Curated category · 2006—2025

Best nonfiction

Award-winning and editorially recommended nonfiction across twenty years, organized for discovery rather than sales ranking.

Selections: 1591
Authors: 1442
Lists & prizes: 4

Showing 1489–1536 of 1591

2013Nonfiction

Keepers: Two Home Cooks Share Their Tried-And-True Weeknight Recipes And The Secrets To Happiness In The Kitchen

Kathy Brennan, Caroline Campion

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

Lawrence In Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly And The Making Of The Modern Middle East

Scott Anderson

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

League Of Denial: The NFL, Concussions And The Battle For Truth

Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

Levels Of Life

Julian Barnes

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

Life After Life

Kate Atkinson

On 2 lists: NPR Books We Love, The New York Times — 10 Best Books

2013Nonfiction

Mary Coin

Marisa Silver

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

Masterminds And Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope With Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends And The New Rules Of Boy World

Rosalind Wiseman

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

Men We Reaped: A Memoir

Jesmyn Ward

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

Metaphysical Dog

Frank Bidart

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

Miss Anne In Harlem: The White Women Of The Black Renaissance

Carla Kaplan

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

Mrs. Poe

Lynn Cullen

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

One Good Dish

David Tanis

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

One Good Earl Deserves A Lover

Sarah MacLean

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

Ottolenghi: The Cookbook

Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

Queen Anne: The Politics Of Passion

Anne Somerset

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

Shaman

Kim Stanley Robinson

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

Shocked: My Mother, Schiaparelli, And Me

Patricia Volk

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

Someone

Alice McDermott

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

Speaking From Among The Bones: A Flavia De Luce Novel

Alan Bradley

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

Suitable Accommodations: An Autobiographical Story Of Family Life: The Letters Of J.F. Powers, 1942-1963

Katherine A. Powers (editor)

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

Sweet Delights From A Thousand And One Nights: The Story Of Traditional Arab Sweets

Habeeb Salloum, Muna Salloum, Leila Salloum Elias

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

Thank You for Your Service

David Finkel

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The Alchemists: Three Central Bankers And A World On Fire

Neil Irwin

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The Apple Orchard

Susan Wiggs

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The Art Of Youth: Crane, Carrington, Gershwin, And The Nature Of First Acts

Nicholas Delbanco

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The Autumn Bride

Anne Gracie

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The Beast: Riding The Rails And Dodging Narcos On The Migrant Trail

Oscar Martinez

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The Blood Of Heaven

Kent Wascom

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The Cooked Seed: A Memoir

Anchee Min

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The Daylight Gate

Jeanette Winterson

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The Hired Man

Aminatta Forna

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The House Girl: A Novel

Tara Conklin

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The Last Banquet

Jonathan Grimwood

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The Luckiest Lady In London

Sherry Thomas

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The Maid's Version: A Novel

Daniel Woodrell

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The Most Of Nora Ephron

Nora Ephron

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The New Midwestern Table: 200 Heartland Recipes

Amy Thielen

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The New Persian Kitchen

Louisa Shafia

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The Painted Girls

Cathy Marie Buchanan

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice Of A Thirteen-Year-Old Boy With Autism

Naoki Higashida, translated by David Mitchell and KA Yoshida

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The Sleepwalkers

Christopher Clark

The New York Times — 10 Best Books

2013Nonfiction

The Telling Room: A Tale Of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, And The World's Greatest Piece Of Cheese

Michael Paterniti

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The Twelve Tribes Of Hattie

Ayana Mathis

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America

George Packer

On 2 lists: National Book Award for Nonfiction, NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The Woman Who Lost Her Soul

Bob Shacochis

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

The World’s Strongest Librarian: A Memoir Of Tourette’s, Faith, Strength And The Power Of Family

Josh Hanagarne

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

This House Is Haunted

John Boyne

NPR Books We Love

2013Nonfiction

To The End Of June

Cris Beam

NPR Books We Love