My Favourite Non Fiction Books
101. 
Poses for Artists Volume 2 - Standing Poses: An essential reference for figure drawing and the human form
by:
Justin R. Martin
3.92 avg rating — 39 ratings 104. 
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
by:
Margalit Fox
4.01 avg rating — 3,647 ratings 
107. 
The Railway Dog: The True Story of an Australian Outback Dog
by:
Olwyn M. Parker
4.12 avg rating — 68 ratings 
109. 
Osler's Web: Inside the Labyrinth of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic
by:
Hillary Johnson
4.16 avg rating — 118 ratings 
109. 
Spy... for Nobody!: Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence
by:
Basel Saneeb
4.02 avg rating — 65 ratings 
113. 
113. 
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
by:
Hallie Rubenhold
4.09 avg rating — 64,221 ratings 113. 
Spy... for Nobody! Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence
by:
Basel Saneeb
4.02 avg rating — 65 ratings 
119. 
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide 4.28 avg rating — 55,460 ratings
120. 
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
by:
Marjane Satrapi
4.27 avg rating — 224,932 ratings 120. 
The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain from Vienna 1900 to the Present
by:
Eric R. Kandel
4.21 avg rating — 1,811 ratings 
123. 
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
by:
James L. Swanson
4.16 avg rating — 34,160 ratings 123. 
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
by:
Andrea Wulf
4.32 avg rating — 28,487 ratings 123. 
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
by:
Anthony Bourdain
4.18 avg rating — 359,849 ratings 
127. 
Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
by:
Phuc Tran
4.29 avg rating — 9,605 ratings 
129. 
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
by:
Judy Melinek
4.26 avg rating — 26,517 ratings 
132. 
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
by:
Bill O'Reilly
4.05 avg rating — 107,670 ratings 132. 
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland 4.47 avg rating — 149,038 ratings
136. 
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by:
Jared Diamond
3.93 avg rating — 73,872 ratings 137. 
1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List
by:
Patricia Schultz
3.88 avg rating — 43,381 ratings 137. 
Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy
by:
Sarah Bradford
3.72 avg rating — 4,657 ratings 137. 
The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London
by:
Judith Flanders
4.01 avg rating — 1,762 ratings 
141. 
Henry and June: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1931-1932
by:
Anaïs Nin
3.93 avg rating — 13,250 ratings 144. 
Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics 4.22 avg rating — 9,291 ratings
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146. 
Dawn of the Belle Epoque: The Paris of Monet, Zola, Bernhardt, Eiffel, Debussy, Clemenceau, and Their Friends
by:
Mary McAuliffe
4.05 avg rating — 690 ratings 147. 
Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats
by:
Kristen Iversen
4.06 avg rating — 4,497 ratings 
150. 
Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine 4.01 avg rating — 8,184 ratings
151. 
Inside the Victorian Home: A Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England
by:
Judith Flanders
4.18 avg rating — 2,690 ratings 
156. 
Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art
by:
Carl Hoffman
3.66 avg rating — 5,382 ratings 
160. 
American Made: Why Making Things Will Return Us to Greatness
by:
Dan DiMicco
3.83 avg rating — 63 ratings 160. 
Allergic to the Twentieth Century: The Explosion in Environmental Allergies--From Sick Buildings to Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
by:
Peter Radetsky
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19 ratings 
165. 
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
by:
Anne Fadiman
4.20 avg rating — 87,600 ratings 
166. 
We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
by:
Gillian Gill
3.85 avg rating — 8,726 ratings 
171. 
Well Enough Alone: A Cultural History of My Hypochondria
by:
Jennifer Traig
3.40 avg rating — 472 ratings 171. 
The Descent of Woman: The Classic Study of Evolution
by:
Elaine Morgan
4.14 avg rating — 950 ratings 173. 
In koelen bloede : Een waar verslag van een viervoudige moord en zijn gevolgen
by:
Truman Capote
4.09 avg rating — 710,356 ratings 174. 
Die, My Love: a True Story of Revenge, Murder, and Two Texas Sisters
by:
Kathryn Casey
4.04 avg rating — 1,539 ratings 
176. 
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
by:
Simon Winchester
3.84 avg rating — 120,605 ratings 
178. 
Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1)
by:
Joy Adamson
4.16 avg rating — 33,673 ratings 180. 
Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert and the Death That Changed the Monarchy
by:
Helen Rappaport
3.82 avg rating — 1,363 ratings 181. 
Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: A Cultural History, Vol. I) 4.37 avg rating — 3,469 ratings
182. 
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character 4.27 avg rating — 213,212 ratings
184. 
Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
by:
Stacey O'Brien
4.10 avg rating — 12,464 ratings 
186. 
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
by:
Cary Elwes
4.18 avg rating — 73,024 ratings 187. 
Please Stop Laughing at Me... One Woman's Inspirational Story
by:
Jodee Blanco
3.83 avg rating — 13,408 ratings 188. 
Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
by:
Todd Burpo
4.04 avg rating — 334,253 ratings 189. 
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
by:
Dava Sobel
3.99 avg rating — 75,024 ratings 
190. 
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
by:
Susan Cain
4.08 avg rating — 465,720 ratings 
197. 
Blood Royal: A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris
by:
Eric Jager
3.82 avg rating — 1,690 ratings 
199. 
Children of England: The Heirs of King Henry VIII 1547-1558
by:
Alison Weir
4.01 avg rating — 15,352 ratings 200. 
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
by:
Caitlin Doughty
4.22 avg rating — 104,621 ratings