Must Read Non-Fiction

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The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,072,562 ratings
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Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,063 ratings
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster 4.26 avg rating — 550,888 ratings
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Into the Wild
Into the Wild 4.02 avg rating — 1,165,484 ratings
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 4.01 avg rating — 885,778 ratings
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything 4.22 avg rating — 412,792 ratings
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The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,455 ratings
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In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,281 ratings
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith 4.01 avg rating — 220,421 ratings
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Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 650,921 ratings
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 739,694 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 — 444,997 ratings
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Outliers: The Story of Success
Outliers: The Story of Success 4.19 avg rating — 845,687 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 — 844,184 ratings
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Walden or, Life in the Woods
Walden or, Life in the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 200,828 ratings
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The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom 4.47 avg rating — 348,466 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 — 208,893 ratings
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 3.65 avg rating — 194,440 ratings
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Mary Edwards Walker: America's Only Female Medal of Honor Recipient
Mary Edwards Walker: America's Only Female Medal of Honor Recipient 4.37 avg rating — 7,944 ratings
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating — 989,112 ratings
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Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love 3.64 avg rating — 1,819,685 ratings
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.13 avg rating — 786,967 ratings
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation 3.87 avg rating — 106,063 ratings
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail 4.07 avg rating — 436,071 ratings
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Mere Christianity
Mere Christianity 4.36 avg rating — 447,015 ratings
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Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond
Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond 4.30 avg rating — 4,842 ratings
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by: Dee Brown
4.26 avg rating — 99,670 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 — 358,684 ratings
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The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus 4.58 avg rating — 245,637 ratings
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking 3.96 avg rating — 614,647 ratings
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The Communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto
by: Karl Marx
3.67 avg rating — 189,210 ratings
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson 4.20 avg rating — 1,153,831 ratings
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating — 285,144 ratings
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Hiroshima
Hiroshima 4.04 avg rating — 86,427 ratings
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 3.75 avg rating — 206,250 ratings
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft 4.34 avg rating — 310,083 ratings
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 568,887 ratings
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The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating — 199,550 ratings
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating — 192,407 ratings
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism 4.29 avg rating — 51,927 ratings
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Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman 4.09 avg rating — 42,506 ratings
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Infidel
Infidel 4.20 avg rating — 91,942 ratings
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Lost in Yaba: Down and Out in Laos
Lost in Yaba: Down and Out in Laos 3.86 avg rating — 1,633 ratings
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The Yankee Way: The Untold Inside Story of the Brian Cashman Era
The Yankee Way: The Untold Inside Story of the Brian Cashman Era 4.27 avg rating — 863 ratings
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The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership
The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership 4.21 avg rating — 6,094 ratings
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Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating — 1,160,414 ratings
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You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television
You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television 3.97 avg rating — 3,623 ratings
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Through My Eyes
Through My Eyes
by: Tim Tebow
3.94 avg rating — 12,859 ratings
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Browns Town 1964: The Cleveland Browns and the 1964 Championship
Browns Town 1964: The Cleveland Browns and the 1964 Championship 4.20 avg rating — 450 ratings
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The God Delusion
The God Delusion 3.90 avg rating — 279,305 ratings
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The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson
The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson 4.18 avg rating — 3,462 ratings
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating — 120,266 ratings
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Talking to GOATs: The Moments You Remember and the Stories You Never Heard
Talking to GOATs: The Moments You Remember and the Stories You Never Heard
by: Jim Gray
3.98 avg rating — 1,846 ratings
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Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code—Socialism with a Human Face:
Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code—Socialism with a Human Face: 4.31 avg rating — 6,029 ratings
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The Truth About Aaron: My Journey to Understand My Brother
The Truth About Aaron: My Journey to Understand My Brother really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,708 ratings
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking 4.08 avg rating — 465,684 ratings
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Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating — 832,257 ratings
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QB: My Life Behind the Spiral
QB: My Life Behind the Spiral 4.26 avg rating — 3,458 ratings
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A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 455,025 ratings
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The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene 4.16 avg rating — 189,037 ratings
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Columbine
Columbine 4.29 avg rating — 99,717 ratings
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America's Game: The NFL at 100
America's Game: The NFL at 100 4.02 avg rating — 507 ratings
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SUGAR BEAR: Life Lessons, Leadership, and the Legacy of a High School Coach
SUGAR BEAR: Life Lessons, Leadership, and the Legacy of a High School Coach 4.24 avg rating — 382 ratings
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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books 3.66 avg rating — 138,458 ratings
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Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time
Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time 4.11 avg rating — 2,051 ratings
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Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors 4.14 avg rating — 80,871 ratings
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong 3.97 avg rating — 72,713 ratings
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The Origin of Species
The Origin of Species 4.01 avg rating — 120,181 ratings
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Montana: The Biography of Football's Joe Cool
Montana: The Biography of Football's Joe Cool 4.07 avg rating — 638 ratings
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The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire
The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire 4.16 avg rating — 1,894 ratings
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln 4.28 avg rating — 196,280 ratings
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The Last Lecture
The Last Lecture 4.26 avg rating — 359,301 ratings
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures 4.20 avg rating — 87,591 ratings
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The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,423 ratings
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 4.34 avg rating — 1,201,493 ratings
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Unlock Your Deliverance: Keys to Freedom From Demonic Oppression
Unlock Your Deliverance: Keys to Freedom From Demonic Oppression 4.31 avg rating — 4,139 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 — 73,868 ratings
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany 4.22 avg rating — 144,561 ratings
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary 3.84 avg rating — 120,597 ratings
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A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century 4.05 avg rating — 43,230 ratings
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84, Charing Cross Road
84, Charing Cross Road 4.16 avg rating — 93,078 ratings
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers 4.06 avg rating — 234,424 ratings
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God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything 3.96 avg rating — 111,004 ratings
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Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action 4.10 avg rating — 257,684 ratings
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Marie Antoinette: The Journey
Marie Antoinette: The Journey 3.94 avg rating — 38,044 ratings
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The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for? 3.98 avg rating — 287,947 ratings
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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl 4.06 avg rating — 60,114 ratings
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AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors
AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors 4.28 avg rating — 7,283 ratings
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Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog
Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog 4.14 avg rating — 475,385 ratings
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The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World 4.51 avg rating — 84,805 ratings
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The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times 4.27 avg rating — 94,797 ratings
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The Invention of Christianity
The Invention of Christianity 4.10 avg rating — 230 ratings
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The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way 3.91 avg rating — 43,550 ratings
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Kon-Tiki
Kon-Tiki 4.16 avg rating — 24,588 ratings
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What Happened
What Happened 3.92 avg rating — 60,668 ratings
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Educated
Educated 4.47 avg rating — 1,772,507 ratings
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The Color of Water
The Color of Water 4.15 avg rating — 131,546 ratings
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Living Fearless: Exchanging the Lies of the World for the Liberating Truth of God
Living Fearless: Exchanging the Lies of the World for the Liberating Truth of God
by: Winship
4.43 avg rating — 3,100 ratings
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage 4.46 avg rating — 155,641 ratings
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Heaven - Bible Study Book with Video Access: When Faith Becomes Sight
Heaven - Bible Study Book with Video Access: When Faith Becomes Sight 4.31 avg rating — 395 ratings
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