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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
by:
Lynne Truss
3.87 avg rating — 106,063 ratings 
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
by:
Simon Winchester
3.84 avg rating — 120,596 ratings 6. 
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
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Caitlin Doughty
4.22 avg rating — 104,605 ratings 
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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
by:
Deborah Blum
4.01 avg rating — 36,511 ratings 9. 
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
by:
Sam Kean
3.93 avg rating — 54,815 ratings 
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
by:
Dava Sobel
3.99 avg rating — 75,012 ratings 
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Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution
by:
Edward Williams
4.32 avg rating — 6,865 ratings 17. 
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
by:
Bill Bryson
4.07 avg rating — 436,076 ratings 18. 
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
by:
A.J. Jacobs
3.76 avg rating — 68,667 ratings 19. 
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
by:
Erik Larson
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 739,701 ratings 20. 
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
by:
Jon Ronson
3.95 avg rating — 155,549 ratings 21. 
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
by:
Mary Roach
3.95 avg rating — 59,455 ratings 22. 
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities
by:
Amy Stewart
3.82 avg rating — 10,909 ratings 23. 
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
by:
Steven Johnson
3.89 avg rating — 55,254 ratings 24. 
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
by:
Erik Larson
4.05 avg rating — 70,003 ratings 
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by:
Eric Schlosser
3.75 avg rating — 206,249 ratings 27. 
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
by:
David Grann
3.90 avg rating — 106,804 ratings 
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AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors
by:
Ronald M. Razmi
4.28 avg rating — 7,283 ratings 30. 
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Quantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1: Aligning with Universal Consciousness
by:
Kenneth Schmitt
4.37 avg rating — 1,527 ratings 
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Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales
by:
William M. Bass
4.22 avg rating — 13,999 ratings 34. 
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
by:
Michael Pollan
4.06 avg rating — 58,652 ratings 35. 
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession 3.44 avg rating — 13,713 ratings
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by:
Jared Diamond
3.93 avg rating — 73,868 ratings 37. 
Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
by:
John Grisham
4.12 avg rating — 20,697 ratings 
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating — 989,118 ratings
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
by:
Susan Cain
4.08 avg rating — 465,688 ratings 
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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
by:
Simon Singh
4.30 avg rating — 28,487 ratings 43. 
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
by:
John M. Barry
3.98 avg rating — 42,017 ratings 
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
by:
Mark Kurlansky
3.92 avg rating — 24,359 ratings 
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How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
by:
Thomas Cahill
3.81 avg rating — 46,383 ratings 49. 
Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World
by:
Mo Gawdat
3.82 avg rating — 3,012 ratings 50. 
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
by:
Max Tegmark
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26,825 ratings 
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Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
by:
Bill Wasik
3.72 avg rating — 11,392 ratings 53. 
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
by:
Judy Melinek
4.26 avg rating — 26,511 ratings 54. 
The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
by:
Amy Stewart
4.02 avg rating — 10,450 ratings 55. 
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
by:
Caitlin Doughty
4.30 avg rating — 45,182 ratings 
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A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains 4.46 avg rating — 3,318 ratings
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
by:
Simon Winchester
3.88 avg rating — 21,499 ratings 59. 
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
by:
Timothy Egan
4.06 avg rating — 60,115 ratings 61. 
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by:
J.D. Vance
3.85 avg rating — 488,744 ratings 62. 
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by:
Dee Brown
4.26 avg rating — 99,671 ratings 63. 
The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values
by:
Brian Christian
4.35 avg rating — 4,511 ratings 64. 
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
by:
Ross King
3.91 avg rating — 27,847 ratings 65. 
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
by:
Sy Montgomery
3.94 avg rating — 57,025 ratings 66. 
Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines
by:
Joy Buolamwini
4.11 avg rating — 1,479 ratings 
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Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
by:
Dan Koeppel
3.81 avg rating — 5,278 ratings 
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The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect
by:
Judea Pearl
3.94 avg rating — 6,381 ratings 71. 
The Poetry Pharmacy Returns: More Prescriptions for Courage, Healing and Hope
by:
William Sieghart
4.38 avg rating — 993 ratings 73. 
Co-Intelligence: The Definitive, Bestselling Guide to Living and Working with AI
by:
Ethan Mollick
3.97 avg rating — 11,512 ratings 74. 
Seeking Fairness at Work: Cracking the New Code of Greater Employee Engagement, Retention & Satisfaction 4.38 avg rating — 1,452 ratings
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Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
by:
Neil Shubin
4.04 avg rating — 28,097 ratings 
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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
by:
Chuck Klosterman
3.74 avg rating — 72,257 ratings 78. 
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
by:
Adam Hochschild
4.19 avg rating — 66,201 ratings 79. 
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
by:
Lawrence Wright
4.04 avg rating — 44,510 ratings 
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Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players
by:
Stefan Fatsis
3.82 avg rating — 5,577 ratings 83. 
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
by:
Simon Winchester
3.82 avg rating — 13,926 ratings 84. 
The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
by:
Mustafa Suleyman
3.82 avg rating — 12,105 ratings 
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What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist—the Facts of Daily Life in 19th-Century England
by:
Daniel Pool
3.85 avg rating — 5,733 ratings 
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Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code—Socialism with a Human Face:
by:
Todor Bombov
4.31 avg rating — 6,029 ratings 91. 
Wild Hope: Healing Words to Find Light on Dark Days
by:
Donna Ashworth
4.31 avg rating — 1,285 ratings 92. 
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
by:
Joshua Foer
3.88 avg rating — 93,068 ratings 93. 
The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
by:
Gavin de Becker
4.18 avg rating — 49,281 ratings 
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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective
by:
Kate Summerscale
3.51 avg rating — 24,675 ratings 96. 
Money Game: A Wealth Manifestation Guide. Level Up Your Mindset Step-By-Step & Create An Abundant Life
by:
Daniel Mangena
4.33 avg rating — 5,949 ratings 97. 
Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ
by:
Giulia Enders
4.08 avg rating — 53,714 ratings 
