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Best Nonfiction of the Year 2022

From compelling memoirs to riveting history, here are the books that our staff voted Best Nonfiction Books of the Year. Click on each title to read our recommendations. Don't miss our other Best Books of the Year lists here.

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Solito: A Memoir By Javier Zamora Cover Image

Solito: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Javier Zamora
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593498064
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Hogarth - September 6th, 2022
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Lost & Found: A Memoir By Kathryn Schulz Cover Image

Lost & Found: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Kathryn Schulz
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525512462
Availability: Hard to Find - Believed to be Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Random House - January 11th, 2022
Lost & Found: Reflections on Grief, Gratitude, and Happiness By Kathryn Schulz Cover Image

Lost & Found: Reflections on Grief, Gratitude, and Happiness (Paperback)

By Kathryn Schulz
$19.00
ISBN: 9780525512486
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - November 22nd, 2022
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Stay True: A Memoir By Hua Hsu Cover Image

Stay True: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Hua Hsu
$26.00
ISBN: 9780385547772
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Published: Doubleday - September 27th, 2022
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Riverman: An American Odyssey By Ben McGrath Cover Image

Riverman: An American Odyssey (Hardcover)

By Ben McGrath
$29.00
ISBN: 9780451494009
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Published: Knopf - April 5th, 2022
Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir By Erika L. Sánchez Cover Image

Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Erika L. Sánchez
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593296936
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Viking - July 12th, 2022
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Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk By Sasha LaPointe Cover Image

Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk (Hardcover)

By Sasha LaPointe
$25.00
ISBN: 9781640094147
Availability: Hard to Find - Believed to be Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Counterpoint - March 8th, 2022
The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir By Ingrid Rojas Contreras Cover Image

The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Ingrid Rojas Contreras
$30.00
ISBN: 9780385546669
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Doubleday - July 12th, 2022
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Deaf Utopia: A Memoir—and a Love Letter to a Way of Life By Nyle DiMarco, Robert Siebert Cover Image

Deaf Utopia: A Memoir—and a Love Letter to a Way of Life (Hardcover)

By Nyle DiMarco, Robert Siebert
$27.99
ISBN: 9780063062351
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: William Morrow - April 19th, 2022
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I'm Glad My Mom Died By Jennette McCurdy Cover Image

I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)

By Jennette McCurdy
$27.99
ISBN: 9781982185824
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Simon & Schuster - August 9th, 2022
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Nerd: Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse By Maya Phillips Cover Image

Nerd: Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse (Hardcover)

By Maya Phillips
$27.00
ISBN: 9781982165772
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Atria Books - October 11th, 2022
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South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation By Imani Perry Cover Image

South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation (Hardcover)

By Imani Perry
$32.99
ISBN: 9780062977403
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Published: Ecco - January 25th, 2022
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In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss By Amy Bloom Cover Image

In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss (Hardcover)

By Amy Bloom
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593243947
Availability: Hard to Find - Believed to be Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Random House - March 8th, 2022
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Brown Neon By Raquel Gutiérrez Cover Image

Brown Neon (Paperback)

By Raquel Gutiérrez
$16.95
ISBN: 9781566896375
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Coffee House Press - June 7th, 2022
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Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life By Alice Wong Cover Image

Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life (Paperback)

By Alice Wong
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593315392
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Vintage - September 6th, 2022
Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative By Melissa Febos Cover Image

Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative (Paperback)

By Melissa Febos
$16.95
ISBN: 9781646220854
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Catapult - March 15th, 2022
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Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew By Michael W. Twitty Cover Image

Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew (Hardcover)

By Michael W. Twitty
$28.99
ISBN: 9780062891754
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Amistad - August 9th, 2022
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Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent By Dipo Faloyin Cover Image

Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent (Hardcover)

By Dipo Faloyin
$30.00
ISBN: 9780393881530
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 6th, 2022
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We Refuse to Forget: A True Story of Black Creeks, American Identity, and Power By Caleb Gayle Cover Image

We Refuse to Forget: A True Story of Black Creeks, American Identity, and Power (Hardcover)

By Caleb Gayle
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593329580
Availability: Hard to Find - Believed to be Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Riverhead Books - June 7th, 2022
Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands By Kelly Lytle Hernández Cover Image

Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands (Hardcover)

By Kelly Lytle Hernández
$30.00
ISBN: 9781324004370
Availability: Backordered
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - May 10th, 2022
Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America By Pekka Hämäläinen Cover Image

Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America (Hardcover)

By Pekka Hämäläinen
$40.00
ISBN: 9781631496998
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Liveright - September 20th, 2022
The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan By Elliot Ackerman Cover Image

