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Narrative Nonfiction

Sometimes referred to as Creative Nonfiction, these titles read like fiction.

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21 items

  • In Cold Blood

    a True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences

    Capote, Truman, 1924-1984
    Book, 2007New York : Modern Library, 2007. — 364.1523 CAPOTE
  • Book, 2018New York : Random House, [2018] — BIO 92 WES
  • The Devil in the White City

    Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

    Larson, Erik, 1954-
    Book, 2004New York : Vintage Books, 2004. — 364.15230977311 LAR
  • Killers of the Flower Moon

    the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

    Grann, David,
    Book, 2017New York : Doubleday, [2017] — 364.1523 GRA
  • Into Thin Air

    a Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

    Krakauer, Jon,
    Book, 1997New York : Villard, [1997] — 796.522 K85
  • Say Nothing

    a True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

    Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
    Book, 2019New York : Doubleday, [2019] — HV6574.G7 K44 2019
  • Invisible Child

    Poverty, Survival & Hope in An American City

    Elliott, Andrea,
    Book, 2021New York : Random House, [2021] — HV4506.N6 E45 2021
  • Bad Blood

    Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

    Carreyrou, John,
    Book, 2018New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. — HD9995.H423 U627 2018
  • Trailed

    One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders

    Miles, Kathryn, 1974-
    Book, 2022Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2022. — 364.1523 MIL 2022
  • A Walk in the Woods

    Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

    Bryson, Bill,
    Book, 1998New York : Broadway Books, [1998] — 917.404 BRYSON
  • Easy Money

    Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud

    McKenzie, Benjamin, 1978-
    Book, 2023New York : Abrams Press, 2023. — 332.4 MC
  • Book, 2024New York : AUWA Books/ MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024. — ML3531.Q47 2024
  • The Boys in the Boat

    Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

    Brown, Daniel James, 1951-
    Book, 2013New York : Viking, [2013] — 797.12 BROWN
  • The First Conspiracy

    the Secret Plot to Kill George Washington

    Meltzer, Brad,
    Book, 2019New York, NY : Flatiron Books, 2019. — 973.41 M
  • Book, 2021New York, NY : Harper, [2021] — 814.54 P27
  • Crime Beat

    a Decade of Covering Cops and Killers

    Connelly, Michael, 1956-
    Book, 2006New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2006. — 363.25 C76
  • The Innocent Man

    Murder and Injustice in a Small Town

    Grisham, John,
    Book, 2006New York : Doubleday, [2006] — 345.766 GRI 2006