Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2012
1. 
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
by:
Malala Yousafzai
4.16 avg rating β 612,709 ratings 2. 
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
by:
Susan Cain
4.08 avg rating β 465,728 ratings 
5. 
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
by:
Cheryl Strayed
4.07 avg rating β 850,493 ratings 6. 
Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 4.03 avg rating β 8,270 ratings
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Talking Pictures: Images and Messages Rescued from the Past
by:
Ransom Riggs
4.15 avg rating β 2,962 ratings 8. 
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
by:
BrenΓ© Brown
4.29 avg rating β 236,434 ratings 
10. 
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me
by:
Ellen Forney
4.02 avg rating β 16,571 ratings 
13. 
Detroit City Is the Place to Be: The Afterlife of an American Metropolis
by:
Mark Binelli
3.84 avg rating β 2,074 ratings 14. 
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
by:
Deborah Feldman
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 67,129 ratings 15. 
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
by:
Blaine Harden
4.01 avg rating β 70,870 ratings 16. 
Not in Our Name: American Antiwar Speeches, 1846 to the Present
by:
Jesse Stellato
4.67 avg rating β 3 ratings 16. 
The Woman Who Wasn't There: The True Story of an Incredible Deception 3.79 avg rating β 3,127 ratings
16. 
Het koele land in de hete zon : Marokko achter de schermen
by:
Steven Adolf
3.50 avg rating β 6 ratings 16. 
Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
by:
Ben Goldacre
4.10 avg rating β 9,120 ratings 
16. 
The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying and Start Making
by:
Alana Chernila
3.74 avg rating β 17,646 ratings 16. 
On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks
by:
Simon Garfield
3.69 avg rating β 4,416 ratings 16. 
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by:
Daron AcemoΔlu
4.09 avg rating β 59,215 ratings 25. 
How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: And Other Adventures in Parenting
by:
Mei-Ling Hopgood
3.59 avg rating β 3,122 ratings 25. 
Extreme Frontiers: Racing Across Canada from Newfoundland to the Rockies
by:
Charley Boorman
3.57 avg rating β 266 ratings 
25. 
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion
by:
Jonathan Haidt
4.20 avg rating β 63,327 ratings 
25. 
The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah"
by:
Alan Light
3.66 avg rating β 1,998 ratings 25. 
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by:
Daron AcemoΔlu
4.09 avg rating β 59,215 ratings 
34. 
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
by:
Katherine Boo
3.98 avg rating β 114,819 ratings 
34. 
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
by:
Charles Duhigg
4.13 avg rating β 549,130 ratings 34. 
Unseduced and Unshaken: The Place of Dignity in a Woman's Choices 4.32 avg rating β 375 ratings
39. 
The Ten, Make That Nine, Habits of Very Organized People. Make That Ten.: The Tweets of Steve Martin
by:
Steve Martin
3.53 avg rating β 1,315 ratings 
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Dying to Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing
by:
Anita Moorjani
4.16 avg rating β 16,760 ratings 44. 
The Million Death Quake: The Science of Predicting Earth's Deadliest Natural Disaster
by:
Roger Musson
3.71 avg rating β 83 ratings 
49. 
Seeking a Better Future: The English Pioneers of Ontario and Quebec 3.67 avg rating β 9 ratings
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Meat Eater: Adventures from the Life of an American Hunter
by:
Steven Rinella
4.42 avg rating β 4,208 ratings 53. 
Secret Sex Lives: A Year on the Fringes of American Sexuality
by:
Suzy Spencer
3.21 avg rating β 157 ratings 53. 
Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats
by:
Kristen Iversen
4.06 avg rating β 4,497 ratings 53. 
The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
by:
Dan Jones
4.25 avg rating β 22,360 ratings 53. 
Netflixed: The Epic Battle for America's Eyeballs
by:
Gina Keating
3.97 avg rating β 1,611 ratings 53. 
Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown
by:
Eric Blehm
4.57 avg rating β 21,585 ratings 
61. 
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
by:
Cheryl Strayed
4.15 avg rating β 137,879 ratings 61. 
The Grand Tour: Letters and Photographs from the British Empire Expedition 1922
by:
Agatha Christie
3.79 avg rating β 849 ratings 
66. 
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
by:
Austin Kleon
3.96 avg rating β 324,466 ratings 66. 
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions FailβBut Some Don't
by:
Nate Silver
3.97 avg rating β 51,882 ratings 69. 
Becoming Sister Wives: The Story of an Unconventional Marriage
by:
Kody Brown
3.17 avg rating β 6,022 ratings 69. 
Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection
by:
A.J. Jacobs
3.75 avg rating β 14,917 ratings 69. 
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
by:
David Quammen
4.42 avg rating β 20,023 ratings 72. 
Lulu in the Sky: A Daughter of Cambodia Finds Love, Healing, and Double Happiness
by:
Loung Ung
4.19 avg rating β 691 ratings 
76. 
Rescuing the Children: The Story of the Kindertransport
by:
Deborah Hodge
3.93 avg rating β 187 ratings 76. 
The Revenge Of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
by:
Robert D. Kaplan
3.78 avg rating β 6,007 ratings 
81. 
The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
by:
Sam Kean
4.01 avg rating β 10,632 ratings 83. 
The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap: A Memoir of Friendship, Community, and the Uncommon Pleasure of a Good Book
by:
Wendy Welch
3.71 avg rating β 3,251 ratings 83. 
Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process
by:
Kenneth S. Rubin
4.15 avg rating β 1,641 ratings 85. 
The Secrets They Kept: The True Story of a Mercy Killing that Shocked a Town and Shamed a Family
by:
Suzanne Handler
3.40 avg rating β 648 ratings 85. 
Superman: The High-Flying History of the Man of Steel
by:
Larry Tye
3.91 avg rating β 1,325 ratings 87. 
Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country Work 3.83 avg rating β 1,454 ratings
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Show Me a Story!: Why Picture Books Matter: Conversations with 21 of the World's Most Celebrated Illustrators 3.98 avg rating β 519 ratings
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It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the Politics of Extremism
by:
Thomas E. Mann
3.89 avg rating β 3,774 ratings 95. 
The Discreet Charms of a Bourgeois Beach Town: Rehoboth Beach Stories
by:
Rich Barnett
3.87 avg rating β 30 ratings 96. 
Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle
by:
Claire A. Nivola
4.08 avg rating β 1,067 ratings 
98. 
Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think (Exponential Technology Series) 4.05 avg rating β 11,575 ratings
100. 
The Famine Plot: England's Role in Ireland's Greatest Tragedy
by:
Tim Pat Coogan
4.02 avg rating β 1,207 ratings