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The Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2020

Past presidents, gambling champions, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters, country music royalty Dolly Parton—the gang's all here. Prepare to dive into these 50 notable works of nonfiction as selected by The Washington Post.

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Abe
Abe
  • David S. Reynolds
41 read
Active measures the secret history of disinformation and political warfare
Active measures the secret history of disinformation and political warfare
  • Thomas Rid
4.254 reads
A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes
A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes
  • Eric Jay Dolin
4.55 reads
All I Ever Wanted: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir
All I Ever Wanted: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir
  • Kathy Valentine
00 reads
A Promised Land
A Promised Land
  • Barack Obama
4.28305 reads
A Very Stable Genius
A Very Stable Genius
  • Philip Rucker
  • Carol Leonnig
3.9113 reads
Becoming Duchess Goldblatt
Becoming Duchess Goldblatt
  • Duchess Goldblatt
411 reads
Begin Again
Begin Again
  • Eddie S. Glaude (Jr.)
4.0512 reads
Breath
Breath
  • James Nestor
3.84182 reads
Dark Mirror
Dark Mirror
  • Barton Gellman
02 reads
Deviant's War
Deviant's War
  • Eric Cervini
4.259 reads
Dirt
Dirt
  • Bill Buford
4.0516 reads
Dolly Parton, Songteller
Dolly Parton, Songteller
  • Dolly Parton
  • Robert K. Oermann
3.7931 reads
Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town
Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town
  • Barbara Demick
4.2712 reads
Galileo and the Science Deniers
Galileo and the Science Deniers
  • Mario Livio
44 reads
Ghosting the News
Ghosting the News
  • Margaret Sullivan
41 read
His Truth Is Marching On
His Truth Is Marching On
  • Jon Meacham
  • John Lewis
47 reads
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
  • Mikki Kendall
4.28106 reads
How the South Won the Civil War
How the South Won the Civil War
  • Heather Cox Richardson
3.49 reads
Humankind: A Hopeful History
Humankind: A Hopeful History
  • Rutger Bregman
4.2770 reads
I You We Them : Volume 1
I You We Them : Volume 1
  • Dan Gretton
00 reads
Kleptopia
Kleptopia
  • Tom Burgis
3.5712 reads
Kunsten at lytte til andre – Sådan får du bedre relationer gennem bedre samtaler
Kunsten at lytte til andre – Sådan får du bedre relationer gennem bedre samtaler
  • Kate Murphy
  • Sarah von Essen (Translator)
4.1639 reads
Max Jacob
Max Jacob
  • Rosanna Warren
00 reads
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
  • Layla F. Saad
4.3154 reads
Minor Feelings
Minor Feelings
  • Cathy Park Hong
4.1365 reads
One Mighty and Irresistible Tide
One Mighty and Irresistible Tide
  • Jia Lynn Yang
31 read
Pelosi
Pelosi
  • Molly Ball
00 reads
People, No
People, No
  • Thomas Frank
43 reads
Rage
Rage
  • Bob Woodward
3.9740 reads
Rigged
Rigged
  • David Shimer
00 reads
Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World
Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World
  • Amy Stanley
33 reads
The Art of Her Deal
The Art of Her Deal
  • Mary C. Jordan
41 read
The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
  • Maria Konnikova
4.1450 reads
The Big Goodbye
The Big Goodbye
  • Sam Wasson
4.1714 reads
The Book of Eels
The Book of Eels
  • Patrik Svensson
  • Agnes Broomé (Translator)
3.5633 reads
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
  • Les Payne
  • Tamara Payne
4.78 reads
The Man Who Ran Washington
The Man Who Ran Washington
  • Peter Baker
  • Susan Glasser
4.51 read
The Professor and the Parson: A Story of Desire, Deceit and Defrocking
The Professor and the Parson: A Story of Desire, Deceit and Defrocking
  • Adam Sisman
31 read
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
  • Erik Larson
4.2128 reads
Too Much and Never Enough
Too Much and Never Enough
  • Mary L. Trump
3.6793 reads
Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
  • Anne Applebaum
3.8139 reads
Uncanny Valley
Uncanny Valley
  • Anna Wiener
3.91129 reads
Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living
Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living
  • Glennon Doyle
3.87224 reads
We Have Been Harmonized
We Have Been Harmonized
  • Kai Strittmatter
4.674 reads
What It's Like to Be a Bird
What It's Like to Be a Bird
  • David Allen Sibley
4.334 reads
What Were We Thinking
What Were We Thinking
  • Carlos Lozada
31 read
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
  • Lulu Miller
4.03138 reads
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
  • Samantha Irby
3.9471 reads
Wuhan Diary Dispatches from a Quarantined City
Wuhan Diary Dispatches from a Quarantined City
  • Fang Fang
  • Michael Berry (Translator)
3.755 reads