Non-Fiction -- Best of 2009
1. 
The 10000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution
by:
Gregory Cochran
3.94 avg rating — 1,834 ratings 
4. 
The Truth Book: Escaping a Childhood of Abuse Among Jehovah's Witnesses
by:
Joy Castro
4.11 avg rating — 289 ratings 4. 
The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed
by:
Judy Shepard
4.35 avg rating — 2,491 ratings 
10. 
Children of the Flames: Dr. Josef Mengele and the Untold Story of the Twins of Auschwitz 4.01 avg rating — 3,982 ratings
11. 
Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind Thirty-Year of Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer
by:
John E. Douglas
3.95 avg rating — 5,103 ratings 
12. 
A Random Act: An Inspiring True Story of Fighting to Survive and Choosing to Forgive
by:
Cindi Broaddus
4.05 avg rating — 169 ratings 
16. 
The Whole World Was Watching: Living in the Light of Matthew Shepard 4.22 avg rating — 101 ratings
17. 
Writing to Heal the Soul: Transforming Grief and Loss Through Writing
by:
Susan Zimmermann
3.95 avg rating — 57 ratings 18. 
The Angel Letters: Lessons That Dying Can Teach us About Living
by:
Norman J. Fried
4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings 19. 
Doctors from Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans
by:
Vivien Spitz
4.01 avg rating — 3,333 ratings 20. 
Switching Time: A Doctor's Harrowing Story of Treating a Woman with 17 Personalities
by:
Richard K. Baer
4.04 avg rating — 4,533 ratings 21. 
Preserving Memory: The Struggle to Create America's Holocaust Museum 4.01 avg rating — 278 ratings
23. 
A Season for Justice: The Life & Times of Civil Rights Lawyer Morris Dees
by:
Morris Dees
4.17 avg rating — 87 ratings 
