10 best books of narrative nonfiction

These 10 books represent the best of narrative nonfiction.

3. 'There Are No Children Here,' by Alex Kotlowitz

A meticulously reported portrait of childhood in the Chicago housing projects, this book shows the human impacts of urban poverty and divisive housing policies with a novelistic grace and power. Two brothers are the central characters, and their playful and inquisitive characters contrast poignantly with the blight and dysfunction of their neighborhood and broader surroundings.

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