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Just to clear up a common misconception: "nonfiction" is not synonymous with "boring." Nonfiction books are not all tomes on dead presidents — in fact, nonfiction can be just as poetic, transportive, and exciting as novels. From essay collections to memoirs, here are just 17 of 2018's best nonfiction books so far. Read one of these books, and then try to tell us you still think nonfiction is simply educational.

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The Girl Who Smiled Beads
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I Am, I Am, I Am
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