golf in the Kingdom
by Michael Murphy
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The Powers That Be
The Powers That Be
by David Halberstam
The Dog Who Came to Stay
The Dog Who Came to Stay
by Hal Borland
Chaos
Chaos
by James Gleick
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A nonfiction book is a book that is factual and tells of true events, as opposed to a fiction book which is a story imagined by the author.

There are multiple ways to tell if a book is fiction or not. The book itself may say if it is a true story or an account of a real person or event. If needed, you can research the people or events mentioned in the book to see if they are real. Other good clues common in nonfiction books include actual quotes, a table of contents, and factual charts or maps.