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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 Way of the Gladiator
The Way of the Gladiator
by Daniel P. Mannix, Michael Stephenson
Medea
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by Euripides
Teacher Man
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by Frank McCourt
The Right People
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by Nancy Hughes
Roads
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by Larry McMurtry
Flying Saucers and Science
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by Stanton T. Friedman
Bullwhip Days
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by James Mellon
My Holiday in North Korea
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by Wendy E. Simmons
So You Think You Know Rock and Roll?
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by Peter E. Meltzer
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die
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by James Mustich
Brave New World Revisited
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by Aldous Huxley
My Seditious Heart
My Seditious Heart
by Arundhati Roy
Mixed Up
Mixed Up
by Tineka Smith, Alex Court
Playing for Keeps
Playing for Keeps
by David Halberstam
The Original Watergate Stories
The Original Watergate Stories
by The Washington Post, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein
A Century of Ambivalence
A Century of Ambivalence
by Zvi Gitelman
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz
by Jay Scarfone, William Stillman
Encounters of a Wayward Sailor
Encounters of a Wayward Sailor
by Tristan Jones
I Can't Stay Long
I Can't Stay Long
by Laurie Lee
Girls to the Front
Girls to the Front
by Sara Marcus
Ten Days in a Mad-House
Ten Days in a Mad-House
by Nellie Bly
Artemis
Artemis
by Jean Shinoda Bolen
Cloris
Cloris
by Cloris Leachman, George Englund
The Airmen and the Headhunters
The Airmen and the Headhunters
by Judith M. Heimann
The Perfect Mile
The Perfect Mile
by Neal Bascomb
Mean
Mean
by Myriam Gurba
100 Words Every 4th Grader Should Know
100 Words Every 4th Grader Should Know
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The Frontier in American History
The Frontier in American History
by Frederick Jackson Turner
Frantumaglia
Frantumaglia
by Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein
Atmosphere of Hope
Atmosphere of Hope
by Tim Flannery
That First Season
That First Season
by John Eisenberg
Serpentine
Serpentine
by Thomas Thompson
Sex and the Single Girl
Sex and the Single Girl
by Helen Gurley Brown
A Place to Stand
A Place to Stand
by Jimmy Santiago Baca
Moon Shot
Moon Shot
by Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Jay Barbree, Howard Benedict, Neil Armstrong
Close to the Knives
Close to the Knives
by David Wojnarowicz
Dragonholder
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by Todd McCaffrey
The Summer Game
The Summer Game
by Roger Angell
The Official Downton Abbey Christmas Cookbook
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by Regula Ysewijn, Julian Fellowes
Pornography and Silence
Pornography and Silence
by Susan Griffin
A Question of RESPECT
A Question of RESPECT
by Ed Goeas, Celinda Lake, Mo Elleithee
Downton Abbey Script Book Season 1
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by Julian Fellowes
Find Me Unafraid
Find Me Unafraid
by Kennedy Odede, Jessica Posner
Jokes to Offend Men
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by Allison Kelley, Danielle Kraese, Kate Herzlin, Ysabel Yates
Impossible Owls
Impossible Owls
by Brian Phillips
Cats Are Weird
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by Jeffrey Brown
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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.