Best of 21st Century Non-fiction
200. 
Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
by:
Hampton Sides
4.33 avg rating β 13,983 ratings 
200. 
Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity
by:
Jamie Metzl
3.98 avg rating β 3,710 ratings 
205. 
The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam
by:
Douglas Murray
4.14 avg rating β 12,283 ratings 205. 
Supplement Your Stride: The Complete Runners Supplements book
by:
A.J. Cameron
4.50 avg rating β 10 ratings 207. 
Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy 4.26 avg rating β 1,500 ratings
207. 
Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think (Exponential Technology Series) 4.05 avg rating β 11,575 ratings
207. 
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
by:
Hallie Rubenhold
4.09 avg rating β 64,229 ratings 
211. 
Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America 4.44 avg rating β 1,229 ratings
211. 
Financial Literacy for Beginners (Nonfiction for Beginners)
by:
A.J. Cameron
4.58 avg rating β 26 ratings 216. 
The First Signs: Unlocking the Mysteries of the World's Oldest Symbols 3.95 avg rating β 622 ratings
217. 
Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
by:
Grady Hendrix
4.26 avg rating β 11,486 ratings 
221. 
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
by:
Maryanne Wolf
3.85 avg rating β 8,022 ratings 221. 
Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos
by:
Lisa Kaltenegger
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 1,254 ratings 221. 
Mindfulness for Beginners: A Complete Guide to Cultivating Awareness, Understanding, and Compassion in Your Daily Life
by:
A.J. Cameron
4.20 avg rating β 30 ratings 
225. 
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
by:
Irin Carmon
4.18 avg rating β 63,000 ratings 225. 
The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of Gaza and the Occupied Territories
by:
Ilan PappΓ©
4.36 avg rating β 1,289 ratings 
228. 
The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
by:
David Brooks
3.86 avg rating β 23,991 ratings 
230. 
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
by:
Tim Wu
3.89 avg rating β 7,934 ratings 230. 
The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
by:
Mallory O'Meara
3.96 avg rating β 6,507 ratings 
232. 
Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology
by:
Johnjoe McFadden
4.11 avg rating β 3,658 ratings 
232. 
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II 4.20 avg rating β 46,350 ratings
236. 
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
by:
David Fromkin
4.22 avg rating β 9,543 ratings 
239. 
African-American Inventions That Changed The World: Influential Inventors and Their Revolutionary Creations 4.47 avg rating β 15 ratings
240. 
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by:
Daron AcemoΔlu
4.09 avg rating β 59,216 ratings 241. 
Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
by:
Christopher Ryan
3.98 avg rating β 31,321 ratings 241. 
Who Killed Epstein? Prince Andrew or Bill Clinton (War On Drugs Book 5)
by:
Shaun Attwood
4.04 avg rating β 460 ratings 
243. 
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
by:
Caitlin Doughty
4.22 avg rating β 104,627 ratings 243. 
This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works
by:
John Brockman
3.66 avg rating β 2,818 ratings 
246. 
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present 4.43 avg rating β 9,664 ratings
246. 
249. 
Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women's Sports
by:
Kathrine Switzer
4.22 avg rating β 2,505 ratings 251. 
The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering 4.12 avg rating β 3,679 ratings
252. 
The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance that Changed the World
by:
Greg King
4.04 avg rating β 1,652 ratings 252. 
Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England
by:
Alison Weir
3.77 avg rating β 7,831 ratings 254. 
Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are 3.90 avg rating β 42,040 ratings
255. 
A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
by:
Adam Makos
4.38 avg rating β 27,208 ratings 
257. 
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
by:
Ibram X. Kendi
4.56 avg rating β 10,762 ratings 258. 
Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy
by:
Sarah Bradford
3.72 avg rating β 4,657 ratings 259. 
Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys
by:
Billy Crystal
3.95 avg rating β 17,211 ratings 259. 
A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, The Mexican War, and the Conquest of the American Continent
by:
Robert W. Merry
3.83 avg rating β 7,581 ratings 259. 
England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
by:
Kate Williams
3.89 avg rating β 1,048 ratings 
263. 
Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning
by:
Timothy Snyder
4.29 avg rating β 4,240 ratings 
264. 
Out on the Wire: Uncovering the Secrets of Radio's New Masters of Story with Ira Glass
by:
Jessica Abel
4.22 avg rating β 1,515 ratings 266. 
An Obsession With Butterflies: Our Long Love Affair With A Singular Insect 3.94 avg rating β 252 ratings
266. 
The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
by:
Malcolm Gladwell
4.03 avg rating β 61,496 ratings 
269. 
The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
by:
Michael Shermer
3.91 avg rating β 3,056 ratings 
272. 
Balderdash!: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children's Books
by:
Michelle Markel
4.17 avg rating β 1,210 ratings 
273. 
The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future 3.80 avg rating β 1,042 ratings
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The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes from an Uncertain Science (TED Books) 4.06 avg rating β 5,072 ratings
278. 
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
by:
Atul Gawande
4.28 avg rating β 51,628 ratings 279. 
Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King
by:
Antonia Fraser
3.87 avg rating β 7,980 ratings 280. 
How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
by:
Sarah Bakewell
4.02 avg rating β 10,619 ratings 
281. 
Drawn & Quarterly: Twenty-five Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels
by:
Tom Devlin
4.07 avg rating β 311 ratings 283. 
Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe
by:
Norman Davies
3.88 avg rating β 3,313 ratings 
286. 
Dance of Death: The Life of John Fahey, American Guitarist
by:
Steve Lowenthal
4.14 avg rating β 261 ratings 286. 
The View From Flyover Country: Essays by Sarah Kendzior
by:
Sarah Kendzior
4.10 avg rating β 4,373 ratings 
288. 
Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking)
by:
Christian Rudder
3.73 avg rating β 12,378 ratings 290. 
Medical Industrial Complex (The Underground Knowledge Series, #3)
by:
James Morcan
4.10 avg rating β 77 ratings 
290. 
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
by:
Lawrence Wright
4.36 avg rating β 36,106 ratings 
294. 
Jelly's Blues: The Life, Music, And Redemption Of Jelly Roll Morton
by:
Howard Reich
4.18 avg rating β 83 ratings 294. 
Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music
by:
Ted Gioia
4.30 avg rating β 753 ratings 296. 
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear
by:
Lindsay Mattick
4.50 avg rating β 10,379 ratings 297. 
298. 
Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s
by:
Henry Hampton
4.51 avg rating β 239 ratings 
300. 
Saving Baby: How One Woman's Love for a Racehorse Led to Her Redemption
by:
Jo Anne Normile
4.31 avg rating β 395 ratings