Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)

201.
Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players
Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players 3.82 avg rating — 5,577 ratings
202.
Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America
Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America 3.76 avg rating — 5,653 ratings
203.
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature 4.05 avg rating — 17,201 ratings
204.
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools 4.26 avg rating — 18,905 ratings
205.
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow 4.19 avg rating — 278,851 ratings
206.
Black Boy
Black Boy 4.09 avg rating — 55,304 ratings
207.
The Power of Myth
The Power of Myth 4.26 avg rating — 53,103 ratings
208.
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson 4.20 avg rating — 1,153,938 ratings
209.
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets 4.07 avg rating — 25,128 ratings
210.
The Dangerous Book for Boys
The Dangerous Book for Boys 4.03 avg rating — 8,148 ratings
211.
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End 4.49 avg rating — 210,878 ratings
212.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death 3.98 avg rating — 76,131 ratings
213.
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory 4.10 avg rating — 101,030 ratings
214.
The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-term Health
The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-term Health 4.23 avg rating — 30,874 ratings
215.
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal 4.08 avg rating — 28,332 ratings
216.
The Way Things Work
The Way Things Work 4.36 avg rating — 2,780 ratings
217.
1421: The Year China Discovered America
1421: The Year China Discovered America 3.61 avg rating — 15,059 ratings
218.
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise 3.94 avg rating — 47,447 ratings
219.
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science 4.28 avg rating — 51,627 ratings
220.
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey 4.21 avg rating — 74,671 ratings
221.
Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life...
Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life... 3.87 avg rating — 501,702 ratings
222.
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster 4.40 avg rating — 62,914 ratings
223.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating — 357,361 ratings
224.
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography 4.30 avg rating — 28,487 ratings
225.
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America 4.14 avg rating — 17,865 ratings
226.
Animal Liberation
Animal Liberation 4.30 avg rating — 11,076 ratings
227.
Meditations
Meditations 4.28 avg rating — 320,654 ratings
228.
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain 3.95 avg rating — 72,833 ratings
229.
Dispatches
Dispatches 4.22 avg rating — 21,212 ratings
230.
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 4.52 avg rating — 115,039 ratings
231.
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think 4.36 avg rating — 197,278 ratings
232.
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales 3.83 avg rating — 6,185 ratings
233.
The Innocents Abroad, Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress
The Innocents Abroad, Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress 3.84 avg rating — 14,583 ratings
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America 3.71 avg rating — 13,903 ratings
235.
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays 4.18 avg rating — 52,972 ratings
236.
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion 4.20 avg rating — 63,320 ratings
237.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream 4.07 avg rating — 370,571 ratings
238.
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town 3.86 avg rating — 82,837 ratings
239.
A Civil Action
A Civil Action 3.99 avg rating — 16,812 ratings
240.
The Tao of Pooh
The Tao of Pooh 4.01 avg rating — 128,070 ratings
241.
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 4.02 avg rating — 15,256 ratings
242.
Reclaim: The Septemist Manifesto
Reclaim: The Septemist Manifesto
by: Carl Grip
3.77 avg rating — 53 ratings
243.
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating — 850,429 ratings
244.
Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge
Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge 3.69 avg rating — 8,260 ratings
245.
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime 4.13 avg rating — 22,713 ratings
246.
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek 4.08 avg rating — 29,044 ratings
247.
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business 4.13 avg rating — 549,080 ratings
248.
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling 4.14 avg rating — 11,729 ratings
249.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Rich Dad, Poor Dad 4.10 avg rating — 694,752 ratings
250.
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland 4.47 avg rating — 148,997 ratings
251.
We Should All Be Feminists
We Should All Be Feminists 4.40 avg rating — 320,713 ratings
252.
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million 4.05 avg rating — 6,955 ratings
253.
The Histories
The Histories
by: Herodotus
4.01 avg rating — 54,680 ratings
254.
Mind Maps: Quicker Notes, Better Memory, and Improved Learning 2.0
Mind Maps: Quicker Notes, Better Memory, and Improved Learning 2.0 3.63 avg rating — 533 ratings
255.
Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape
Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape 4.05 avg rating — 4,079 ratings
256.
What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures 3.85 avg rating — 103,994 ratings
257.
Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love 3.64 avg rating — 1,819,750 ratings
258.
102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
by: Jim Dwyer
4.30 avg rating — 12,176 ratings
259.
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
The Death and Life of Great American Cities 4.29 avg rating — 19,189 ratings
260.
The Happiness Project
The Happiness Project 3.65 avg rating — 179,133 ratings
261.
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America 4.17 avg rating — 11,142 ratings
261.
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 3.95 avg rating — 46,967 ratings
263.
Infidel
Infidel 4.20 avg rating — 91,943 ratings
264.
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America 3.81 avg rating — 63,776 ratings
265.
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There 4.31 avg rating — 35,156 ratings
266.
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals 4.18 avg rating — 4,569 ratings
267.
Thunderstruck
Thunderstruck 3.78 avg rating — 55,021 ratings
268.
The First World War
The First World War 4.04 avg rating — 15,645 ratings
269.
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs 4.15 avg rating — 1,331,133 ratings
270.
In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made
In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made 3.41 avg rating — 5,388 ratings
270.
The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique 3.87 avg rating — 30,214 ratings
272.
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town 4.12 avg rating — 57,730 ratings
273.
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder 4.10 avg rating — 55,991 ratings
274.
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding 4.18 avg rating — 10,250 ratings
275.
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare 3.87 avg rating — 10,656 ratings
276.
The Blindspots Between Us: How to Overcome Unconscious Cognitive Bias and Build Better Relationships
The Blindspots Between Us: How to Overcome Unconscious Cognitive Bias and Build Better Relationships 3.93 avg rating — 272 ratings
277.
Positive Thoughts Positive Outcomes: Master the Fourteen Principles to Transform Your Life
Positive Thoughts Positive Outcomes: Master the Fourteen Principles to Transform Your Life 4.04 avg rating — 52 ratings
278.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 224,919 ratings
279.
If I Should Die Before My Dog—
If I Should Die Before My Dog— 4.64 avg rating — 109 ratings
280.
The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships 4.11 avg rating — 28,513 ratings
281.
Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do 4.24 avg rating — 5,741 ratings
282.
Letter to a Christian Nation
Letter to a Christian Nation really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 41,925 ratings
283.
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution 4.16 avg rating — 55,473 ratings
284.
Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality 3.98 avg rating — 31,318 ratings
285.
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women 4.16 avg rating — 176,354 ratings
286.
The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science 4.20 avg rating — 39,543 ratings
287.
Economics in One Lesson
Economics in One Lesson 4.17 avg rating — 21,134 ratings
287.
Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales
Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales 4.22 avg rating — 14,000 ratings
289.
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior (A Harvest Book)
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior (A Harvest Book) 4.15 avg rating — 9,826 ratings
290.
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman 4.09 avg rating — 42,511 ratings
291.
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer 4.16 avg rating — 34,157 ratings
292.
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created 4.12 avg rating — 20,586 ratings
293.
A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam 3.89 avg rating — 51,731 ratings
294.
The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance 4.21 avg rating — 10,688 ratings
295.
The Coyote's Bicycle: The Untold Story of 7,000 Bicycles and the Rise of a Borderland Empire
The Coyote's Bicycle: The Untold Story of 7,000 Bicycles and the Rise of a Borderland Empire 4.02 avg rating — 286 ratings
296.
The Assault on Reason
The Assault on Reason
by: Al Gore
3.78 avg rating — 7,356 ratings
296.
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction 4.01 avg rating — 96,834 ratings
298.
Hammer of the Gods
Hammer of the Gods 3.86 avg rating — 13,504 ratings
299.
An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned But Probably Didn't
An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned But Probably Didn't 3.90 avg rating — 2,417 ratings
300.
MindHub: Personality Profiler
MindHub: Personality Profiler 4.34 avg rating — 74 ratings
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