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111 Books to Read Before Your Brain Atrophies - Page 2

About 9 years ago, members of Librarything's Green Dragon Pub decided to create a list of nonfiction books to read before your brain turns to mush. This is that list.
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Three Cups of Tea (Greg Mortenson)
Three Cups of Tea
41
Greg Mortenson
A Gentle Madness (Nicholas Basbanes)
A Gentle Madness
42
Nicholas Basbanes
An Anthropologist on Mars
An Anthropologist on Mars
43
Band of Brothers (Stephen Ambrose)
Band of Brothers
44
Stephen Ambrose
Galileo's Daughter (Dava Sobel)
Galileo's Daughter
45
Dava Sobel
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas R. Hofstadter)
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
46
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air
47
Jon Krakauer
Notes From a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
Notes From a Small Island
48
Bill Bryson
The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking (Simon Singh)
The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking
49
Simon Singh
The Complete Maus (Art Speigelman)
The Complete Maus
50
Art Speigelman
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
51
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
52
Plato
The World Without Us (Alan Weisman)
The World Without Us
53
Alan Weisman
Travels With Charley (John Steinbeck)
Travels With Charley
54
John Steinbeck
The Crack at the Edge of the World (Simon Winchester)
The Crack at the Edge of the World
55
Simon Winchester
A Grief Observed (C. S. Lewis)
A Grief Observed
56
C. S. Lewis
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
57
Mary Wollstonecraft
Confessions (Saint Augustine)
Confessions
58
Saint Augustine
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima
59
John Hersey
The Kama Sutra (Mallanaga Vātsyāyana)
The Kama Sutra
60
Mallanaga Vātsyāyana
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed
61
Barbara Ehrenreich
Our Bodies, Ourselves (Judith Norsigian)
Our Bodies, Ourselves
62
Judith Norsigian
The Science of Discworld (Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen)
The Science of Discworld
63
Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
64
Rachel Carson
The Blind Watchmaker
The Blind Watchmaker
65
The Great Influenza (John M. Barry)
The Great Influenza
66
John M. Barry
The Histories (Herodotus)
The Histories
67
Herodotus
The Perfect Storm (Sebastian Junger)
The Perfect Storm
68
Sebastian Junger
Voyage of the Beagle (Charles Darwin)
Voyage of the Beagle
69
Charles Darwin
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
70
Henry David Thoreau
Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin
Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin
71
1491
1491
72
A Distant Mirror (Barbara Tuchman)
A Distant Mirror
73
Barbara Tuchman
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (E.C. Brewer)
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
74
E.C. Brewer
Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
Democracy in America
75
Alexis De Tocqueville
Gift From the Sea (Anne Morrow Lindbergh)
Gift From the Sea
76
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
In the Shadow of Man (Jane Goodall)
In the Shadow of Man
77
Jane Goodall
John Adams (David McCullough)
John Adams
78
David McCullough
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
79
Viktor Frankl
Menagerie Manor (Gerald Durrell)
Menagerie Manor
80
Gerald Durrell
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