Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2017
1. 
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by:
David Grann
4.14 avg rating β 425,920 ratings 2. 
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of Americaβs Shining Women
by:
Kate Moore
4.16 avg rating β 176,356 ratings 3. 
It's All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World's Family Tree
by:
A.J. Jacobs
3.62 avg rating β 4,581 ratings 4. 
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
by:
Jeff Guinn
4.16 avg rating β 18,737 ratings 5. 
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
by:
Timothy Snyder
4.27 avg rating β 89,871 ratings 6. 
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
by:
Caroline Fraser
3.94 avg rating β 19,447 ratings 
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American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land
by:
Monica Hesse
3.79 avg rating β 16,446 ratings 
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The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster 3.90 avg rating β 29,484 ratings
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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
by:
Matthew Walker
4.37 avg rating β 215,751 ratings 17. 
Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood
by:
Pauline Dakin
3.49 avg rating β 2,289 ratings 
20. 
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
by:
Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.38 avg rating β 30,599 ratings 
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Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship
by:
Michelle Kuo
4.16 avg rating β 5,943 ratings 
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Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials
by:
Malcolm Harris
3.78 avg rating β 2,314 ratings 28. 
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
by:
Michael Finkel
3.90 avg rating β 82,145 ratings 28. 
The Diary of a Bookseller (Diary of a Bookseller, #1)
by:
Shaun Bythell
3.72 avg rating β 29,986 ratings 
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Fifty Years of 60 Minutes: The Inside Story of Television's Most Influential News Broadcast
by:
Jeff Fager
4.09 avg rating β 232 ratings 31. 
HuαΊΏ 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
by:
Mark Bowden
4.33 avg rating β 7,777 ratings 33. 
Revenge of the Nerd: Or . . . The Singular Adventures of the Man Who Would Be Booger
by:
Curtis Armstrong
3.96 avg rating β 472 ratings 
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Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City
by:
Tanya Talaga
4.52 avg rating β 14,023 ratings 
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We Wear the Mask: 15 Stories of Passing in America
by:
Brando Skyhorse
3.85 avg rating β 218 ratings 40. 
A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life
by:
Ayelet Waldman
3.96 avg rating β 5,106 ratings 41. 
The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian
by:
W. Kamau Bell
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 6,659 ratings 42. 
Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks
by:
Annie Spence
3.76 avg rating β 11,056 ratings 43. 
Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
by:
BrenΓ© Brown
4.13 avg rating β 117,782 ratings 
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The Archipelago of Hope: Wisdom and Resilience from the Edge of Climate Change 4.09 avg rating β 196 ratings
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Cop Under Fire: Moving Beyond Hashtags of Race, Crime Politics for a Better America
by:
David Clarke Jr.
4.40 avg rating β 642 ratings 
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The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
by:
Mehrsa Baradaran
4.47 avg rating β 2,300 ratings 
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If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
by:
Alan Alda
3.86 avg rating β 6,337 ratings 54. 
Ruthless River: Love and Survival by Raft on the Amazon's Relentless Madre de Dios (Vintage Departures) 4.08 avg rating β 3,449 ratings
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Foxes Unearthed: A Story of Love and Loathing in Modern Britain
by:
Lucy Jones
3.91 avg rating β 568 ratings 
54. 
How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds
by:
Alan Jacobs
3.96 avg rating β 4,403 ratings 54. 
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
by:
Adam Kay
4.40 avg rating β 316,894 ratings 65. 
Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment
by:
Angela J. Davis
4.21 avg rating β 945 ratings 65. 
King of Spies: The Dark Reign of America's Spymaster in Korea
by:
Blaine Harden
3.71 avg rating β 417 ratings 65. 
No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trumpβs Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need
by:
Naomi Klein
4.10 avg rating β 10,392 ratings 
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The Charming Predator: The True Story of How I Fell in Love with and Married a Sociopathic Fraud
by:
Lee Mackenzie
3.43 avg rating β 277 ratings 70. 
Twilight of Empire: The Tragedy at Mayerling and the End of the Habsburgs
by:
Greg King
3.98 avg rating β 858 ratings 
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Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right
by:
Angela Nagle
3.45 avg rating β 6,559 ratings 70. 
American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
by:
Nick Bilton
4.41 avg rating β 50,868 ratings 
76. 
Joan Rivers Confidential: The Unseen Scrapbooks, Joke Cards, Personal Files, and Photos of a Very Funny Woman Who Kept Everything
by:
Melissa Rivers
4.08 avg rating β 144 ratings 76. 
Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe
by:
Deborah Cadbury
4.04 avg rating β 2,146 ratings 76. 
The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South
by:
John T. Edge
3.82 avg rating β 1,987 ratings 76. 
Driving Miss Norma: One Family's Journey Saying "Yes" to Living
by:
Tim Bauerschmidt
4.22 avg rating β 4,647 ratings 76. 
Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States
by:
James C. Scott
4.13 avg rating β 4,576 ratings 76. 
The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist
by:
Marcus Rediker
4.13 avg rating β 497 ratings 
76. 
Blessed Are the Misfits: Great News for Believers who are Introverts, Spiritual Strugglers, or Just Feel Like They're Missing Something
by:
Brant Hansen
4.57 avg rating β 2,965 ratings 76. 
Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca
by:
John McWhorter
4.15 avg rating β 1,182 ratings 85. 
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My Fellow Soldiers: General John Pershing and the Americans Who Helped Win the Great War
by:
Andrew Carroll
4.23 avg rating β 358 ratings 
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The Duchess: Camilla Parker Bowles and the Love Affair That Rocked the Crown
by:
Penny Junor
3.77 avg rating β 2,021 ratings 85. 
The Bad Food Bible: How and Why to Eat Sinfully
by:
Aaron E. Carroll
4.07 avg rating β 1,055 ratings 85. 
Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House 3.92 avg rating β 21,301 ratings
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Cartoon County: My Father and His Friends in the Golden Age of Make-Believe
by:
Cullen Murphy
4.26 avg rating β 100 ratings 
92. 
How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood
by:
Peter Moskowitz
4.09 avg rating β 3,603 ratings 92. 
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
by:
Masha Gessen
4.19 avg rating β 6,913 ratings 92. 
Xanathar's Guide to Everything (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition) 4.48 avg rating β 3,565 ratings
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Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine
by:
Joe Hagan
3.76 avg rating β 2,290 ratings 
97. 
The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me 3.99 avg rating β 4,506 ratings
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The Current Affairs Mindset: Essays on People, Politics, and Culture 4.13 avg rating β 46 ratings