Actually Interesting Non-Fiction

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The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism 4.15 avg rating — 23,622 ratings
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 4.34 avg rating — 1,201,673 ratings
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly 4.18 avg rating — 359,837 ratings
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 445,031 ratings
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents 4.53 avg rating — 156,133 ratings
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Culture: The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop
Culture: The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop 3.82 avg rating — 563 ratings
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants 4.52 avg rating — 158,442 ratings
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American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15
American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 4.28 avg rating — 898 ratings
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection 4.43 avg rating — 83,603 ratings
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Poverty, by America
Poverty, by America 4.27 avg rating — 56,646 ratings
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Cat people (A Dolphin book)
Cat people (A Dolphin book) 3.31 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma 3.71 avg rating — 19,594 ratings
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Return To The Reich: A Holocaust Refugee's Secret Mission to Defeat the Nazis
Return To The Reich: A Holocaust Refugee's Secret Mission to Defeat the Nazis 4.35 avg rating — 827 ratings
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Barbie: Four Decades of Fashion, Fantasy, and Fun
Barbie: Four Decades of Fashion, Fantasy, and Fun 3.76 avg rating — 54 ratings
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The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise
The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise 4.19 avg rating — 1,873 ratings
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Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity 4.27 avg rating — 8,773 ratings
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The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration
The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration 4.28 avg rating — 3,562 ratings
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Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory 4.30 avg rating — 13,908 ratings
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Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West
Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West 3.69 avg rating — 1,846 ratings
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Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America 4.40 avg rating — 16,875 ratings
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Humankind: A Hopeful History
Humankind: A Hopeful History 4.32 avg rating — 75,155 ratings
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Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto 4.06 avg rating — 11,491 ratings
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No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes
No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes 4.47 avg rating — 4,014 ratings
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Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels
Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels 4.21 avg rating — 3,609 ratings
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot 4.36 avg rating — 60,792 ratings
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The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World
The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World 3.70 avg rating — 4,130 ratings
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Decolonize Museums
Decolonize Museums 4.25 avg rating — 110 ratings
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On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe 3.77 avg rating — 869 ratings
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The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want
The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want 3.90 avg rating — 10,278 ratings
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft 4.34 avg rating — 310,116 ratings
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Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution
Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution 3.95 avg rating — 8,796 ratings
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Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears 4.08 avg rating — 5,405 ratings
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The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar
The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar 4.04 avg rating — 1,485 ratings
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Everything I Need I Get from You
Everything I Need I Get from You 3.53 avg rating — 3,504 ratings
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The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath
The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath 3.99 avg rating — 6,697 ratings
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Notes on Grief
Notes on Grief 4.22 avg rating — 37,690 ratings
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Tar Hollow Trans: Essays
Tar Hollow Trans: Essays 4.27 avg rating — 165 ratings
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Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State
Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State 3.79 avg rating — 4,732 ratings
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Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties 4.04 avg rating — 32,224 ratings
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The Curse of the Marquis de Sade: A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History
The Curse of the Marquis de Sade: A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History 3.58 avg rating — 834 ratings
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Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto
Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto 4.13 avg rating — 4,029 ratings
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In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial 4.06 avg rating — 21,523 ratings
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Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History
Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History 3.99 avg rating — 1,590 ratings
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The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet 4.30 avg rating — 7,743 ratings
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Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature
Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature 3.90 avg rating — 1,152 ratings
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Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging 4.02 avg rating — 48,310 ratings
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Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech
Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech 4.15 avg rating — 1,284 ratings
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Power Lines: Building a Labor–Climate Justice Movement
Power Lines: Building a Labor–Climate Justice Movement 4.71 avg rating — 21 ratings
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The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains
The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains 4.04 avg rating — 367 ratings
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Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World 4.20 avg rating — 31,271 ratings
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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men 4.34 avg rating — 156,585 ratings
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White Malice: The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
White Malice: The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa 4.17 avg rating — 861 ratings