The Book List: Nonfiction selections including essay collections and memoirs.
Alexander, Elizabeth. The Light of the World
Baldwin, James. Notes of a Native Son
Buechner, Frederick. Telling Secrets
Biss, Eula. Notes from No Man’s Land
Bremer, Krista. My Accidental Jihad: A Love Story
Caswell, Kurt. In the Sun’s House
Coates, Ta-Nehisi. Between the World and Me
D’Aoust, Renee E. Body of a Dancer
Deraniyagala, Sonali. Wave
Deulen, Danielle Cadena. The Riots
Didion, Joan. The Year of Magical Thinking, also Slouching Toward Bethlehem
Dillard, Annie. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, also An American Childhood
Dubus III, Andre. Townie
Fitzgerald, Isaac and MacNaughton, Wendy. Knives and Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (with Recipes)
Fletcher, Harrison Candelaria. Descanso for My Father: Fragments of a Life, also Presentimiento: A Life in Dreams
Fowler, Connie May. When Katie Wakes
Fujimura, Makoto. Silence and Beauty: Hidden Faith Born of Suffering
Gay, Roxane. Bad Feminist
Gay, Roxane. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Gee, Alison Singh. Where the Peacocks Sing: A Palace, a Prince, and the Search for Home
Gutkind, Lee. You Can't Make This Stuff Up: The Complete Guide to Writing Creative Nonfiction
Haag, Christina. Come to the Edge: A Love Story
Irby, Samantha. Meaty
Jamison, Leslie. The Empathy Exams
Junger, Sebastian. A Perfect Storm, also Tribe
Krakauer, Jon. Into Thin Air
Kupperman, Kim Dana. I Just Lately Started Buying Wings
Lazar, David. The Body of Brooklyn, also Occasional Desire
Lamott, Anne. Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
Madden, Patrick. Quotidiana, also Sublime Physick
Martin, Lee. From Our House, also Turning Bones
Merton, Thomas. The Seven Storey Mountain
Moore, Dinty W. The Accidental Buddhist
Murakami, Haruki. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Paley, Grace. Just As I Thought
Passarello, Elena. Let Me Clear My Throat
Quist, Donald. Harbors
Riess, Jana. Flunking Sainthood
Riggs, Nina. The Bright Hour
Rhimes, Shonda. Year of Yes
Rodriguez, Luis. It Calls You Back.
Roorbach, Bill. Summers With Juliet, also Temple Stream
Scott, Sophfronia. Love's Long Line
Scott, Sophfronia. This Child of Faith: Raising a Spiritual Child in a Secular World
Shapiro, Dani. Devotion
Skloot, Rebecca. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
Strayed, Cheryl. Wild
Vivian, Robert. Mystery My Country, also The Least Cricket of Evening
Walker, Alice. In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose
Wiesel, Elie. Night
Wolff, Tobias. This Boy’s Life
Zagajewski, Adam. Another Beauty