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100 Non-Fiction Reads That Will Make You Smarter

These are 100 Non-Fiction reads tackling various topics. I personally found all of these enlightening.
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Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime
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Trevor Noah
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists
2
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
3
Roxane Gay
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Azar Nafisi)
Reading Lolita in Tehran
4
Azar Nafisi
Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
Down and Out in Paris and London
5
George Orwell
Hunger (Roxane Gay)
Hunger
6
Roxane Gay
Know My Name (Chanel Miller)
Know My Name
7
Chanel Miller
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
8
James Baldwin
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone (Lori Gottlieb)
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
9
Lori Gottlieb
Invisible Women (Caroline Criado-Pérez)
Invisible Women
10
Caroline Criado-Pérez
Men Explain Things to Me (Rebecca Solnit)
Men Explain Things to Me
11
Rebecca Solnit
Everything I Know About Love (Dolly Alderton)
Everything I Know About Love
12
Dolly Alderton
Bad Blood (John Carreyrou)
Bad Blood
13
John Carreyrou
A Small Place (Jamaica Kincaid)
A Small Place
14
Jamaica Kincaid
The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus
15
Albert Camus
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
16
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl (Carrie Brownstein)
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
17
Carrie Brownstein
Three Women (Lisa Taddeo)
Three Women
18
Lisa Taddeo
On Tyranny (Timothy Snyder)
On Tyranny
19
Timothy Snyder
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Reni Eddo-Lodge)
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
20
Reni Eddo-Lodge
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son
21
James Baldwin
At the Existentialist Cafe (Sarah Bakewell)
At the Existentialist Cafe
22
Sarah Bakewell
The Unwomanly Face of War (Svetlana Alexievich)
The Unwomanly Face of War
23
Svetlana Alexievich
Notes on Nationalism (George Orwell)
Notes on Nationalism
24
George Orwell
The Cost of Living (Deborah Levy)
The Cost of Living
25
Deborah Levy
My Body (Emily Ratajkowski)
My Body
26
Emily Ratajkowski
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki (Baek Sehee)
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki
27
Baek Sehee
90s Bitch (Allison Yarrow)
90s Bitch
28
Allison Yarrow
You Will Not Have My Hate (Antoine Leiris)
You Will Not Have My Hate
29
Antoine Leiris
It's Not About the Burqa (Ed. Miriam Khan)
It's Not About the Burqa
30
Ed. Miriam Khan
White Tears Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Colour (Ruby Hamad)
White Tears Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Colour
31
Ruby Hamad
Stay True (Hua Hsu)
Stay True
32
Hua Hsu
Changing My Mind (Zadie Smith)
Changing My Mind
33
Zadie Smith
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
34
No Is Not Enough (Naomi Klein)
No Is Not Enough
35
Naomi Klein
Wordslut (Amanda Montell)
Wordslut
36
Amanda Montell
Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man (Emmanuel Acho)
Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
37
Emmanuel Acho
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion (Jia Tolentino)
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
38
Jia Tolentino
Fascism: A Warning (Madeleine Albright)
Fascism: A Warning
39
Madeleine Albright
The Age of Magical Overthinking (Amanda Montell)
The Age of Magical Overthinking
40
Amanda Montell
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