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45 Nonfiction Books We Couldn't Put Down in 2019
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The term nonfiction might conjure up images of dusty history tomes, but the genre is remarkably varied, encompassing everything from memoirs to cultural essays about Friends. The best nonfiction books of 2019 represent the genre in all of its eclectic glory. There are tell-all celebrity memoirs, harrowing true stories, and at least one deep dive into the history of the high heel shoe. Whether you're obsessed with true crime or Disneyland, 2019 offered up a book that turned the subject on its head. Read on to discover the 45 best nonfiction books of 2019 that kept us reading way past our bedtimes all year long.

Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
Catch and Kill
Dear Girls
Disney's Land
The Education of an Idealist
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
Girl, Stop Apologizing
The Great Pretender
High Heel
How to Be an Antiracist
How We Fight for Our Lives
Home Work
I Like to Watch
I'll Be There for You
Inheritance
Inside Out
In the Dream House
Know My Name
Little Weirds
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls
Maid
Make it Scream, Make it Burn
The Measure of Our Lives
Midnight in Chernobyl
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
The Other F Word
One Day
Over the Top
Parkland
The Queen
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