| SAVIANO | Roberto -, Italian author of 2006 non-fiction book Gomorrah |
| OTHERLANDS | Thomas Halliday nonfiction book subtitled A World In The Making, Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2022, recently published in paperback (10) |
| INNOCENTMAN | "The ... ...", 2006 non-fiction work by John Grisham (8,3) |
| BRYSON | Bill American author of travel and non-fiction books, moved to Norfolk, in spite of saying 'I really wanted to live in a hilly place' (6) |
| BROTHERS | 1992 World War II non-fiction book by Stephen E. Ambrose, Band Of _ (8) |
| OUTSIDER | The ?, 1956 non-fiction book by Colin Wilson (8) |
| ONION | The ?, 1973 non-fiction book by Joseph Wambaugh filmed in 1979 (5,5) |
| RUTH | No leading character in non-fiction book |
| KNEE | 1970 non-fiction book by Dee Brown, Bury My Heart At Wounded _ (4) |
| FIELD | The ___, 1973 non-fiction book by Joseph Wambaugh filmed in 1979 (5,5) |
| INCOLDBLOOD | Truman Capote non-fiction book about murders (2,4,5) |
| IBERIA | Michener non-fiction book |
| WINTERDANCE | Non-fiction book written by Gary Paulsen which is an inspiration for the Disney movie Snow Dogs |
| YOU | I Heard ___ Paint Houses 2004 non-fiction book on which the 2019 epic crime film The Irishman is based |
| JULIET | Letters to ___ 2010 rom-com starring Amanda Seyfried inspired by the eponymous non-fiction book by Lise and Ceil Friedman |
| INTOTHEWILD | 2007 film directed by Sean Penn. based on non-fiction book by Jon Krakauer about Chris McCandless, with a soundtrack by Eddie Vedder (4,3,4) |
| ACCIDENTAL | The _ Billionaires, non-fiction book by Ben Mezrich which was adapted into the 2010 film The Social Network (10) |
| FACTOTUM | Non-fiction books let me think he's useful in many ways |
| DESAI | Kiran ?, author of 2006 Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Inheritance of Loss |
| SETTERFIELD | Diane ?, author of 2006 novel The Thirteenth Tale (11) |