Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1980s

1.
The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding
The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding 4.09 avg rating — 10,199 ratings
2.
The Dieter's Gourmet Cookbook
The Dieter's Gourmet Cookbook really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
3.
Boy: Tales of Childhood (Roald Dahl's Autobiography, #1)
Boy: Tales of Childhood (Roald Dahl's Autobiography, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 72,266 ratings
4.
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace 4.12 avg rating — 4,293 ratings
5.
The Discovery of the Titanic
The Discovery of the Titanic 4.30 avg rating — 1,977 ratings
5.
The Mind’s I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul
The Mind’s I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul 4.15 avg rating — 5,920 ratings
5.
Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America
Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America 3.96 avg rating — 225 ratings
5.
Eleni
Eleni 4.42 avg rating — 2,724 ratings
5.
Jack: A Life of C. S. Lewis
Jack: A Life of C. S. Lewis 4.10 avg rating — 2,969 ratings
5.
General A.P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior
General A.P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior 4.15 avg rating — 188 ratings
5.
Eros the Bittersweet
Eros the Bittersweet 4.46 avg rating — 6,083 ratings
5.
The First 20 Years of Monty Python
The First 20 Years of Monty Python 4.06 avg rating — 642 ratings
13.
Growing Up
Growing Up 4.10 avg rating — 7,495 ratings
13.
A Book of Traveller's Tales
A Book of Traveller's Tales 3.94 avg rating — 220 ratings
13.
Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography 3.99 avg rating — 76,126 ratings
13.
The Complete Gone with the Wind Trivia Book
The Complete Gone with the Wind Trivia Book 4.01 avg rating — 141 ratings
17.
The Weaker Vessel
The Weaker Vessel 3.92 avg rating — 1,424 ratings
17.
Mystery monsters of the deep
Mystery monsters of the deep it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
17.
Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky
Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky 3.87 avg rating — 2,463 ratings
17.
Empire of Signs
Empire of Signs 3.84 avg rating — 2,547 ratings
17.
Help! I Have to ... Write a Book Report: Scholastic's A+ Junior Guide to Book Reports
Help! I Have to ... Write a Book Report: Scholastic's A+ Junior Guide to Book Reports 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
22.
The New Spaniards
The New Spaniards 3.85 avg rating — 1,095 ratings
22.
Lessons from a Sheep Dog: A True Story of Transforming Love
Lessons from a Sheep Dog: A True Story of Transforming Love 4.38 avg rating — 1,317 ratings
22.
About Looking
About Looking 4.09 avg rating — 9,053 ratings
22.
What They Did for Love: The Untold Story Behind the Making of "A Chorus Line"
What They Did for Love: The Untold Story Behind the Making of "A Chorus Line" 3.85 avg rating — 46 ratings
26.
Amazing ghosts & other mysteries
Amazing ghosts & other mysteries 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
26.
The Soong Dynasty
The Soong Dynasty really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 746 ratings
26.
A Chorus Line and the Musicals of Michael Bennett
A Chorus Line and the Musicals of Michael Bennett 4.02 avg rating — 52 ratings
29.
Fat City: How Washington Wastes Your Taxes
Fat City: How Washington Wastes Your Taxes 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
29.
Writers on Writing
Writers on Writing 4.02 avg rating — 58 ratings
29.
Danse Macabre
Danse Macabre 3.67 avg rating — 30,583 ratings
32.
My Capitol Secrets
My Capitol Secrets 3.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
32.
The Writer's Chapbook A Compendium of Fact, Opinion, Wit, and Advice from the Twentieth Century's Preeminent Writers
The Writer's Chapbook A Compendium of Fact, Opinion, Wit, and Advice from the Twentieth Century's Preeminent Writers 4.17 avg rating — 147 ratings
32.
How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art
How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art 3.66 avg rating — 1,039 ratings
35.
Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives
Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives 4.17 avg rating — 78,246 ratings
35.
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era 4.40 avg rating — 33,178 ratings
37.
Dreamgirl: My Life As a Supreme
Dreamgirl: My Life As a Supreme 4.07 avg rating — 494 ratings
37.
No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River
No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River 4.13 avg rating — 408 ratings
39.
Breaking Cover
Breaking Cover 3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings
39.
The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes
The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes 4.24 avg rating — 109 ratings
41.
Russian Journal
Russian Journal 3.89 avg rating — 195 ratings
41.
The National Trust Book of Forgotten Household Crafts
The National Trust Book of Forgotten Household Crafts 3.99 avg rating — 154 ratings
43.
End of the Rainbow
End of the Rainbow 3.57 avg rating — 30 ratings
43.
The Forgotten Arts and Crafts
The Forgotten Arts and Crafts 4.27 avg rating — 261 ratings
45.
In Joy Still Felt: The Autobiography, 1954-1978
In Joy Still Felt: The Autobiography, 1954-1978 4.23 avg rating — 341 ratings
45.
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America 3.81 avg rating — 63,781 ratings
47.
Other Losses: An Investigation Into the Mass Deaths of German Prisoners at the Hands of the French and Americans After World War II
Other Losses: An Investigation Into the Mass Deaths of German Prisoners at the Hands of the French and Americans After World War II 3.88 avg rating — 123 ratings
47.
The Music of Failure
The Music of Failure
by: Bill Holm
4.44 avg rating — 103 ratings
49.
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 3.94 avg rating — 8,940 ratings
50.
Making schools work: A reporter's journey through some of America's most remarkable classrooms
Making schools work: A reporter's journey through some of America's most remarkable classrooms it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
50.
A Year in Provence (Provence, #1)
A Year in Provence (Provence, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 81,432 ratings
52.
