Interesting and Readable Nonfiction

101.
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way 3.91 avg rating β€” 43,557 ratings
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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea 4.45 avg rating β€” 96,057 ratings
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Assassination Vacation
Assassination Vacation 3.93 avg rating β€” 47,006 ratings
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The Strength In Our Scars
The Strength In Our Scars 4.05 avg rating β€” 13,696 ratings
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The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible 3.76 avg rating β€” 68,669 ratings
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis 3.85 avg rating β€” 488,790 ratings
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A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains
A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains 4.46 avg rating β€” 3,323 ratings
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Vision to Reality: Stop Working, Start Living
Vision to Reality: Stop Working, Start Living 4.31 avg rating β€” 5,334 ratings
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Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World
Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World 3.71 avg rating β€” 699 ratings
110.
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future 4.15 avg rating β€” 381,645 ratings
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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It 4.35 avg rating β€” 197,939 ratings
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Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town 4.12 avg rating β€” 57,730 ratings
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto 4.07 avg rating β€” 118,651 ratings
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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania 4.13 avg rating β€” 157,295 ratings
115.
Einstein: His Life and Universe
Einstein: His Life and Universe 4.17 avg rating β€” 197,561 ratings
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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos 3.91 avg rating β€” 257,797 ratings
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Twelve Years a Slave
Twelve Years a Slave 4.22 avg rating β€” 123,127 ratings
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World 4.06 avg rating β€” 58,652 ratings
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Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities
Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities 3.99 avg rating β€” 90,417 ratings
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Into the Wild
Into the Wild 4.02 avg rating β€” 1,165,567 ratings
121.
Self Love Poetry: For Thinkers & Feelers
Self Love Poetry: For Thinkers & Feelers 4.12 avg rating β€” 3,833 ratings
122.
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 650,943 ratings
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A Stolen Life
A Stolen Life 3.96 avg rating β€” 141,489 ratings
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time 3.99 avg rating β€” 75,018 ratings
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Seeking Fairness at Work: Cracking the New Code of Greater Employee Engagement, Retention & Satisfaction
Seeking Fairness at Work: Cracking the New Code of Greater Employee Engagement, Retention & Satisfaction 4.38 avg rating β€” 1,452 ratings
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The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style 4.18 avg rating β€” 86,240 ratings
127.
What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures 3.85 avg rating β€” 103,995 ratings
128.
Notes from a Small Island
Notes from a Small Island 3.92 avg rating β€” 117,838 ratings
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How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe 3.81 avg rating β€” 46,387 ratings
130.
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
A History of the World in 6 Glasses 3.81 avg rating β€” 32,778 ratings
131.
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World 4.16 avg rating β€” 180,850 ratings
132.
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal 3.93 avg rating β€” 50,606 ratings
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer 4.34 avg rating β€” 111,143 ratings
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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies 3.85 avg rating β€” 20,388 ratings
135.
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 β€” 76,135 ratings
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The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help 3.92 avg rating β€” 36,426 ratings
137.
Blind Pony: As True A Story As I Can Tell
Blind Pony: As True A Story As I Can Tell 4.31 avg rating β€” 3,069 ratings
138.
Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality 3.98 avg rating β€” 31,320 ratings
139.
Pillow Thoughts (Pillow Thoughts, #1)
Pillow Thoughts (Pillow Thoughts, #1) 3.81 avg rating β€” 53,916 ratings
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History 4.05 avg rating β€” 70,011 ratings
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow 4.17 avg rating β€” 564,505 ratings
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln 4.28 avg rating β€” 196,288 ratings
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Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster 4.40 avg rating β€” 62,913 ratings
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How to Be a Woman
How to Be a Woman 3.71 avg rating β€” 109,843 ratings
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative 3.96 avg rating β€” 324,431 ratings
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The Guns of August
The Guns of August 4.18 avg rating β€” 82,593 ratings
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Bird by Bird
Bird by Bird 4.24 avg rating β€” 108,477 ratings
147.
The Sun and Her Flowers
The Sun and Her Flowers
by: Rupi Kaur
4.08 avg rating β€” 364,865 ratings
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The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds 3.99 avg rating β€” 62,912 ratings
150.
