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Reviewed Authors
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Anthony, Lawrence
Ashenburg, Katherine
Attenborough, David
Ayers, Bill
Barbree, Jay
Bascom, Tim
Beah, Ishmael
Berendt, John
Besen, Wayne R.
Bibeau, Paul
Booth, Kevin
Borchert, Don
Boyle, Kevin
Bridge, Andrew
Bryson, Bill
Buford, Bill
Burroughs, Augusten
Capote, Truman
Carrère, Emmanuel
Daniels, Samantha
Davis, Linda H.
Didion, Joan
Dungy, Tony
Dyer, Richard
Echols, Mike
Egan, Timothy
Ehrenreich, Barbara
Eire, Carlos
Evans, Karin
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French, Patrick
Frey, James
George, Donald W., & Amy Carlson (eds.)
Gilbert, Elizabeth
Gladwell, Malcolm
Gonzalez-Crussi, F.
Goodnough, Abby
Grogan, John
Hamilton, Bethany [C]
Hendrickson, Paul
Hotaling, Ed
Hunt, Linda Lawrence
Jameson, Jenna
Junger, Sebastian
Jones, Theodore
Kaysen, Susanna
Kertzer, David I.
Knighton, Ryan
Koff, Clea
Kurson, Robert
Larson, Erik
Levitt, Steven & Stephen Dubner
Lynn, Loretta
Mackin, Elton E.
Maril, Robert Lee
Mayes, Frances [2]
McCullough, David
McLean, Richard
Miller, Donald
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Mortenson, Greg
Muscio, Inga
Nafisi, Azar
Nisenson, Eric
Palahniuk, Chuck
Parker, Derrick
Pope, Hugh
Preston, Richard
Ransom, John
Roach, Mary
Robbins, Alexandra
Sagan, Carl
Sedaris, David [2]
Seierstad, Asne
Shachtman, Tom
Spoto, Donald
Stauber, John, & Sheldon Rampton
Swofford, Anthony
Traig, Jennifer
Troost, J. Maarten
Truss, Lynne
Trussoni, Danielle
Vanderhoof, Ann
Walls, Jeanette
Weatherford, Jack
Wolfe, Tom
Wooten, Jim
Worrall, Simon
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Online Resources
100 best nonfiction titles according to the Modern Library - critics and fan picks compiled in 1998
BiblioTravel.com - includes readers' comments and biography, memior, and travelogue headings
BookBrowse.com - includes reviews and blurbs of nonfiction
Lukas Prize - award for excellent nonfiction bestowed by the Columbia School of Journalism
National Public Radio (NPR) - often includes reviews of nonfiction titles
Nonfiction reviews a-plenty at the Readers' Club
Recommended nonfiction and reading lists at OverBooked.org
Reviews of Nonfiction at MostlyFiction.com
The Sachem Public Library has some excellent NF read-alike lists
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Print Resources
Burgin, Robert. (2004). Nonfiction Readers' Advisory. Greenwood, CT: Libraries Unlimited.
Cords, Sarah Statz. (2006). Read Story: A Guide to Nonfiction Reading Interests. Greenwood, CT: Libraries Unlimited.
Wyatt, Neal. (2007). Readers' Advisory Guide to Nonfiction. Chicago: American Library Association.
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Contact Phil at pneskew [at] indiana.edu
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