Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
by:
Candice Millard
4.22 avg rating — 81,274 ratings 104. 
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
by:
Ronan Farrow
4.40 avg rating — 101,061 ratings 105. 
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
by:
Ibram X. Kendi
4.53 avg rating — 37,882 ratings 
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
by:
Katherine Boo
3.98 avg rating — 114,817 ratings 108. 
She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
by:
Carl Zimmer
4.16 avg rating — 7,098 ratings 
110. 
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
by:
Ian Mortimer
4.01 avg rating — 25,924 ratings 111. 
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating — 989,191 ratings
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Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference
by:
Cordelia Fine
4.08 avg rating — 11,310 ratings 
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Deep Sleep for beginners: Sleep Smarter Book (Nonfiction for Beginners)
by:
A. J. Cameron
4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings 119. 
The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3)
by:
Rick Atkinson
4.48 avg rating — 10,569 ratings 
121. 
Иноваторите: Гениите, които изобретиха цифровото бъдеще
by:
Walter Isaacson
4.12 avg rating — 39,123 ratings 
123. 
The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human 4.15 avg rating — 10,815 ratings
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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
by:
Steven Pinker
4.09 avg rating — 25,079 ratings 
129. 
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
by:
Frans de Waal
3.97 avg rating — 16,185 ratings 
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Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge
by:
Eleanor Herman
3.69 avg rating — 8,259 ratings 132. 
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by:
Jared Diamond
3.93 avg rating — 73,872 ratings 133. 
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 4.52 avg rating — 115,044 ratings
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The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
by:
Jon Meacham
4.26 avg rating — 15,724 ratings 139. 
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Mindfulness for Beginners (Nonfiction for Beginners)
by:
A. J. Cameron
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 9 ratings 
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Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
by:
Beth Macy
4.07 avg rating — 44,187 ratings 145. 
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
by:
Sonia Purnell
4.15 avg rating — 58,207 ratings 146. 
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
by:
Jonathan Haidt
4.20 avg rating — 63,327 ratings 147. 
Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead
by:
Laszlo Bock
4.13 avg rating — 16,175 ratings 148. 
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
by:
Peter Thiel
4.15 avg rating — 381,673 ratings 148. 
Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
by:
David Reich
4.13 avg rating — 5,852 ratings 150. 
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
by:
Ashlee Vance
4.13 avg rating — 434,861 ratings 
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Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty 4.28 avg rating — 23,741 ratings
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Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness 3.92 avg rating — 6,578 ratings
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A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome
by:
Emma Southon
4.08 avg rating — 5,630 ratings 156. 
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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
by:
Cal Newport
4.16 avg rating — 180,864 ratings 158. 
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
by:
Yeonmi Park
4.49 avg rating — 99,414 ratings 159. 
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
by:
David Grann
3.90 avg rating — 106,822 ratings 160. 
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
by:
Daniel H. Pink
3.95 avg rating — 123,660 ratings 
161. 
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster 4.37 avg rating — 61,006 ratings
163. 
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
by:
Steven Pinker
4.04 avg rating — 9,071 ratings 
165. 
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
by:
Cary Elwes
4.18 avg rating — 73,024 ratings 
166. 
Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline
by:
Darrell Bricker
3.83 avg rating — 1,837 ratings 
170. 
The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East
by:
fisk-robert
4.41 avg rating — 5,520 ratings 172. 
A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution 4.13 avg rating — 6,305 ratings
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
by:
James W. Loewen
3.97 avg rating — 72,722 ratings 175. 
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
by:
Sy Montgomery
3.94 avg rating — 57,042 ratings 
177. 
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
by:
Sam Quinones
4.23 avg rating — 31,636 ratings 
179. 
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
by:
Andrea Wulf
4.32 avg rating — 28,487 ratings 180. 
A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband, Danny Pearl
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Mariane Pearl
4.08 avg rating — 2,786 ratings 181. 
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism 4.15 avg rating — 23,622 ratings
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The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
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Dalai Lama XIV
4.38 avg rating — 62,470 ratings 
185. 
Laughing All the Way to the Bank (Robbery): My Education at Con College 4.33 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Chains Across the River - A Novel of the American Revolution
by:
Bevis Longstreth
4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings 
185. 
Climate Conundrum - The Agendas and Forces at Play
by:
Balvinder Ruby
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 12 ratings 185. 
A Horse-Drawn Sickle Bar Cutter: Finding My Road to Felicity really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma 4.36 avg rating — 255,134 ratings
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Cold Water Immersion: The Frozen Cure?: Cold Therapy System
by:
A. J. Cameron
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings 
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The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth
by:
Ben Rawlence
4.24 avg rating — 1,718 ratings 200. 
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
by:
Steve Silberman
4.29 avg rating — 17,216 ratings