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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.

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Ask a Philosopher
Ask a Philosopher
  • Ian Olasov
00 reads
Breath
Breath
  • James Nestor
3.84123 reads
Calm the H*ck Down
Calm the H*ck Down
  • Melanie Dale
00 reads
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Find Your Fire

Find Your Fire
  • Terri Broussard Williams
00 reads
Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts
Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts
  • Jennie Allen
4.0514 reads
Hidden Valley Road
Hidden Valley Road
  • Robert Kolker
4.2662 reads
His Truth Is Marching On
His Truth Is Marching On
  • Jon Meacham
  • John Lewis
44 reads
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How to Listen and How to Be Heard

How to Listen and How to Be Heard: Inclusive Conversations at Work
  • Alissa Carpenter
00 reads
HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style
HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style
  • Elizabeth Holmes
41 read
Keep Moving Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change
Keep Moving Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change
  • Maggie Smith
44 reads
Looking for Miss America
Looking for Miss America
  • Margot Mifflin
01 read
Make Life Beautiful
Make Life Beautiful
  • Syd McGee
  • Shea McGee
00 reads
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Me and White Supremacy

Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
  • Layla F. Saad
00 reads
My Time to Speak
My Time to Speak
  • Ilia Calderón
00 reads
Open Book
Open Book
  • Jessica Simpson
  • Kevin Carr O'Leary
3.9633 reads
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Power Your Profits

Power Your Profits
  • Susie Carder
00 reads
Relationship Goals
Relationship Goals
  • Michael Todd
51 read
Separated
Separated
  • Jacob Soboroff
51 read
Taking Sexy Back
Taking Sexy Back
  • Alexandra H. Solomon
00 reads
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The 100% Solution

The 100% Solution
  • Solomon Goldstein-Rose
00 reads
The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life
The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life
  • Alex Trebek
48 reads
The Beauty in Breaking
The Beauty in Breaking
  • Michele Harper
4.514 reads
The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
  • Maria Konnikova
4.0934 reads
The Meaning of Mariah Carey
The Meaning of Mariah Carey
  • Mariah Carey
3.937 reads
This Is Ohio
This Is Ohio
  • Jack Shuler
00 reads
Too Much and Never Enough
Too Much and Never Enough
  • Mary L. Trump
3.5361 reads
Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood
Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood
  • Trixie Mattel
  • Katya Zamolodchikova
  • Katya
3.614 reads
Two Trees Make a Forest
Two Trees Make a Forest
  • Jessica J. Lee
3.54 reads
Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
  • Emmanuel Acho
4.5334 reads
Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living
Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living
  • Glennon Doyle
3.83175 reads
Very Punchable Face
Very Punchable Face
  • Colin Jost
421 reads
What Would Frida Do?
What Would Frida Do?
  • Arianna Davis
2.754 reads
White Tears/Brown Scars
White Tears/Brown Scars
  • Ruby Hamad
4.5319 reads