Best Non-Fiction Books

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Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty 4.23 avg rating — 29,466 ratings
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Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 651,004 ratings
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A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember 4.09 avg rating — 27,696 ratings
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 3.92 avg rating — 289,257 ratings
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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon 3.90 avg rating — 106,844 ratings
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed 3.93 avg rating — 73,877 ratings
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The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance that Changed the World
The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance that Changed the World
by: Greg King
4.04 avg rating — 1,652 ratings
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 4.30 avg rating — 569,021 ratings
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A Brief History of Time
A Brief History of Time 4.21 avg rating — 467,077 ratings
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Het Achterhuis: dagboekbrieven 12 Juni 1942 - 1 Augustus 1944
Het Achterhuis: dagboekbrieven 12 Juni 1942 - 1 Augustus 1944 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,818 ratings
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus 4.05 avg rating — 93,191 ratings
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The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg
The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg 4.05 avg rating — 6,114 ratings
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 445,098 ratings
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Alive, Alive Oh!: And Other Things That Matter
Alive, Alive Oh!: And Other Things That Matter 3.83 avg rating — 1,048 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 — 157,332 ratings
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Jane Austen's Letters
Jane Austen's Letters 4.09 avg rating — 377 ratings
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The Getting of Wisdom
The Getting of Wisdom 3.48 avg rating — 1,650 ratings
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The Origin of Species
The Origin of Species 4.01 avg rating — 120,199 ratings
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Voyage of the Beagle
Voyage of the Beagle 4.02 avg rating — 8,292 ratings
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John le Carré: The Biography
John le Carré: The Biography 3.95 avg rating — 987 ratings
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Janet Frame: The Complete Autobiography (Autobiography, #1-3)
Janet Frame: The Complete Autobiography (Autobiography, #1-3) 4.21 avg rating — 2,517 ratings
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She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth 4.04 avg rating — 8,387 ratings
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The White Road: Journey Into an Obsession
The White Road: Journey Into an Obsession 3.81 avg rating — 1,385 ratings
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Am I Going To Be Okay?
Am I Going To Be Okay? 4.60 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Don't Take Your Love to Town
Don't Take Your Love to Town 3.93 avg rating — 257 ratings
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The Fate of the Romanovs
The Fate of the Romanovs
by: Greg King
4.09 avg rating — 898 ratings
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Georgette Heyer's Regency England
Georgette Heyer's Regency England 3.69 avg rating — 42 ratings
28.
The Man who Made Things out of Trees
The Man who Made Things out of Trees 3.88 avg rating — 651 ratings
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My History: A Memoir of Growing Up
My History: A Memoir of Growing Up 3.49 avg rating — 360 ratings
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time 3.66 avg rating — 358,694 ratings
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Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art
Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art 3.99 avg rating — 1,264 ratings
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A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid
A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid 4.15 avg rating — 1,201 ratings
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Greater Love
Greater Love
by: Don Shaw
3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art 4.52 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Italian Renaissance Drawings from the Musée du Louvre, Paris: Roman, Tuscan, and Emilian Schools, 1500–1575
Italian Renaissance Drawings from the Musée du Louvre, Paris: Roman, Tuscan, and Emilian Schools, 1500–1575 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Railways: Nation, Network and People
The Railways: Nation, Network and People 4.14 avg rating — 310 ratings
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Century of British Cooking
Century of British Cooking 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings
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A Russian Journal
A Russian Journal 4.09 avg rating — 4,380 ratings
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Living on Paper: Letters from Iris Murdoch, 1934-1995
Living on Paper: Letters from Iris Murdoch, 1934-1995 4.06 avg rating — 93 ratings
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Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink
Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink 3.82 avg rating — 3,878 ratings
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Every Time a Friend Succeeds Something Inside Me Dies: The Life of Gore Vidal
Every Time a Friend Succeeds Something Inside Me Dies: The Life of Gore Vidal 3.91 avg rating — 486 ratings
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A Fortunate Life
A Fortunate Life 4.25 avg rating — 9,642 ratings
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The Road from Coorain
The Road from Coorain 4.02 avg rating — 13,391 ratings
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Charlotte Brontë: A Life
Charlotte Brontë: A Life 4.25 avg rating — 1,941 ratings
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In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom 4.49 avg rating — 99,443 ratings
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Searching for Schindler: A Memoir
Searching for Schindler: A Memoir 3.96 avg rating — 1,039 ratings
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1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear
1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear 4.06 avg rating — 2,430 ratings
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The Life of Charlotte Brontë
The Life of Charlotte Brontë 3.85 avg rating — 8,902 ratings
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She Wolves: The Notorious Queens of Medieval England
She Wolves: The Notorious Queens of Medieval England 3.90 avg rating — 609 ratings
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Ada, the Enchantress of Numbers: A Selection from the Letters of Lord Byron's Daughter and Her Description of the First Computer
Ada, the Enchantress of Numbers: A Selection from the Letters of Lord Byron's Daughter and Her Description of the First Computer 3.38 avg rating — 129 ratings
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Nemesis: One Man and the Battle For Rio
Nemesis: One Man and the Battle For Rio 4.22 avg rating — 1,970 ratings
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Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith 3.06 avg rating — 1,256 ratings
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Tracy
Tracy 4.15 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads
Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads 3.78 avg rating — 5,798 ratings
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The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh's Notorious Burke and Hare and of the Man of Science Who Abetted Them in the Commission of Their Most Heinous Crimes
The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh's Notorious Burke and Hare and of the Man of Science Who Abetted Them in the Commission of Their Most Heinous Crimes 3.66 avg rating — 188 ratings
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Annihilation of Caste
Annihilation of Caste 4.61 avg rating — 8,312 ratings
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating — 120,300 ratings
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Resilience Road: Exploring Your Authentic Life Path
Resilience Road: Exploring Your Authentic Life Path 3.98 avg rating — 367 ratings
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The Science of Love and Attraction: The long-hidden neurobiological secrets to improve your social and romantic life
The Science of Love and Attraction: The long-hidden neurobiological secrets to improve your social and romantic life 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Make Every Move a Meditation: Mindful Movement for Mental Health, Well-Being, and Insight
Make Every Move a Meditation: Mindful Movement for Mental Health, Well-Being, and Insight 3.89 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Religion Unplugged: Spirituality or Fanaticism?
