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The 33 Best Non-Fiction Books of 2020

Let's take a break from the fantastical with 33 books that will ground your year in real life drama, true crime, and self-education through others' lived experiences as selected by Cosmopolitan's Laura Hanrahan.

Ask a Philosopher

Ask a Philosopher
ByIan Olasov

2020 • 4 Readers • 280 pages

Breath

Breath
ByJames Nestor

295 Readers 3.8

Calm the H*ck Down

Calm the H*ck Down
ByMelanie Dale

2020 • 2 Readers • 288 pages

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Find Your Fire
ByTerri Broussard Williams

2 Readers

Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts

2020 • 57 Readers • 258 pages 4.1

Hidden Valley Road

Hidden Valley Road
ByRobert Kolker

2020 • 164 Readers • 400 pages 4.3

His Truth Is Marching On

His Truth Is Marching On
ByJon Meacham,John Lewis

2020 • 17 Readers • 614 pages 4

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2020 • 2 Readers • 256 pages

HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style

2020 • 5 Readers • 336 pages 4

Keep Moving Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change

2020 • 13 Readers • 224 pages 4

Looking for Miss America

Looking for Miss America
ByMargot Mifflin

2020 • 4 Readers • 320 pages

Make Life Beautiful

Make Life Beautiful
BySyd McGee,Shea McGee

2020 • 2 Readers • 224 pages

My Time to Speak

My Time to Speak
ByIlia Calderón

2020 • 3 Readers • 272 pages

Open Book

Open Book
ByJessica Simpson,Kevin Carr O'Leary

2019 • 50 Readers • 416 pages 4

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Power Your Profits
BySusie Carder

3 Readers

Relationship Goals

Relationship Goals
ByMichael Todd

2020 • 4 Readers • 208 pages 5

Separated

Separated
ByJacob Soboroff

2020 • 4 Readers • 292 pages 5

Taking Sexy Back

Taking Sexy Back
ByAlexandra H. Solomon

2020 • 2 Readers • 248 pages

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The 100% Solution
BySolomon Goldstein-Rose

2020 • 3 Readers

The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life

2020 • 22 Readers • 304 pages 4

The Beauty in Breaking

The Beauty in Breaking
ByMichele Harper

2020 • 55 Readers • 304 pages 4.5

The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win

2021 • 85 Readers • 368 pages 4.1

The Meaning of Mariah Carey

2020 • 22 Readers • 349 pages 3.9

This Is Ohio

This Is Ohio
ByJack Shuler

2020 • 2 Readers • 304 pages

Too Much and Never Enough

2020 • 116 Readers • 225 pages 3.5

Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood

Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood
ByTrixie Mattel,Katya Zamolodchikova,+1 more

2020 • 21 Readers • 208 pages 3.6

Two Trees Make a Forest

Two Trees Make a Forest
ByJessica J. Lee

2020 • 18 Readers • 304 pages 3.5

Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man

2020 • 66 Readers • 288 pages 4.5

Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living

2020 • 352 Readers • 9 pages 3.8

Very Punchable Face

2020 • 40 Readers • 336 pages 4

What Would Frida Do?

What Would Frida Do?
ByArianna Davis

2020 • 11 Readers • 256 pages 2.8

White Tears/Brown Scars

2019 • 96 Readers • 304 pages 4.5