The Best Weird, Unusual and Different Non-fiction books
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by:
Oliver Sacks
4.05 avg rating — 239,805 ratings 4. 
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Historical Heartthrobs: 50 Timeless Crushes—From Cleopatra to Camus
by:
Kelly Murphy
3.42 avg rating — 185 ratings 
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Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
by:
Judy Melinek
4.26 avg rating — 26,519 ratings 9. 
The Oldest Dead White European Males & Other Reflections on the Classics
by:
Bernard Knox
3.69 avg rating — 147 ratings 
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The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
by:
John Vaillant
4.07 avg rating — 18,587 ratings 12. 
The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and their Patients
by:
Lucy H. Spelman
3.98 avg rating — 1,663 ratings 13. 
Jumbo: This Being the True Story of the Greatest Elephant in the World
by:
Paul Chambers
3.76 avg rating — 251 ratings 14. 
London's Labyrinth: The World Beneath the City's Streets
by:
Fiona Rule
3.86 avg rating — 80 ratings 15. 
London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets
by:
Peter Ackroyd
3.46 avg rating — 3,285 ratings 16. 
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
by:
Sy Montgomery
3.94 avg rating — 57,042 ratings 17. 
The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France
by:
Eric Jager
3.97 avg rating — 6,850 ratings 
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How to Mellify a Corpse: and Other Human Stories of Ancient Science and Superstition
by:
Vicki León
3.48 avg rating — 165 ratings 33. 
The History of the Snowman: From the Ice Age to the Flea Market
by:
Bob Eckstein
3.35 avg rating — 299 ratings 
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Working IX to V: Orgy Planners, Funeral Clowns, and Other Prized Professions of the Ancient World
by:
Vicki León
3.59 avg rating — 366 ratings 
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The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder
by:
David Quammen
4.12 avg rating — 969 ratings 40. 
Other Powers: The Age of Suffrage, Spiritualism, and the Scandalous Victoria Woodhull 3.93 avg rating — 437 ratings
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
by:
Mark Kurlansky
3.92 avg rating — 24,360 ratings 40. 
Mediating Dangerously: The Frontiers of Conflict Resolution
by:
Kenneth Cloke
4.26 avg rating — 61 ratings 40. 
Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide
by:
Peter Allison
4.02 avg rating — 11,607 ratings 40. 
47. 
We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency
by:
Parmy Olson
3.97 avg rating — 3,356 ratings 
47. 
Hugh's Hedgehog: Obsession Nostalgia And A Very British Animal
by:
Hugh Warwick
3.84 avg rating — 549 ratings 47. 
Why Pro-Life?: Caring for the Unborn and Their Mothers
by:
Randy Alcorn
4.40 avg rating — 699 ratings 47. 
53. 
Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It
by:
David M. Ewalt
3.72 avg rating — 5,014 ratings 53. 
Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves
by:
James Nestor
4.45 avg rating — 7,906 ratings 
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Odd Couples: Extraordinary Differences between the Sexes in the Animal Kingdom 3.59 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses
by:
Bess Lovejoy
3.84 avg rating — 2,083 ratings 
63. 
5 People Who Died During Sex: and 100 Other Terribly Tasteless Lists
by:
Karl Shaw
3.77 avg rating — 755 ratings 63. 
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The Last Executioner: Memoirs of Thailand's Last Prison Executioner 3.78 avg rating — 281 ratings
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Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present 4.43 avg rating — 9,664 ratings
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Constructing Sexualities: Readings in Sexuality, Gender, and Culture
by:
Suzanne LaFont
3.72 avg rating — 53 ratings 
72. 
Joystick Nation: How Videogames Ate Our Quarters, Won Our Hearts, and Rewired Our Minds
by:
J.C. Herz
3.50 avg rating — 141 ratings 72. 
War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race
by:
Edwin Black
4.22 avg rating — 990 ratings 
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76. 
The Moral Center: How Progressives Can Unite America Around Our Shared Values
by:
David Callahan
3.42 avg rating — 31 ratings 
76. 
Weird Tennessee: Your Travel Guide to Tennessee's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets
by:
Roger Manley
3.96 avg rating — 70 ratings 81. 
The Three Christs of Ypsilanti: A Psychological Study
by:
Milton Rokeach
3.71 avg rating — 1,092 ratings 81. 
Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide
by:
Andrea Lee Smith
4.33 avg rating — 1,362 ratings 81. 
Weird Georgia: Close Encounters, Strange Creatures, and Unexplained Phenomena
by:
Jim Miles
3.63 avg rating — 27 ratings 81. 
Mysterious America: The Ultimate Guide to the Nation's Weirdest Wonders, Strangest Spots, and Creepiest Creatures
by:
Loren Coleman
3.86 avg rating — 344 ratings 
85. 
Women's Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary Readings
by:
Susan Shaw
3.90 avg rating — 484 ratings 85. 
At the Edge of Uncertainty: 11 Discoveries Taking Science by Surprise
by:
Michael Brooks
3.92 avg rating — 806 ratings 85. 
Weird Georgia: Your Travel Guide to Georgia's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets
by:
Jim Miles
3.90 avg rating — 129 ratings 85. 
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How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution 4.22 avg rating — 1,785 ratings
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Lies the Government Told You: Myth, Power, and Deception in American History 4.19 avg rating — 1,027 ratings
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95. 
Killers In Eden: The True Story of Killer Whales and their Remarkable Partnership with the Whalers of Twofold Bay
by:
Danielle Clode
4.02 avg rating — 53 ratings 