The 21st century has seen a proliferation of excellent narrative nonfiction books, covering a wide range of topics and styles. Here are a few examples of highly-regarded narrative nonfiction books of the 21st century:
"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot (2010) - This book tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, a woman whose cells were taken without her knowledge and used to create the first immortal human cell line. The book explores the scientific, ethical, and personal implications of this discovery.
"The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America" by Erik Larson (2003) - This book tells the story of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, and the serial killer who used the fair as a hunting ground for his victims.
"The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls (2005) - This memoir recounts the author's unconventional childhood in which she was raised by parents who were often neglectful and unstable.
"Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail" by Cheryl Strayed (2012) - This memoir tells the story of the author's journey to hike the Pacific Crest Trail in order to come to terms with the loss of her mother.
"Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption" by Bryan Stevenson (2014) - This book tells the story of the author's work as a lawyer, fighting for the rights of the poor, the wrongly convicted, and death row inmates.
"The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero" by Timothy Egan (2016) - This book tells the story of Thomas Francis Meagher, an Irish revolutionary who became a Union general during the American Civil War.
"The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon" by David Grann (2009) - This book tells the story of Percy Fawcett, a British explorer who disappeared while searching for a lost city in the Amazon jungle.
"The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration" by Isabel Wilkerson (2010) - This book tells the story of the Great Migration, the movement of six million African Americans out of the South and into the North between 1915 and 1970.
"The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown (2013) - This book tells the story of the American rowing team that competed in the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany.
"The Yellow House: A Memoir" by Sarah M. Broom (2019) - This memoir tells the story of the author's family and their home in New Orleans East, one of the city's most historic African American neighborhoods and the ways in which the house embodied both the possibility and fragility of the American dream for her family.
This list is not exhaustive and there are many other great narrative nonfiction books that have been published in the 21st century.
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