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Best Nonfiction I've Read

A comprehensive list of the nonfiction titles I have read since 1990 to the present that had an influence on me
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The Fox Hunt: A Refugee's Memoir of Coming to America (Mohammed Al Samawi)
The Fox Hunt: A Refugee's Memoir of Coming to America
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Mohammed Al Samawi
Tuesdays With Morrie
Tuesdays With Morrie
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The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
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Alexander
Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Svetlana Alexievich)
Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
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Svetlana Alexievich
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (David Allen)
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
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David Allen
Eisenhower, Volume II: The President (Stephen E. Ambrose)
Eisenhower, Volume II: The President
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Stephen E. Ambrose
Across the River: Life, Death, and Football in an American City (Kent Babb)
Across the River: Life, Death, and Football in an American City
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Kent Babb
See No Evil
See No Evil
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A Long Way Gone (Ishmael Beah)
A Long Way Gone
9
Ishmael Beah
The Longest War (Peter L. Bergen)
The Longest War
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Peter L. Bergen
Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden From 9/11 to Abbottabad (Peter L. Bergen)
Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden From 9/11 to Abbottabad
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Peter L. Bergen
The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev, 1960–1963 (Michael R. Beschloss)
The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev, 1960–1963
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Michael R. Beschloss
Presidents of War (Michael Beschloss)
Presidents of War
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Michael Beschloss
The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames (Kai Bird)
The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames
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Kai Bird
Robert Kennedy in His Own Words: The Unpublished Recollections of the Kennedy Years (Robert Kennedy)
Robert Kennedy in His Own Words: The Unpublished Recollections of the Kennedy Years
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Robert Kennedy
The Last Season (Eric Blehm)
The Last Season
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Eric Blehm
The Only Thing Worth Dying for (Eric Blehm)
The Only Thing Worth Dying For
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Eric Blehm
Thieves of Baghdad (Matthew Bogdonos)
Thieves of Baghdad
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Matthew Bogdonos
The Gardner Heist (Ulrich Boser)
The Gardner Heist
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Ulrich Boser
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Anthony Bourdain)
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
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Anthony Bourdain
Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam (Mark Bowden)
Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam
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Mark Bowden
Black Hawk Down (Mark Bowden)
Black Hawk Down
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Mark Bowden
The Finish (Mark Bowden)
The Finish
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Mark Bowden
Hue 1968 (Bowden)
Hue 1968
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Bowden
Parting the Waters (Taylor Branch)
Parting the Waters
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Taylor Branch
At Canan's Edge (Taylor Branch)
At Canan's Edge
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Taylor Branch
Pillar of Fire (Taylor Branch)
Pillar of Fire
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Taylor Branch
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Lut
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Lut
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I'm Still Here (Austin Channing Brown)
I'm Still Here
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Austin Channing Brown
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
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Dee Brown
Eyeball to Eyeball (Dino Brugioni)
Eyeball to Eyeball
31
Dino Brugioni
A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)
A Walk in the Woods
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Bill Bryson
A Lucky Child (Thomas Buergenthal)
A Lucky Child
33
Thomas Buergenthal
Ghost (Fred Burton)
Ghost
34
Fred Burton
How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)
How to Win Friends and Influence People
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Dale Carnegie
All That You Leave Behind (Erin Lee Carr)
All That You Leave Behind
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Erin Lee Carr
Bad Blood (John Carreyrou)
Bad Blood
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John Carreyrou
Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty (Maurice Chammah)
Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty
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Maurice Chammah
Imperial Life in the Emerald City (Rajiv Chandrasekaran)
Imperial Life in the Emerald City
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Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
Alexander Hamilton
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Ron Chernow
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