Slavery and Social Death: A Comparative Study
Slavery and Social Death: A Comparative Study 4.32 avg rating — 354 ratings
52.
From Bauhaus to Our House
From Bauhaus to Our House
by: Tom Wolfe
3.77 avg rating — 4,139 ratings
54.
The Aquatic Ape
The Aquatic Ape 3.87 avg rating — 53 ratings
54.
Album Cover Album - The Second Volume (Album Cover Series, #2)
Album Cover Album - The Second Volume (Album Cover Series, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings
56.
Holy Blood, Holy Grail
Holy Blood, Holy Grail 3.51 avg rating — 12,575 ratings
56.
The New Trouser Press Record Guide
The New Trouser Press Record Guide 4.41 avg rating — 75 ratings
58.
Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation 1939-1944
Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation 1939-1944 4.23 avg rating — 150 ratings
58.
A Childhood in Scotland
A Childhood in Scotland 4.16 avg rating — 99 ratings
60.
Churchill's War
Churchill's War 4.19 avg rating — 143 ratings
61.
Rembrandt (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Rembrandt (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) 4.16 avg rating — 180 ratings
61.
Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady: A Memoir
Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady: A Memoir 4.02 avg rating — 1,954 ratings
63.
Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II
Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II 4.51 avg rating — 9,541 ratings
63.
Growing up on the Chocolate Diet
Growing up on the Chocolate Diet 4.53 avg rating — 88 ratings
65.
Wallenberg: Missing Hero
Wallenberg: Missing Hero 4.17 avg rating — 765 ratings
65.
The Great American Writers' Cookbook
The Great American Writers' Cookbook 4.86 avg rating — 44 ratings
67.
Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of Housewife, 49
Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of Housewife, 49 4.15 avg rating — 1,832 ratings
67.
Hodgepodge
Hodgepodge 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings
69.
Great Myths of World War II
Great Myths of World War II 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
69.
Third Person Rural: Further Essays of a Sometime Farmer
Third Person Rural: Further Essays of a Sometime Farmer 4.10 avg rating — 98 ratings
71.
Black Athena: Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization, Vol. 1: The Fabrication of Ancient Greece, 1785-1985
Black Athena: Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization, Vol. 1: The Fabrication of Ancient Greece, 1785-1985 4.10 avg rating — 550 ratings
71.
Second Person Rural
Second Person Rural 4.15 avg rating — 120 ratings
73.
A Place for Us: A Greek Immigrant Boy's Odyssey to a New Country and an Unknown Father
A Place for Us: A Greek Immigrant Boy's Odyssey to a New Country and an Unknown Father 4.32 avg rating — 312 ratings
73.
Rimbaud
Rimbaud 4.12 avg rating — 24 ratings
75.
Hitler's National Socialism
Hitler's National Socialism 4.42 avg rating — 52 ratings
75.
The First Salute : View of the American Revolution
The First Salute : View of the American Revolution 3.94 avg rating — 2,883 ratings
77.
Miracle Medicine Food
Miracle Medicine Food
by: Rex Adams
4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
77.
To Keep the Ball Rolling: The Memoirs of Anthony Powell
To Keep the Ball Rolling: The Memoirs of Anthony Powell really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 92 ratings
79.
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character 4.27 avg rating — 213,227 ratings
80.
Diet for Life: The New Joyous Way to Permanent Slimness, High Energy, Sexual Vigor, Glowing Physical and Mental Health--And Added Youthful Years to Y
Diet for Life: The New Joyous Way to Permanent Slimness, High Energy, Sexual Vigor, Glowing Physical and Mental Health--And Added Youthful Years to Y it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
80.
What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character
What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character 4.19 avg rating — 30,241 ratings
82.
The Journals of Louisa May Alcott
The Journals of Louisa May Alcott 4.06 avg rating — 504 ratings
82.
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-40
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-40 4.39 avg rating — 11,881 ratings
84.
The Poverty of Communism
The Poverty of Communism really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
84.
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 4.33 avg rating — 15,703 ratings
86.
Escape to Honor (Honour)
Escape to Honor (Honour) 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings
86.
The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)
The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1) 4.42 avg rating — 25,861 ratings
88.
Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul
Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul 4.60 avg rating — 5,897 ratings
88.
Andrew Jackson: The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832
Andrew Jackson: The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832 4.32 avg rating — 185 ratings
90.
Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy
Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy
by: Jim Marrs
4.14 avg rating — 1,615 ratings
90.
Andrew Jackson: The Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845
Andrew Jackson: The Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845 4.25 avg rating — 177 ratings
92.
Atlantic High: A Celebration
Atlantic High: A Celebration 3.96 avg rating — 220 ratings
92.
Small Sacrifices
Small Sacrifices
by: Ann Rule
4.26 avg rating — 31,789 ratings
94.
Steaming to Bamboola - The World of a Tramp Freighter
Steaming to Bamboola - The World of a Tramp Freighter 3.92 avg rating — 220 ratings
94.
In Broad Daylight
In Broad Daylight really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,470 ratings
96.
Overeaters Anonymous
Overeaters Anonymous 4.20 avg rating — 377 ratings
96.
At Mother's Request: A True Story of Money, Murder and Betrayal
At Mother's Request: A True Story of Money, Murder and Betrayal 3.87 avg rating — 131 ratings
98.
Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body
Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body 4.58 avg rating — 1,564 ratings
98.
Holidays in Hell
Holidays in Hell 3.92 avg rating — 3,968 ratings
100.
In Search of Schrodinger's Cat: Quantum Physics And Reality
In Search of Schrodinger's Cat: Quantum Physics And Reality 4.06 avg rating — 21,374 ratings
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