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100 Nonfiction Books for Fiction Readers

I love to read fiction, but sometimes it is harder for me to find a nonfiction book that I'll like. I asked some friends and relatives to share four of their favorite nonfiction books. (The picture books are from my niece.)
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The Accidental Truth: What My Mother's Murder Investigation Taught Me About Life (Lauri Taylor)
The Accidental Truth: What My Mother's Murder Investigation Taught Me About Life
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Lauri Taylor
America 1908 (Jim Rasenberger)
America 1908
2
Jim Rasenberger
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth (Col. Chris Hadfield)
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
3
Col. Chris Hadfield
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Barbara Kingsolver)
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
4
Barbara Kingsolver
The Art of Asking (Amanda Palmer)
The Art of Asking
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Amanda Palmer
Biking Across America: My Coast-To-Coast Adventure and the People I Met Along the Way (Paul Stutzman)
Biking Across America: My Coast-To-Coast Adventure and the People I Met Along the Way
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Paul Stutzman
Blankets (Craig Thompson)
Blankets
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Craig Thompson
The Book of My Lives
The Book of My Lives
8
Bossypants (Tina Fey)
Bossypants
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Tina Fey
Boy (Roald Dahl)
Boy
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Roald Dahl
Chasing a Croatian Girl: A Survivor's Tale (Cody McClain Brown)
Chasing a Croatian Girl: A Survivor's Tale
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Cody McClain Brown
Cinderella Ate My Daughter (Peggy Orenstein)
Cinderella Ate My Daughter
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Peggy Orenstein
Death in Yellowstone (Lee H. Whittlesey)
Death in Yellowstone
13
Lee H. Whittlesey
The Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell (Janet Wallach)
The Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell
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Janet Wallach
The Devil's Teeth (Susan Casey)
The Devil's Teeth
15
Susan Casey
The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
The Diary of Anne Frank
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Anne Frank
The Disney Version: The Life , Times, Art, and Commerce of Walt Disney (Richard Schickel)
The Disney Version: The Life , Times, Art, and Commerce of Walt Disney
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Richard Schickel
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Jean-Dominique Bauby)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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Jean-Dominique Bauby
Doomed Queens: Royal Women Who Met Bad Ends From Cleopatra to Princess Di (Kris Waldherr)
Doomed Queens: Royal Women Who Met Bad Ends From Cleopatra to Princess Di
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Kris Waldherr
The Earth Moved (Amy Stewart)
The Earth Moved
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Amy Stewart
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Lynne Truss)
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
21
Lynne Truss
Elephants on Acid and Other Bizarre Experiments by Alex Boese
Elephants on Acid and Other Bizarre Experiments by Alex Boese
22
The End of Your Life Book Club (Will Schwalbe)
The End of Your Life Book Club
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Will Schwalbe
Finding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness Explorer (David Roberts)
Finding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness Explorer
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David Roberts
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear (Lindsay Mattick)
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear
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Lindsay Mattick
The Freedom Writers Diary (The Freedom Writers)
The Freedom Writers Diary
26
The Freedom Writers
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
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Alison Bechdel
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
28
Jeannette Walls
Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults (Jessica Pan)
Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults
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Jessica Pan
Great Soul of Siberia: Passion, Obsession, and One Man's Quest for the World's Most Elusive Tiger (Sooyong Park)
Great Soul of Siberia: Passion, Obsession, and One Man's Quest for the World's Most Elusive Tiger
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Sooyong Park
The Great Taos Bank Robbery: And Other True Stories of the Southwest (Tony Hillerman)
The Great Taos Bank Robbery: And Other True Stories of the Southwest
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Tony Hillerman
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
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Jared Diamond
The Happiness Project (Gretchen Rubin)
The Happiness Project
33
Gretchen Rubin
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance (Edmund De Waal)
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
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Edmund De Waal
Hiroshima, John Hersey
Hiroshima, John Hersey
35
A History of Future Cities
A History of Future Cities
36
A History of the World in 12 Maps (Jerry Brotton)
A History of the World in 12 Maps
37
Jerry Brotton
The IKEA Story (Bertil Torekull)
The IKEA Story
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Bertil Torekull
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
39
Rebecca Skloot
In Search of the Perfect Loaf: A Home Baker's Odyssey (Samuel Fromartz)
In Search of the Perfect Loaf: A Home Baker's Odyssey
40
Samuel Fromartz
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