The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan (Hardcover)

By Elliot Ackerman
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593492048
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Press - August 9th, 2022
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Happy-Go-Lucky By David Sedaris Cover Image

Happy-Go-Lucky (Hardcover)

By David Sedaris
$29.00
ISBN: 9780316392457
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - May 31st, 2022
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Inciting Joy: Essays By Ross Gay Cover Image

Inciting Joy: Essays (Hardcover)

By Ross Gay
$27.00
ISBN: 9781643753041
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Algonquin Books - October 25th, 2022
How to Read Now: Essays By Elaine Castillo Cover Image

How to Read Now: Essays (Hardcover)

By Elaine Castillo
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593489635
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Viking - July 26th, 2022
Translating Myself and Others By Jhumpa Lahiri Cover Image

Translating Myself and Others (Hardcover)

By Jhumpa Lahiri
$21.95
ISBN: 9780691231167
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Published: Princeton University Press - May 17th, 2022
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How to Raise an Antiracist By Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image

How to Raise an Antiracist (Hardcover)

By Ibram X. Kendi
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593242537
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: One World - June 14th, 2022
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Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions By Temple Grandin, PhD Cover Image

Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions (Hardcover)

By Temple Grandin, PhD
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593418369
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Riverhead Books - October 11th, 2022
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture By Gabor Maté, MD, Daniel Maté (With) Cover Image

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture (Hardcover)

By Gabor Maté, MD, Daniel Maté (With)
$30.00
ISBN: 9780593083888
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Avery - September 13th, 2022
How We Live Is How We Die By Pema Chodron Cover Image

How We Live Is How We Die (Hardcover)

By Pema Chodron
$24.95
ISBN: 9781611809244
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Shambhala - October 4th, 2022
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Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World: Essays By Barry Lopez, Rebecca Solnit (Introduction by) Cover Image

Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World: Essays (Hardcover)

By Barry Lopez, Rebecca Solnit (Introduction by)
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593242827
Availability: Hard to Find - Believed to be Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Random House - May 31st, 2022
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Thin Places By Kerri Ní Dochartaigh Cover Image

Thin Places (Hardcover)

By Kerri Ní Dochartaigh
$25.00
ISBN: 9781571311955
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Milkweed Editions - April 12th, 2022
The High Sierra: A Love Story By Kim Stanley Robinson Cover Image

The High Sierra: A Love Story (Hardcover)

By Kim Stanley Robinson
$40.00
ISBN: 9780316593014
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Little, Brown and Company - May 10th, 2022
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The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human By Siddhartha Mukherjee Cover Image

The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human (Hardcover)

By Siddhartha Mukherjee
$32.50
ISBN: 9781982117351
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Published: Scribner - October 25th, 2022
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us By Ed Yong Cover Image

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us (Hardcover)

By Ed Yong
$30.00
ISBN: 9780593133231
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Published: Random House - June 21st, 2022
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The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet By Leah Thomas Cover Image

The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet (Hardcover)

By Leah Thomas
$26.00
ISBN: 9780316279291
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Published: Voracious - March 8th, 2022
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The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop By Jonathan Abrams Cover Image

The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop (Hardcover)

By Jonathan Abrams
$35.00
ISBN: 9781984825131
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Published: Crown - October 18th, 2022
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This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You By Susan Rogers, Ogi Ogas Cover Image

This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You (Hardcover)

By Susan Rogers, Ogi Ogas
$28.95
ISBN: 9780393541250
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 20th, 2022
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Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons By Jeremy Denk Cover Image

Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons (Hardcover)

By Jeremy Denk
$28.99
ISBN: 9780812995985
Availability: Hard to Find - Believed to be Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Random House - March 22nd, 2022
Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs By Greil Marcus Cover Image

Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs (Hardcover)

By Greil Marcus
$27.50
ISBN: 9780300255317
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Yale University Press - October 11th, 2022
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Making a Scene By Constance Wu Cover Image

Making a Scene (Hardcover)

By Constance Wu
$29.00
ISBN: 9781982188542
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Scribner - October 4th, 2022
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Mr. B: George Balanchine's 20th Century By Jennifer Homans Cover Image

Mr. B: George Balanchine's 20th Century (Hardcover)

By Jennifer Homans
$40.00
ISBN: 9780812994308
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Random House - November 1st, 2022
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Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe By David Maraniss Cover Image

Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe (Hardcover)

By David Maraniss
$34.99
ISBN: 9781476748412
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Simon & Schuster - August 9th, 2022