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Becoming Well Read: Non-Fiction

It takes more than reading a few classics to become well read. Ideally one should read widely, across all genres.
In a bid to help myself get a little closer to being able to consider myself well read, I'm putting together a collection of TBR lists - of 50 books each - the reading of which should help get me a little closer to my goal. I naturally veer more towards some genres and not others (I tend to avoid romance and Young adult, for example), and I'm hoping this will help get me on track a little more.
If any obvious examples are missing from certain lists, there's a very good chance I'll have read it already.
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Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime
1
Trevor Noah
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
2
Henry David Thoreau
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
3
John Berendt
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
4
Dee Brown
H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
H Is for Hawk
5
Helen MacDonald
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild
6
Jon Krakauer
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
7
Charles Darwin
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
8
Plato
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey)
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
9
Stephen Covey
In the Heart of the Sea (Nathaniel Philbrick)
In the Heart of the Sea
10
Nathaniel Philbrick
Under the Tuscan Sun (Frances Mayes)
Under the Tuscan Sun
11
Frances Mayes
In a Sunburned Country (Bill Bryson)
In a Sunburned Country
12
Bill Bryson
Black Hawk Down (Mark Bowden)
Black Hawk Down
13
Mark Bowden
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
The God Delusion
14
Richard Dawkins
The Histories (Herodotus)
The Histories
15
Herodotus
Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography (Rob Lowe)
Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography
16
Rob Lowe
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos
17
Carl Sagan
Dear Fahrenheit 451 (Annie Spence)
Dear Fahrenheit 451
18
Annie Spence
Marie Antoinette (Antonia Fraser)
Marie Antoinette
19
Antonia Fraser
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (Michael Lewis)
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
20
Michael Lewis
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
21
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. 1-3 (Edward Gibbon)
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. 1-3
22
Edward Gibbon
Cash (Johnny Cash)
Cash
23
Johnny Cash
Friday Night Lights (H. G. Bissinger)
Friday Night Lights
24
H. G. Bissinger
Agent Zigzag (Ben Macintyre)
Agent Zigzag
25
Ben Macintyre
In Defense of Food (Michael Pollan)
In Defense of Food
26
Michael Pollan
Endurance (Alfred Lansing)
Endurance
27
Alfred Lansing
Mastering the Art of French Cooking (Julia Child)
Mastering the Art of French Cooking
28
Julia Child
One Summer: America, 1927 (Bill Bryson)
One Summer: America, 1927
29
Bill Bryson
The Quantum Universe (Brian Cox)
The Quantum Universe
30
Brian Cox
The Man Who Sold the World - David Bowie and the 1970s (Peter Doggett)
The Man Who Sold the World - David Bowie and the 1970s
31
Peter Doggett
Written in Bone (Sue Black)
Written in Bone
32
Sue Black
Science(Ish): The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies (Rick Edwards)
Science(Ish): The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies
33
Rick Edwards
James Joyce (Richard Ellmann)
James Joyce
34
Richard Ellmann
Audrey Hepburn (Barry Paris)
Audrey Hepburn
35
Barry Paris
Lucrezia Borgia (Maria Bellonci)
Lucrezia Borgia
36
Maria Bellonci
The Psychology of C.G. Jung: An Introduction (Jolande Jacobi)
The Psychology of C.G. Jung: An Introduction
37
Jolande Jacobi
How to Be Perfect (Michael Schur)
How to Be Perfect
38
Michael Schur
Putting the Rabbit in the Hat (Brian Cox)
Putting the Rabbit in the Hat
39
Brian Cox
As Luck Would Have It (Derek Jacobi)
As Luck Would Have It
40
Derek Jacobi
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