favorite non-fiction
101. 
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
by:
Cal Newport
4.16 avg rating β 180,848 ratings 
102. 
The Lighthouse Effect: How Ordinary People Can Have an Extraordinary Impact in the World
by:
Steve Pemberton
4.28 avg rating β 6,252 ratings 
105. 
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness 3.84 avg rating β 92,724 ratings
106. 
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by:
Jared Diamond
3.93 avg rating β 73,869 ratings 
112. 
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
by:
Ed Catmull
4.21 avg rating β 100,159 ratings 113. 
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
by:
Robert M. Edsel
3.80 avg rating β 51,850 ratings 
116. 
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by:
David Grann
4.14 avg rating β 425,916 ratings 116. 
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
by:
Annie Duke
3.82 avg rating β 21,776 ratings 
122. 
Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
by:
John E. Douglas
4.09 avg rating β 78,648 ratings 
124. 
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions FailβBut Some Don't
by:
Nate Silver
3.97 avg rating β 51,882 ratings 125. 
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by:
J.D. Vance
3.85 avg rating β 488,777 ratings 
127. 
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134. 
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide 4.28 avg rating β 55,458 ratings
135. 
Searching for Ganesha: Collecting Images of the Sweet-Loving, Elephant-Headed Hindu Deity Everybody Admires 4.36 avg rating β 624 ratings
137. 
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
by:
Amanda Palmer
3.92 avg rating β 36,426 ratings 
139. 
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
by:
Naomi Klein
4.16 avg rating β 27,259 ratings 
141. 
Money Game: A Wealth Manifestation Guide. Level Up Your Mindset Step-By-Step & Create An Abundant Life
by:
Daniel Mangena
4.33 avg rating β 5,949 ratings 142. 
Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives
by:
Gretchen Rubin
3.82 avg rating β 42,161 ratings 143. 
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
by:
Mitch Albom
4.20 avg rating β 1,153,927 ratings 
145. 
Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters 4.13 avg rating β 16,709 ratings
147. 
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
by:
Jenny Lawson
3.89 avg rating β 171,413 ratings 
150. 
150. 
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
by:
Susan Cain
4.08 avg rating β 465,698 ratings 152. 
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
by:
Marie KondΕ
3.88 avg rating β 386,265 ratings 153. 
Emerson, the Stoics, and Me: Timeless Wisdom for Living an Authentic Life
by:
Mark Matousek
3.93 avg rating β 527 ratings 154. 
How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
by:
Michael Pollan
4.27 avg rating β 82,433 ratings 
156. 
Fate Finally Found Us: Tommy and Barbara Beal: A Compelling Story of Rock 'n' Roll, His Overcoming Addiction, and Rediscovering Love
by:
Barbara Beal
4.36 avg rating β 447 ratings 
160. 
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
by:
Malala Yousafzai
4.16 avg rating β 612,691 ratings 
163. 
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer 4.12 avg rating β 257,759 ratings
166. 
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
by:
Marcus Luttrell
4.34 avg rating β 99,158 ratings 167. 
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
by:
Sheri Fink
3.93 avg rating β 39,324 ratings 168. 
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
by:
Dava Sobel
3.99 avg rating β 75,016 ratings 169. 
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death 3.98 avg rating β 76,131 ratings
170. 
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen 4.30 avg rating β 228,772 ratings
172. 
Pro Leadership: Establishing Your Credibility, Building Your Following and Leading With Impact
by:
Andrew Wyatt
4.32 avg rating β 679 ratings 173. 
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
by:
Sam Harris
3.90 avg rating β 42,917 ratings 
176. 
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
by:
Timothy Snyder
4.27 avg rating β 89,870 ratings 177. 
He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
by:
Greg Behrendt
3.66 avg rating β 66,698 ratings 178. 
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream 4.07 avg rating β 370,571 ratings
180. 
Chasing the Devil: The Search for Africa's Fighting Spirit
by:
Tim Butcher
4.13 avg rating β 1,939 ratings 
182. 
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls
by:
Lauren Graham
3.94 avg rating β 156,080 ratings 183. 
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
by:
Julie Powell
3.71 avg rating β 160,370 ratings 184. 
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
by:
Atul Gawande
4.04 avg rating β 73,751 ratings 184. 
186. 
The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story
by:
Ann Rule
4.14 avg rating β 109,000 ratings 187. 
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
by:
Sue Klebold
4.14 avg rating β 44,117 ratings 
193. 
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
by:
Joshua Foer
3.88 avg rating β 93,068 ratings 
195. 
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
by:
Tim Marshall
4.19 avg rating β 110,337 ratings 
200. 
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 β 87,594 ratings