Best Non-Fiction Books of 2013 by Tyler Cowen
2. 
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East
by:
Scott Anderson
4.08 avg rating — 16,526 ratings 3. 
The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772–1832
by:
Alan Taylor
4.16 avg rating — 765 ratings 
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China's War with Japan, 1937-1945: The Struggle for Survival
by:
Rana Mitter
4.13 avg rating — 2,173 ratings 7. 
Vodka Politics: Alcohol, Autocracy, and the Secret History of the Russian State 3.98 avg rating — 404 ratings
8. 
How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
by:
Joe Studwell
4.26 avg rating — 4,886 ratings 9. 
Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman
by:
Jeremy Adelman
4.15 avg rating — 218 ratings 
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Blood Royal: A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris
by:
Eric Jager
3.82 avg rating — 1,690 ratings 14. 
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
by:
Lawrence Wright
4.04 avg rating — 44,513 ratings 
16. 
Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight
by:
M.E. Thomas
3.23 avg rating — 18,008 ratings 17. 
War from the Ground Up: Twenty-First Century Combat as Politics
by:
Emile Simpson
4.04 avg rating — 206 ratings 
20. 
The Bet: Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble over Earth's Future
by:
Paul Sabin
3.69 avg rating — 389 ratings 21. 
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume 1: From Grantham to the Falklands
by:
Charles Moore
4.17 avg rating — 1,211 ratings 22. 
The Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion
by:
Virginia Postrel
3.92 avg rating — 307 ratings 23. 
The Why Axis: Hidden Motives and The Undiscovered Economics of Everyday Life
by:
Uri Gneezy
3.67 avg rating — 1,333 ratings 24. 
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The Undercover Economist Strikes Back: How to Run-or Ruin-an Economy
by:
Tim Harford
3.92 avg rating — 3,203 ratings 