Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2014
101. 
Congratulations, by the Way: Some Thoughts on Kindness
by:
George Saunders
4.18 avg rating — 8,984 ratings 101. 
Hidden Girl: The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave
by:
Shyima Hall
3.83 avg rating — 4,477 ratings 
104. 
Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ
by:
Giulia Enders
4.08 avg rating — 53,726 ratings 104. 
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
by:
Duncan Tonatiuh
4.41 avg rating — 6,283 ratings 107. 
The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
by:
Amy Stewart
4.02 avg rating — 10,453 ratings 107. 
Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant
by:
Tracy Borman
4.20 avg rating — 2,584 ratings 
107. 
The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch
by:
Lewis Dartnell
3.76 avg rating — 3,527 ratings 111. 
Inglorious Royal Marriages: A Demi-Millennium of Unholy Mismatrimony
by:
Leslie Carroll
3.84 avg rating — 455 ratings 
111. 
114. 
Building the Columbia River Highway: They Said It Couldn't Be Done
by:
Peg Willis
4.04 avg rating — 84 ratings 
116. 
The Streak: How Joe DiMaggio Became America's Hero
by:
Barb Rosenstock
3.75 avg rating — 195 ratings 
119. 
Breaking Free: True Stories of Girls Who Escaped Modern Slavery
by:
Abby Sher
3.88 avg rating — 342 ratings 119. 
The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language
by:
John McWhorter
3.73 avg rating — 1,405 ratings 
122. 
Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out
by:
Susan Kuklin
3.80 avg rating — 5,178 ratings 125. 
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
by:
Atul Gawande
4.49 avg rating — 210,940 ratings 
125. 
The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
by:
Michael Booth
3.86 avg rating — 11,760 ratings 
128. 
What Makes This Book So Great: Re-Reading the Classics of Science Fiction & Fantasy
by:
Jo Walton
3.89 avg rating — 1,100 ratings 
133. 
Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Year
by:
Tavis Smiley
4.02 avg rating — 1,383 ratings 
133. 
The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future
by:
Naomi Oreskes
3.72 avg rating — 2,309 ratings 
136. 
Words for Pictures: The Art and Business of Writing Comics and Graphic Novels 4.13 avg rating — 836 ratings
138. 
The Lost Book of Mormon: A Journey Through the Mythic Lands of Nephi, Zarahemla, and Kansas City, Missouri
by:
Avi Steinberg
3.24 avg rating — 407 ratings 138. 
The Deadly Night of October 8, 1871: The Great Chicago Fire and the Peshtigo Fire 3.81 avg rating — 26 ratings
138. 
Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
by:
Jeff Sutherland
4.14 avg rating — 23,234 ratings 141. 
Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
by:
Suki Kim
3.93 avg rating — 21,803 ratings 
141. 
The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures 3.81 avg rating — 1,640 ratings
144. 
What Every Therapist Needs to Know About Anxiety Disorders: Key Concepts, Insights, and Interventions
by:
Martin N. Seif
4.75 avg rating — 67 ratings 145. 
American Crucifixion: The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church
by:
Alex Beam
3.66 avg rating — 1,129 ratings 145. 
What Every Therapist Needs to Know About Anxiety Disorders
by:
Martin N. Seif
4.75 avg rating — 67 ratings 
148. 
148. 
Small Bamboo: Growing Up and Growing Old With My Vietnamese Australian Family
by:
Tracy Vo
3.76 avg rating — 112 ratings 
150. 
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands
by:
Katherine Roy
4.15 avg rating — 1,836 ratings 
156. 
156. 
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
by:
Candace Fleming
4.16 avg rating — 13,135 ratings 159. 
Untamed: The Wildest Woman in America and the Fight for Cumberland Island
by:
Will Harlan
4.36 avg rating — 3,102 ratings 160. 
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
by:
Ben Macintyre
4.19 avg rating — 28,147 ratings 
164. 
A Family by Any Other Name: Exploring Queer Relationships
by:
Bruce Gillespie
3.87 avg rating — 53 ratings 
166. 
The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America
by:
Amy Chua
3.62 avg rating — 2,274 ratings 
168. 
The Muslims are Coming!: Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror
by:
Arun Kundnani
4.34 avg rating — 587 ratings 
172. 
Leaving China: An Artist Paints His World War II Childhood
by:
James McMullan
3.95 avg rating — 222 ratings 173. 
Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
by:
Ben Montgomery
4.10 avg rating — 29,352 ratings 
175. 
The Skeleton Cupboard: Stories From a Clinical Psychologist
by:
Tanya Byron
4.10 avg rating — 4,729 ratings 176. 
The Good Doctor: A Father, a Son, and the Evolution of Medical Ethics
by:
Barron H. Lerner
3.85 avg rating — 189 ratings 
186. 
Defiant: The POWs Who Endured Vietnam's Most Infamous Prison, the Women Who Fought for Them, and the One Who Never Returned
by:
Alvin Townley
4.51 avg rating — 634 ratings 187. 
The Pious Ones: The World of Hasidim and Their Battles with America
by:
Joseph Berger
3.74 avg rating — 311 ratings 188. 
The Phantom of Fifth Avenue: The Mysterious Life and Scandalous Death of Heiress Huguette Clark
by:
Meryl Gordon
3.81 avg rating — 2,187 ratings 
190. 
When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-1944 3.90 avg rating — 2,118 ratings
191. 
Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart
by:
Carol Wall
3.66 avg rating — 3,414 ratings 192. 
Behind the Gates of Gomorrah: A Year With the Criminally Insane
by:
Stephen Seager
3.69 avg rating — 2,180 ratings 193. 
Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole: A Renowned Neurologist Explains the Mystery and Drama of Brain Disease
by:
Allan H. Ropper
3.98 avg rating — 5,657 ratings 
195. 
For the Benefit of Those Who See: Dispatches from the World of the Blind
by:
Rosemary Mahoney
3.68 avg rating — 374 ratings 196. 
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
by:
Janet Mock
4.30 avg rating — 16,467 ratings 
198. 
Shifting Allegiances: A Nigerian's story of Nigeria, America and Culture Shock
by:
Amaka Lily
3.96 avg rating — 25 ratings