Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
102. 
There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America
by:
Alex Kotlowitz
4.30 avg rating — 15,926 ratings 
104. 
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 4.39 avg rating — 352,732 ratings
106. 
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest 4.44 avg rating — 136,002 ratings
110. 
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
by:
Bill Bryson
4.07 avg rating — 436,079 ratings 111. 
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
by:
Corrie ten Boom
4.47 avg rating — 348,480 ratings 
113. 
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
by:
Neil Postman
4.16 avg rating — 36,091 ratings 114. 
He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
by:
Greg Behrendt
3.66 avg rating — 66,698 ratings 
117. 
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide 4.28 avg rating — 55,457 ratings
118. 
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
by:
Jon Ronson
3.95 avg rating — 155,550 ratings 
119. 
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by:
David Grann
4.14 avg rating — 425,894 ratings 121. 
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
by:
Steven Pinker
4.01 avg rating — 22,310 ratings 
124. 
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
by:
Simon Winchester
3.88 avg rating — 21,499 ratings 125. 
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
by:
Matt Ridley
4.06 avg rating — 27,643 ratings 126. 
Journey to the West: A Long March from Eastern Dream to Western Reality
by:
Biao Wang
4.27 avg rating — 142 ratings 127. 
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments 4.14 avg rating — 52,657 ratings
131. 
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
by:
Lawrence Wright
4.36 avg rating — 36,104 ratings 
134. 
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
by:
Randall Munroe
4.14 avg rating — 191,191 ratings 
136. 
138. 
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
by:
Jim Collins
4.12 avg rating — 277,769 ratings 139. 
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
by:
John M. Barry
3.98 avg rating — 42,018 ratings 140. 
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
by:
Robert M. Pirsig
3.78 avg rating — 241,430 ratings 141. 
142. 
The Most Interesting Person in the Room: A brief guide to understanding the world
by:
Thomas Vernon
3.95 avg rating — 171 ratings 143. 
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
by:
Thomas Cahill
3.81 avg rating — 46,384 ratings 144. 
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
by:
Isabel Wilkerson
4.48 avg rating — 113,272 ratings 
146. 
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
by:
Deborah Blum
4.01 avg rating — 36,511 ratings 
148. 
The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks
by:
Susan Casey
4.01 avg rating — 7,050 ratings 
151. 
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx 4.26 avg rating — 13,311 ratings
152. 
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
by:
Candice Millard
4.22 avg rating — 81,267 ratings 153. 
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by:
Barack Obama
3.83 avg rating — 168,475 ratings 154. 
What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
by:
Thomas Frank
3.85 avg rating — 12,722 ratings 155. 
Explosive Growth: A Few Things I Learned While Growing To 100 Million Users - And Losing $78 Million
by:
Cliff Lerner
4.16 avg rating — 922 ratings 
160. 
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission
by:
Hampton Sides
4.25 avg rating — 38,775 ratings 161. 
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier 4.23 avg rating — 66,328 ratings
163. 
Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
by:
Michael Lewis
4.15 avg rating — 109,186 ratings 
165. 
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
by:
Matthew Desmond
4.47 avg rating — 109,911 ratings 166. 
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets 4.08 avg rating — 69,671 ratings
167. 
172. 
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
by:
Mary Roach
3.95 avg rating — 59,456 ratings 173. 
174. 
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
by:
Katherine Boo
3.98 avg rating — 114,809 ratings 175. 
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
by:
Richard Dawkins
4.09 avg rating — 41,139 ratings 176. 
Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
by:
Geraldine Brooks
4.05 avg rating — 14,926 ratings 
178. 
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
by:
Carl Sagan
4.19 avg rating — 21,183 ratings 179. 
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe 4.18 avg rating — 18,433 ratings
180. 
Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves
by:
Farley Mowat
4.21 avg rating — 25,555 ratings 181. 
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by:
Tracy Kidder
4.20 avg rating — 87,481 ratings 
183. 
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
by:
Sam Kean
3.93 avg rating — 54,817 ratings 
189. 
The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood
by:
David Simon
4.45 avg rating — 6,778 ratings 
191. 
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
by:
Dava Sobel
3.75 avg rating — 30,045 ratings 
193. 
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
by:
Chip Heath
3.98 avg rating — 97,571 ratings 
194. 
196. 
The Constitution of the United States of America
by:
Founding Fathers
4.52 avg rating — 27,061 ratings 
200. 
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
by:
Naomi Klein
4.16 avg rating — 27,259 ratings