Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction 2022

1.
American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis 4.20 avg rating — 4,758 ratings
2.
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile 3.84 avg rating — 16,069 ratings
3.
Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation
Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation 3.35 avg rating — 2,165 ratings
4.
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss
by: Amy Bloom
4.26 avg rating — 24,067 ratings
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README.txt
README.txt 4.23 avg rating — 3,392 ratings
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Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers
Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers 4.24 avg rating — 2,087 ratings
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Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War
Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War 4.24 avg rating — 746 ratings
8.
Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me
Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me 4.01 avg rating — 2,024 ratings
9.
As It Turns Out: Thinking About Edie and Andy
As It Turns Out: Thinking About Edie and Andy 3.54 avg rating — 424 ratings
10.
Because Our Fathers Lied: A Memoir of Truth and Family, from Vietnam to Today
Because Our Fathers Lied: A Memoir of Truth and Family, from Vietnam to Today 3.61 avg rating — 537 ratings
11.
Cheap Land Colorado: Off-Gridders at America's Edge
Cheap Land Colorado: Off-Gridders at America's Edge 3.91 avg rating — 2,459 ratings
12.
Come Back in September: A Literary Education on West Sixty-seventh Street, Manhattan
Come Back in September: A Literary Education on West Sixty-seventh Street, Manhattan 3.88 avg rating — 138 ratings
13.
Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America 4.09 avg rating — 10,301 ratings
14.
Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness
Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness 4.09 avg rating — 400 ratings
15.
Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a Mystery
Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a Mystery 4.10 avg rating — 1,847 ratings
16.
Easy Beauty
Easy Beauty 4.06 avg rating — 5,925 ratings
17.
Eliot After "The Waste Land"
Eliot After "The Waste Land" 4.28 avg rating — 47 ratings
18.
Esmond and Ilia: An Unreliable Memoir
Esmond and Ilia: An Unreliable Memoir 3.82 avg rating — 127 ratings
19.
Finding Me
Finding Me 4.54 avg rating — 165,812 ratings
20.
Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History
Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History
by: Lea Ypi
4.30 avg rating — 20,285 ratings
21.
Getting Lost
Getting Lost 3.43 avg rating — 6,579 ratings
22.
The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet
The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet 4.03 avg rating — 1,286 ratings
23.
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice 4.50 avg rating — 3,050 ratings
24.
Imagining the End: Mourning and Ethical Life
Imagining the End: Mourning and Ethical Life 3.66 avg rating — 53 ratings
25.
The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir
The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir 3.88 avg rating — 1,439 ratings
26.
Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age
Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age 3.67 avg rating — 2,305 ratings
27.
The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning
The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning 4.24 avg rating — 490 ratings
28.
The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness 4.03 avg rating — 6,741 ratings
29.
Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America 4.38 avg rating — 3,011 ratings
30.
Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir
Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir 4.50 avg rating — 3,831 ratings
31.
A Life Of Picasso: The Minotaur Years: 1933-1943
A Life Of Picasso: The Minotaur Years: 1933-1943 4.34 avg rating — 91 ratings
32.
Lost & Found: A Memoir
Lost & Found: A Memoir 4.10 avg rating — 8,661 ratings
33.
Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self
Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self 4.19 avg rating — 2,163 ratings
34.
Newsroom Confidential: Lessons (and Worries) from an Ink-Stained Life
Newsroom Confidential: Lessons (and Worries) from an Ink-Stained Life 3.80 avg rating — 1,044 ratings
35.
The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil 4.03 avg rating — 19,651 ratings
36.
Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe
Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,656 ratings
37.
Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy
Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy 3.70 avg rating — 1,204 ratings
38.
Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original
Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original 4.23 avg rating — 1,565 ratings
39.
Sandy Hook
Sandy Hook 4.28 avg rating — 3,751 ratings
40.
Solito
Solito 4.48 avg rating — 65,955 ratings
41.
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us 4.10 avg rating — 13,875 ratings
42.
Tasha: A Son's Memoir
Tasha: A Son's Memoir 4.13 avg rating — 889 ratings
43.
This Body I Wore: A Memoir
This Body I Wore: A Memoir 4.14 avg rating — 765 ratings
44.
Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century
Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century 3.75 avg rating — 2,567 ratings
45.
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation 4.45 avg rating — 3,159 ratings
46.
The War of Nerves: Inside the Cold War Mind
The War of Nerves: Inside the Cold War Mind 4.20 avg rating — 200 ratings
47.
Watergate: A New History
Watergate: A New History 4.49 avg rating — 2,835 ratings
48.
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland 4.33 avg rating — 7,482 ratings
49.
When McKinsey Comes to Town
When McKinsey Comes to Town 3.80 avg rating — 10,392 ratings
50.
You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays
You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays 4.03 avg rating — 750 ratings