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Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Check out our staff’s favorite nonfiction books published in 2021.

King County Library System

25 items

  • Facing the Mountain

    a True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

    Brown, Daniel James, 1951-
    Book, 2021[New York, New York] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021] — 940.541273 BRO
  • Say Their Names

    How Black Lives Came to Matter in America

    Bunn, Curtis,
    Book, 2021New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2021. — 323.119607 BUN
  • Book, 2021New York : Crown, [2021] — B CARLILE
  • Atlas of the Invisible

    Maps & Graphics That Will Change How You See the World

    Cheshire, James,
    Book, 2021New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, 2021. — 912.075 CHE
  • Chasin' the Bird

    Charlie Parker in California

    Chisholm, Dave, 1981-
    Book, 2020[Culver City, California] : Z2 Comics, [2020] — B PARKER
  • Book, 2021New York, NY : The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2021. — 305.488951 CHO
  • The Bomber Mafia

    a Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

    Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-
    Book, 2021New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021. — 940.544973 GLA
  • Book, 2021New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2021] — 394.263 GOR
  • Book, 2021New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021. — Y811.6 GOR
  • The Anthropocene Reviewed

    Essays on a Human-centered Planet

    Green, John, 1977-
    Book, 2021[New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021] — 306 GRE
  • Four Hundred Souls

    a Community History of African America, 1619-2019

    Book, 2021New York : One World, [2021] — 973.049607 FOU
  • Dusk, Night, Dawn

    on Revival and Courage

    Lamott, Anne,
    Book, 2021New York : Riverhead Books, 2021. — 234.2 LAM
  • This Is the Fire

    What I Say to My Friends About Racism

    Lemon, Don, 1966-
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2021. — 305.896073 LEM
  • All That She Carried

    the Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake

    Miles, Tiya, 1970-
    Book, 2021New York : Random House, [2021] — 306.362082 MIL
  • Book, 2020New York : Crown, [2020] — B OBAMA
  • Seek You

    a Journey Through American Loneliness

    Radtke, Kristen,
    Book, 2021New York : Pantheon Books, [2021] — 155.92 RAD
  • Fuzz

    When Nature Breaks the Law

    Roach, Mary,
    Book, 2021New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021] — 591.5 ROA