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2023 Books

Time: Annabel Gutterman: The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023

07 December 2023

Some People Need Killing - Patricia Evangelista

Annabel Gutterman: The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023, as published by Time Magazine

[see also The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2023 • The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2022 • The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2022 • The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2021 • The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021]

  1. Some People Need Killing
    A Memoir of Murder in My Country
    Patricia Evangelista
  2. Doppelganger
    A Trip into the Mirror World
    Naomi Klein
  3. To Free the Captives
    A Plea for the American Soul
    Tracy K. Smith
  4. A Day in the Life of Abed Salama
    Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
    Nathan Thrall
  5. You Could Make This Place Beautiful
    A Memoir
    Maggie Smith
  6. How to Say Babylon
    A Memoir
    Safiya Sinclair
  7. Poverty, by America
    Matthew Desmond
  8. Liliana's Invincible Summer
    A Sister's Search for Justice
    Cristina Rivera Garza
  9. Fire Weather
    A True Story from a Hotter World
    John Vaillant
  10. King
    A Life
    Jonathan Eig

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