Category: Narrative Nonfiction
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We Were Once a Family
The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children―and a searing indictment of the American foster care system.
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Dirty Work
A paradigm-shifting report of the moral landscape of contemporary America through the stories of people who perform society’s most ethically troubling jobs.
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
The story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos—one of the biggest corporate frauds in history—a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley.
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Green River Killer
A graphic novel detailing the hunt, capture, and interviews with the Green River Killer.
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American Kingpin
The unbelievable true story of the man who built a billion-dollar online drug empire from his bedroom—and almost got away with it.
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The Other Dr. Gilmer
A rural physician learns that a former doctor at his clinic committed a shocking crime, leading him to uncover an undiagnosed mental health crisis in our broken prison system–a powerful true story expanding on one of the most popular This American Life episodes of all time.
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Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels, and Crooks
Rogues is a selection of Radden Keefe’s most celebrated articles published in The New Yorker.
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Maus
The story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler’s Europe, and his son, a cartoonist coming to terms with his father’s story.
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Taking Down Backpage
Veteran California prosecutor Maggy Krell tells the story of the battle against Backpage.
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Brothers on Three
The story of the Montana State Champions – the Arlee Warriors – basketball team on the Flathead Indian Reservation, along with their teammates, coaches, and families, as they balance the pressures of adolescence, shoulder the dreams of their community, and chart their own individual courses for the future.
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