Index of All Nonfiction Notes Arranged Alphabetically by Author’s Last Name

An index of nonfiction notes arranged by topic is available here.

—A—

Ambrose, Stephen E.

• Undaunted Courage (1996)

—B—

Brokaw, Tom

• The Greatest Generation (1998)

Brumberg, Joan Jacobs

• The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls (1997)

—C—

Cahalan, Susannah

• Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (2012)

Capote, Truman

• In Cold Blood (1965)

Cheever, Susan

• Note Found in a Bottle: My Life as a Drinker (1999)

Conway, Jill Ker

• When Memory Speaks (1998)

—D—

Darden, Christopher

• In Contempt (1996)

Didion, Joan

• The Year of Magical Thinking (2005)

—E—

—F—

Fishman, Steve

• A Bomb in the Brain (1988)

Flaherty, Alice W.

• The Midnight Disease (2004)

Flynn, Sean

• 3000 Degrees (2002)

—G—

Gilbert, Elizabeth

• Eat, Pray, Love (2006)

Goldberg, Natalie

• Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir (2007)

Gottschall, Jonathan

• The Storytelling Animal (2012)

Grason, Sandy

• Journalution: Journaling to Awaken Your Inner Voice, Heal Your Life, and Manifest Your Dreams (2005)

Grealy, Lucy

• Autobiography of a Face (1994)

—H—

Hawthorn, Jeremy

• Studying the Novel (1992)

Heilbrun, Carolyn G. (Also see Cross, Amanda)

• Writing a Woman’s Life (1988) 

Hillenbrand, Laura

• Seabiscuit: An American Legend (2001)

Hood, Ann 

• Comfort: A Journey Through Grief (2008)

—I—

—J—

Jessop, Violet

• Titanic Survivor (1997)

—K—

Kalish, Mildred A.

• Little Heathens (2007)

Karr, Mary

• The Liars’ Club (1995)

Kidd, Sue Monk

• The Dance of the Dissident Daughter (1996)

—L—

Lamott, Anne

• Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith (1999)

Lefkowitz, Bernard

• Our Guys (1997)

Luskin, Fred

• Forgive for Good (2002)

—M—

Macdonald, Helen

• H Is for Hawk (2014) 

Maisel, Eric

• A Writer’s Space (2008)

McBride, James

• The Color of Water (1996)

McCourt, Frank

• Angela’s Ashes (1996)

McDonnell, Jane Taylor

• Living to Tell the Tale: A Guide to Writing Memoir (1998)

Middlebrook, Diane Wood

• Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton (1998)

Milford, Nancy

• Zelda: A Biography (1970)

—N—

—O—

Offill, Jenny and Elissa Schappel

• The Friend Who Got Away (2005)

—P—

Patchett, Ann

• Truth and Beauty: A Friendship (2004)

Philbrick, Nathaniel

• In the Heart of the Sea (2000)

—Q—

—R—

Rosenblatt, Louise M.

• The Reader, the Text, the Poem: The Transactional Theory of the Literary Work (1978)

Rule, Ann

• Dead by Sunset (1995)

—S—

Summerscale, Kate

• Mrs. Robinson’s Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady (2012)

—T—

—U—

—V—

—W—

Winchester, Simon

• The Professor and the Madman (1998)

 —X—

—Y—

—Z—

Zinsser, William

• Inventing the Truth (1987)