The Poetry Pharmacy Returns: More Prescriptions for Courage, Healing and Hope
The Poetry Pharmacy Returns: More Prescriptions for Courage, Healing and Hope 4.38 avg rating β€” 993 ratings
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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa 4.19 avg rating β€” 66,206 ratings
152.
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story 3.49 avg rating β€” 90,814 ratings
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Hiroshima
Hiroshima 4.04 avg rating β€” 86,435 ratings
154.
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating β€” 778,714 ratings
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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War 3.89 avg rating β€” 45,337 ratings
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Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman 4.17 avg rating β€” 62,835 ratings
157.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating β€” 192,411 ratings
158.
10% Happier
10% Happier 3.91 avg rating β€” 113,424 ratings
159.
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders 4.06 avg rating β€” 152,010 ratings
160.
The Second Sex
The Second Sex 4.18 avg rating β€” 45,861 ratings
161.
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex 4.16 avg rating β€” 115,970 ratings
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1776
1776 4.10 avg rating β€” 243,329 ratings
163.
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World 3.95 avg rating β€” 56,864 ratings
164.
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs 4.15 avg rating β€” 1,331,142 ratings
165.
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century 4.27 avg rating β€” 89,879 ratings
166.
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design 4.09 avg rating β€” 41,139 ratings
167.
Bossypants
Bossypants
by: Tina Fey
3.96 avg rating β€” 1,041,936 ratings
168.
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants 3.97 avg rating β€” 189,398 ratings
169.
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment 4.15 avg rating β€” 429,663 ratings
170.
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual 3.99 avg rating β€” 48,348 ratings
171.
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President 4.22 avg rating β€” 81,270 ratings
172.
A Year in Provence (Provence, #1)
A Year in Provence (Provence, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 81,424 ratings
173.
The 48 Laws of Power
The 48 Laws of Power 4.10 avg rating β€” 210,173 ratings
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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 β€” 549,090 ratings
175.
Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating β€” 1,160,498 ratings
176.
Naked
Naked 4.10 avg rating β€” 271,047 ratings
176.
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup 4.41 avg rating β€” 276,358 ratings
176.
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die 3.98 avg rating β€” 97,575 ratings
179.
Teenagers War: Vietnam 1969
Teenagers War: Vietnam 1969 4.34 avg rating β€” 706 ratings
180.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Rich Dad, Poor Dad 4.10 avg rating β€” 694,768 ratings
181.
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
So You've Been Publicly Shamed 3.93 avg rating β€” 65,192 ratings
181.
Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up
Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up 3.88 avg rating β€” 43,571 ratings
183.
The Origin of Species
The Origin of Species 4.01 avg rating β€” 120,186 ratings
184.
The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus 4.58 avg rating β€” 245,650 ratings
185.
The Power of Myth
The Power of Myth 4.26 avg rating β€” 53,103 ratings
186.
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI 4.14 avg rating β€” 425,944 ratings
187.
The Tao of Pooh
The Tao of Pooh 4.01 avg rating β€” 128,074 ratings
188.
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy 4.14 avg rating β€” 44,121 ratings
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The Library Book
The Library Book 3.89 avg rating β€” 121,031 ratings
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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest 4.44 avg rating β€” 136,009 ratings
191.
The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique 3.87 avg rating β€” 30,215 ratings
192.
NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children
NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children 4.03 avg rating β€” 26,482 ratings
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't 4.12 avg rating β€” 277,797 ratings
194.
Whisk Of Dust: Too Unseen Distance
Whisk Of Dust: Too Unseen Distance 4.34 avg rating β€” 1,492 ratings
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Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted 3.94 avg rating β€” 269,389 ratings
196.
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain 3.95 avg rating β€” 72,834 ratings
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Cosmos
Cosmos 4.40 avg rating β€” 155,621 ratings
198.
More Than Love, A Husband's Tale
More Than Love, A Husband's Tale 4.30 avg rating β€” 5,283 ratings
199.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by: Tom Wolfe
3.92 avg rating β€” 78,159 ratings
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Escape
Escape 3.98 avg rating β€” 45,882 ratings
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