Best Non-fiction
99. 
Minnesota, 1918: When Flu, Fire, and War Ravaged the State
by:
Curt Brown
3.84 avg rating — 461 ratings 99. 
103. 
The Anne Boleyn Collection: The Real Truth about the Tudors
by:
Claire Ridgway
3.85 avg rating — 1,339 ratings 
103. 
Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert and the Death That Changed the Monarchy
by:
Helen Rappaport
3.82 avg rating — 1,363 ratings 103. 
And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
by:
Jon Meacham
4.46 avg rating — 9,395 ratings 107. 
The Future Eaters: An Ecological History of the Australasian Lands and People
by:
Tim Flannery
4.20 avg rating — 931 ratings 
107. 
107. 
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
by:
Kate Moore
4.16 avg rating — 176,408 ratings 112. 
The Creation of Anne Boleyn: A New Look at England's Most Notorious Queen
by:
Susan Bordo
3.86 avg rating — 3,033 ratings 
112. 
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by:
Jared Diamond
4.04 avg rating — 445,069 ratings 
117. 
Alice Paul and the Fight for Women's Rights: From the Vote to the Equal Rights Amendment
by:
Deborah Kops
3.98 avg rating — 153 ratings 117. 
Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage
by:
Jeff Guinn
4.04 avg rating — 3,083 ratings 121. 
Let Me Take You Down: Inside the Mind of Mark David Chapman,the Man Who Killed John Lennon
by:
Jack Jones
3.75 avg rating — 359 ratings 
124. 
The Secret Life of Germs: What They Are, Why We Need Them, and How We Can Protect Ourselves Against Them 3.84 avg rating — 264 ratings
126. 
Lords of the Atlas: The Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua, 1893-1956
by:
Gavin Maxwell
3.70 avg rating — 285 ratings 127. 
Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
by:
jean-sasson
4.03 avg rating — 38,921 ratings 
127. 
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by:
Maya Angelou
4.30 avg rating — 568,990 ratings 130. 
Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile
by:
Julia Fox
3.81 avg rating — 3,483 ratings 130. 
130. 
The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic
by:
Gay Salisbury
4.19 avg rating — 3,531 ratings 
134. 
Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love
by:
Thomas Maier
3.63 avg rating — 2,563 ratings 134. 
Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
by:
Matthew Goodman
3.73 avg rating — 6,475 ratings 136. 
Roots of Desire: The Myth, Meaning and Sexual Power of Red Hair
by:
Marion Roach
3.43 avg rating — 473 ratings 136. 
The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan
by:
Jenny Nordberg
4.11 avg rating — 13,994 ratings 
138. 
Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
by:
Christopher Ryan
3.98 avg rating — 31,323 ratings 140. 
Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty
by:
Nancy L. Etcoff
3.78 avg rating — 1,944 ratings 140. 
The Clever Gut Diet: How to Revolutionize Your Body from the Inside Out
by:
Michael Mosley
3.98 avg rating — 5,480 ratings 140. 
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
by:
John Vaillant
4.07 avg rating — 18,590 ratings 143. 
Keto Clarity: Your Definitive Guide to the Benefits of a Low-Carb, High-Fat Diet
by:
Jimmy Moore
4.01 avg rating — 3,357 ratings 143. 
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
by:
John Vaillant
4.12 avg rating — 12,029 ratings 145. 
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
by:
Naomi Wolf
3.91 avg rating — 30,478 ratings 145. 
The No-Grain Diet: Conquer Carbohydrate Addiction and Stay Slim for Life
by:
Joseph Mercola
3.43 avg rating — 114 ratings 145. 
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
by:
Alexandra Fuller
3.97 avg rating — 56,659 ratings 
150. 
The Other Side of the Frontier: Aboriginal Resistance to the European Invasion of Australia
by:
Henry Reynolds
4.18 avg rating — 190 ratings 150. 
Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
by:
Peter Guralnick
4.17 avg rating — 9,895 ratings 150. 
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
by:
Adam Hochschild
4.19 avg rating — 66,218 ratings 
154. 
The Immortality Edge: Realize the Secrets of Your Telomeres for a Longer, Healthier Life
by:
Michael Fossel
4.08 avg rating — 87 ratings 155. 
What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Getting Older: An Insider's Survival Manual for Outsmarting the Health-Care System
by:
Mark Lachs
3.85 avg rating — 27 ratings 156. 
Fibromyalgia & Chronic Myofascial Pain Syndrome: A Survival Manual 4.24 avg rating — 440 ratings
158. 
Brain Tumors: Leaving the Garden of Eden--A Survival Guide to Diagnosis, Learning the Basics, Getting Organized, and Finding Your Medical Team
by:
Paul M. Zeltzer
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 
160. 
Sinus Survival: The Holistic Medical Treatment for Allergies, Asthma, Bronchitis, Colds, and Sinusitis
by:
Robert S. Ivker
3.84 avg rating — 38 ratings 160. 
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland 4.11 avg rating — 22,320 ratings
162. 
Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease
by:
Sharon Moalem
4.14 avg rating — 8,939 ratings 
164. 
The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
by:
Gavin de Becker
4.18 avg rating — 49,298 ratings 
166. 
166. 
The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism
by:
Ross King
3.85 avg rating — 14,510 ratings 
168. 
Off With Her Head: Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power
by:
Eleanor Herman
3.85 avg rating — 2,332 ratings 
170. 
172. 
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
by:
Cat Bohannon
4.27 avg rating — 13,418 ratings 
174. 
176. 
Kate Kelly: The true story of Ned Kelly's little sister
by:
Rebecca Wilson
3.69 avg rating — 181 ratings 
183. 
Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood
by:
Lucy Jones
4.43 avg rating — 6,688 ratings 184. 
Ted Bundy: Conversations with a Killer: The Death Row Interviews 3.80 avg rating — 4,725 ratings
185. 
Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (Yale Nota Bene)
by:
Camille Paglia
3.99 avg rating — 3,554 ratings 
187. 
Self-Made: Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians 3.87 avg rating — 355 ratings
189. 
50 Things You Should Know About the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
by:
Neenyah Ostrom
4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings 
191. 
America's Biggest Cover-Up: 50 More Things Everyone Should Know About the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic And Its Link to AIDS
by:
Neenyah Ostrom
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 191. 
I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever 3.99 avg rating — 2,143 ratings
196. 
The Book of Leaves: A Leaf-by-Leaf Guide to Six Hundred of the World's Great Trees
by:
Allen J. Coombes
4.42 avg rating — 38 ratings 
200. 
Rocky Mountain Trees: A Handbook of the Native Species With Plates and Distribution Maps 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings