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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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Close to the Knives
Close to the Knives
by David Wojnarowicz
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion
Closing Time
Closing Time
by Lacey Fosburgh
The Dog Who Came to Stay
The Dog Who Came to Stay
by Hal Borland
The Hidden White House
The Hidden White House
by Robert Klara
Life at the Dakota
Life at the Dakota
by Stephen Birmingham
On Killing
On Killing
by Dave Grossman
The Ethics of Ambiguity
The Ethics of Ambiguity
by Simone de Beauvoir
I'll Be There For You
I'll Be There For You
by Kelsey Miller
Artemis
Artemis
by Jean Shinoda Bolen
Cloris
Cloris
by Cloris Leachman, George Englund
Mean
Mean
by Myriam Gurba
Lend Me Your Ears
Lend Me Your Ears
by William Safire
Fatal Invention
Fatal Invention
by Dorothy Roberts
The Frontier in American History
The Frontier in American History
by Frederick Jackson Turner
Frantumaglia
Frantumaglia
by Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein
Rising
Rising
by Elizabeth Rush
Skin
Skin
by Dorothy Allison
At Eighty-Two
At Eighty-Two
by May Sarton
The Comedians
The Comedians
by Kliph Nesteroff
I'll Never Change My Name
I'll Never Change My Name
by Valentin Chmerkovskiy, Maksim Chmerkovskiy
The Powers That Be
The Powers That Be
by David Halberstam
Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour
Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour
by Marti Rulli, Dennis Davern
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe
by Donald H. Wolfe
The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness
The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness
by Erich Fromm
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Israel, Palestine and Peace
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by Amos Oz
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Living Like a Runaway
Living Like a Runaway
by Lita Ford
Why We Can't Sleep
Why We Can't Sleep
by Ada Calhoun
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The Sasquatch at Home
The Sasquatch at Home
by Eden Robinson
Oy!
Oy!
by David Minkoff
The Summer Game
The Summer Game
by Roger Angell
Cats Are Weird
Cats Are Weird
by Jeffrey Brown
The Way of the Gladiator
The Way of the Gladiator
by Daniel P. Mannix, Michael Stephenson
The Mortgaged Heart
The Mortgaged Heart
by Margarita G. Smith, Carson McCullers, Joyce Carol Oates
Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith
by Michael Coveney
Dear Friend
Dear Friend
by Gina L. Mulligan
Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom
Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom
by Charles Beauclerk
The Urban Sketching Handbook: Understanding Perspective
The Urban Sketching Handbook: Understanding Perspective
by Stephanie Bower
My Holiday in North Korea
My Holiday in North Korea
by Wendy E. Simmons
The Coen Brothers
The Coen Brothers
by Adam Nayman
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Lost Kingdom
Lost Kingdom
by Julia Flynn Siler
Digital Transformation
Digital Transformation
by Thomas M. Siebel, Hon. Condoleezza Rice
A Discourse on Inequality
A Discourse on Inequality
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Sex and the Single Girl
Sex and the Single Girl
by Helen Gurley Brown
Of All That Ends
Of All That Ends
by Gunter Grass
Dallas '63
Dallas '63
by Peter Dale Scott
Anything Goes
Anything Goes
by Lucy Moore
The Feminist Porn Book
The Feminist Porn Book
by Tristan Taormino, Celine Parrenas Shimizu, Constance Penley, Mireille Miller-Young
Crimes of Passion
Crimes of Passion
by Howard Engel
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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.