45 Nonfiction Books We Couldn't Put Down in 2019

The book Harper Lee hoped to write in her lifetime finally came to fruition thanks to Casey Cep. Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee recounts the story of Reverend Willie Maxwell, a man accused of murdering five of his family members, who was later murdered himself at the funeral of one of his victims. Lee was fascinated by his trial, and Cep was fascinated by the iconic author's determination to writer her own In Cold Blood, leading to this engrossing true crime/biography hybrid.