10 best books of narrative nonfiction

These 10 books represent the best of narrative nonfiction.

10. 'Behind the Beautiful Forevers,' by Katherine Boo

Based on three years of reporting, this book demonstrates how the best nonfiction can achieve the textured realism and subtlety of a powerful novel. Boo tells the interconnected stories of a handful of residents in a Mumbai slum near the newly renovated airport. They live in desperate poverty and squalor, but the characters are never simply presented as one-dimensional symbols of economic distress. By the end of the book, their struggles and aspirations are unforgettable.

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