LA Times Best Nonfiction Books of the Last 30 Years

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Released April 14, 2025

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13

Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

Men We Reaped

Jesmyn Ward

14

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Stephen King

15

Solito by Javier Zamora

Solito

Javier Zamora

16

Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III by Robert A. Caro

Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III

The Years of Lyndon Johnson #3

Robert A. Caro

17

Just Kids by Patti Smith

Just Kids

Patti Smith

18

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe

19

Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

Citizen: An American Lyric

Claudia Rankine

20

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

A Brief History Series #1

Yuval Noah Harari

21

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

22

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

23

The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

The Argonauts

Maggie Nelson

24

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

The Devil in the White City

Erik Larson