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The Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 Span Everything From True Crime to Scammer Culture

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September 26, 2019 at 6:00 AM

The Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 Span Everything From True Crime to Scammer Culture

1) No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us , by Rachel Louise Snyder

2) Three Women , by Lisa Taddeo

3) Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion , by Jia Tolentino

4) Nobody's Victim: Fighting Psychos, Stalkers, Pervs, and Trolls , by Carrie Goldberg

5) Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession , by Rachel Monroe

6) She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement , by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey

7) Make It Scream, Make It Burn: Essays , by Leslie Jamison

8) Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl: A Memoir , by Jeannie Vanasco

9) In the Dream House: A Memoir , by Carmen Maria Machado

10) The Witches Are Coming , by Lindy West

11) For the Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity , by Liz Plank

12) Formation: A Woman's Memoir of Stepping Out of Line , by Ryan Leigh Dostie

13) I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution , by Emily Nussbaum

14) Shapes of Native Nonfiction: Collected Essays by Contemporary Writers , edited by Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton

15) Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language , by Gretchen McCulloch

16) Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir , by T Kira Madden

17) Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do , by Jennifer L. Eberhardt

18) Working , by Robert Caro

19) I Miss You When I Blink: Essays , by Mary Laura Philpott

20) What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence , edited by Michele Filgate

21) Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race , by Lara Prior-Palmer

The Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 Span Everything From True Crime to Scammer Culture

There's nothing like a good book of nonfiction to expand the mind—and the heart. Whether it's a deeply reported investigation into a timely topic or poignant memoir about one writer's lived experience, nonfiction challenges us, informs us, and moves us. Here are 21 of our favorite nonfiction reads of 2019, spanning topics like gender, true crime, and scammer culture.

These are our favorite reads of the year to help you expand your mind.

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