Religion Unplugged: Spirituality or Fanaticism? 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Dog Fence: A Journey Across the Heart of Australia
The Dog Fence: A Journey Across the Heart of Australia 3.68 avg rating — 88 ratings
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My Journey to Paradise
My Journey to Paradise 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Khairlanji: A Strange and Bitter Crop
Khairlanji: A Strange and Bitter Crop 4.65 avg rating — 26 ratings
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I Just Kept Walking (20 Years Homeless)
I Just Kept Walking (20 Years Homeless) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Resilience Road: Exploring Your Authentic Life Path
Resilience Road: Exploring Your Authentic Life Path 3.98 avg rating — 367 ratings
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A Daily Dose of Now: 365 Mindfulness Meditation Practices for Living in the Moment
A Daily Dose of Now: 365 Mindfulness Meditation Practices for Living in the Moment 4.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Communication: From Pheromones to the Internet and Beyond
Communication: From Pheromones to the Internet and Beyond 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings
68.
Mailman of the Birdsville Track: The Story of Tom Kruse
Mailman of the Birdsville Track: The Story of Tom Kruse 3.90 avg rating — 230 ratings
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The Hospital by the River
The Hospital by the River 4.10 avg rating — 2,573 ratings
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White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth Century India
White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth Century India 3.96 avg rating — 5,057 ratings
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A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi
A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi 3.74 avg rating — 1,149 ratings
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A Daily Dose of Now: 365 Mindfulness Meditation Practices for Living in the Moment
A Daily Dose of Now: 365 Mindfulness Meditation Practices for Living in the Moment 4.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The March Of Folly: From Troy To Vietnam
The March Of Folly: From Troy To Vietnam 4.02 avg rating — 7,165 ratings
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Elephant Dance: A Story of Love and War in the Kingdom of Elephants
Elephant Dance: A Story of Love and War in the Kingdom of Elephants 3.78 avg rating — 101 ratings
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity 3.98 avg rating — 114,830 ratings
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How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics 4.27 avg rating — 82,450 ratings
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Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink
Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink 3.72 avg rating — 1,922 ratings
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My Place
My Place 3.99 avg rating — 6,672 ratings
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Planet Elephant: A Story of Family, Love and the Global Wildlife Trade
Planet Elephant: A Story of Family, Love and the Global Wildlife Trade 4.08 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India
Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India 3.80 avg rating — 2,558 ratings
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals 4.19 avg rating — 208,907 ratings
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Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink
Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink 3.72 avg rating — 1,922 ratings
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A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam 3.89 avg rating — 51,739 ratings
84.
The Letters of Rachel Henning
The Letters of Rachel Henning 3.92 avg rating — 48 ratings
84.
Wilful Murder: The Sinking of the Lusitania
Wilful Murder: The Sinking of the Lusitania 4.03 avg rating — 872 ratings
84.
Francis Bacon in Your Blood: A Memoir
Francis Bacon in Your Blood: A Memoir 4.16 avg rating — 400 ratings
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Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America
Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America 3.96 avg rating — 225 ratings
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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion 4.20 avg rating — 63,336 ratings
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Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything 3.88 avg rating — 93,086 ratings
90.
Lusitania: Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age
Lusitania: Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age
by: Greg King
3.73 avg rating — 554 ratings
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Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto
Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto 4.11 avg rating — 1,313 ratings
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Jackson's Track : Memoir of a Dreamtime Place
Jackson's Track : Memoir of a Dreamtime Place 4.10 avg rating — 191 ratings
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference 4.01 avg rating — 844,314 ratings
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide 4.28 avg rating — 55,461 ratings
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Wij van de Never-Never
Wij van de Never-Never 3.66 avg rating — 1,598 ratings
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Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells
Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells 4.10 avg rating — 995 ratings
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Day of Infamy
Day of Infamy 4.12 avg rating — 4,772 ratings
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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World 4.20 avg rating — 87,501 ratings
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A Gentleman of Pleasure : One Life of John Glassco : Poet, Memoirist, Translator, and Pornographer
A Gentleman of Pleasure : One Life of John Glassco : Poet, Memoirist, Translator, and Pornographer 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings
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