45 Nonfiction Books We Couldn't Put Down in 2019

Josh Levin's The Queen brings the infamous Linda Taylor into sharp focus. Dubbed the Welfare Queen in the '70s, Taylor's scamming of the welfare system was used to demonize poor black women for decades to come. But the truth about Taylor went far beyond welfare fraud: she was also a murderer and kidnapper, making her one of America's most notorious criminals despite her deadliest crimes being forgotten.