Non-Fiction read in 2017
2. 
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by:
David Grann
4.14 avg rating — 426,120 ratings 3. 
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
by:
Trevor Noah
4.49 avg rating — 778,919 ratings 
6. 
How To Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life
by:
Ruth Goodman
4.06 avg rating — 4,692 ratings 
12. 
The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Frontier Landscapes that Inspired the Little House Books
by:
Marta McDowell
4.03 avg rating — 1,222 ratings 
13. 
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by:
J.D. Vance
3.85 avg rating — 488,906 ratings 
20. 
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
by:
Jenny Lawson
3.89 avg rating — 171,424 ratings 
22. 
Mistress and Commander: High Jinks, High Seas and Highlanders
by:
Amelia Dalton
3.76 avg rating — 58 ratings 
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Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
by:
Jane Mayer
4.31 avg rating — 26,735 ratings 
32. 
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 3.96 avg rating — 8,811 ratings
34. 
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
by:
Simon Winchester
3.88 avg rating — 21,503 ratings 34. 
39. 
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
by:
Susan Hood
4.38 avg rating — 2,115 ratings 
41. 
The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
by:
Dava Sobel
3.59 avg rating — 3,469 ratings 
43. 
Kick Kennedy: The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter
by:
Barbara Leaming
3.69 avg rating — 1,637 ratings 
45. 
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and A Vindication of the Rights of Men 3.93 avg rating — 415 ratings
47. 
Kick: The True Story of JFK's Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth
by:
Paula Byrne
4.03 avg rating — 1,758 ratings 47. 
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Labyrinths: Emma Jung, Her Marriage to Carl, and the Early Years of Psychoanalysis
by:
Catrine Clay
3.79 avg rating — 278 ratings 53. 
The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain
by:
Bill Bryson
3.72 avg rating — 38,066 ratings 
55. 
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
by:
Helen Rappaport
3.88 avg rating — 24,080 ratings 56. 
56. 
Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout
by:
Laura Jane Grace
4.32 avg rating — 10,761 ratings 
56. 
Byrhtferth's Enchiridion (Early English Text Society Supplementary Series) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
56. 
Lights Out: A Cuban Memoir of Betrayal and Survival
by:
Dania Rosa Nasca
4.03 avg rating — 70 ratings 
56. 
Towards An Aesthetic Of Dalit Literature: History, Controversies And Considerations 3.44 avg rating — 34 ratings
56. 
Sadie the German Shepherd Dog Puppy: How to House-Train your GSD without a Crate
by:
Yohai Reuben
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 
56. 
Cop Under Fire: Moving Beyond Hashtags of Race, Crime Politics for a Better America
by:
David Clarke Jr.
4.40 avg rating — 643 ratings 56. 
NORTH KOREA BEHIND THE VEIL. Inside stories and private, uncensored images.
by:
Felix Abt
3.81 avg rating — 31 ratings 56. 
Disquiet on the Western Front: World War II and Postmodern Fiction
by:
Laurel Brett
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 56. 
40 Days with the Fathers: A daily reading plan
by:
Luke J. Wilson
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings 
56. 
Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall
by:
Nina Willner
4.37 avg rating — 12,283 ratings 56. 
Beasts at Bedtime: Revealing the Environmental Wisdom in Children’s Literature
by:
Liam Heneghan
4.16 avg rating — 37 ratings 56. 
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
by:
Caitlin Doughty
4.30 avg rating — 45,197 ratings 56. 
Machine Learning with Neural Networks: An In-depth Visual Introduction with Python: Make Your Own Neural Network in Python: A Simple Guide on Machine Learning with Neural Networks.
by:
Michael Taylor
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 172 ratings 
56. 
85. 
Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune
by:
Bill Dedman
3.80 avg rating — 39,204 ratings 
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Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994
by:
David Hepworth
3.97 avg rating — 2,053 ratings 
85. 
The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius
by:
Graham Farmelo
4.01 avg rating — 7,385 ratings 
85. 
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present
by:
Roy Porter
4.04 avg rating — 842 ratings 85. 
The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them
by:
Elif Batuman
3.71 avg rating — 5,947 ratings 
