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Adderall Diaries

Adderall Diaries

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American Kingpin (Nick Bilton)

American Kingpin

2

Nick Bilton

American Pain: How a Young Felon and His Ring of Doctors Unleashed America's Deadliest Drug Epidemic (John Temple)

American Pain: How a Young Felon and His Ring of Doctors Unleashed America's Deadliest Drug Epidemic

3

John Temple

Anxious for Nothing (Max Lucado)

Anxious for Nothing

4

Max Lucado

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

5

Bad Blood (John Carreyrou)

Bad Blood

6

John Carreyrou

Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)

Bad Feminist

7

Roxane Gay

Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You (Sue William Silverman)

Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You

8

Sue William Silverman

Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End (Atul Gawande)

Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End

9

Atul Gawande

Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)

Born a Crime

10

Trevor Noah

Bossypants (Tina Fey)

Bossypants

11

Tina Fey

Brain on Fire (Susannah Cahalan)

Brain on Fire

12

Susannah Cahalan

Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History (Bill Schutt)

Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History

13

Bill Schutt

Cat Daddy (Jackson Galaxy)

Cat Daddy

14

Jackson Galaxy

Chasing the Scream (Johann Hari)

Chasing the Scream

15

Johann Hari

Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster (Andrew Leatherbarrow)

Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster

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Andrew Leatherbarrow

Columbine (Dave Cullen)

Columbine

17

Dave Cullen

Dark Banquet: Blood and the Curious Lives of Blood-Feeding Creatures (Bill Schutt)

Dark Banquet: Blood and the Curious Lives of Blood-Feeding Creatures

18

Bill Schutt

Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident (Donnie Eichar)

Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident

19

Donnie Eichar

Dead Wake (Erik Larson)

Dead Wake

20

Erik Larson

The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)

The Devil in the White City

21

Erik Larson

Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three (Mara Leveritt)

Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three

22

Mara Leveritt

Dopesick (Beth Macy)

Dopesick

23

Beth Macy

Dreamland (Sam Quinones)

Dreamland

24

Sam Quinones

Educated: A Memoir (Tara Westover)

Educated: A Memoir

25

Tara Westover

Emperors of the Deep: Sharks--The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Gu (William McKeever)

Emperors of the Deep: Sharks--The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Gu

26

William McKeever

Escape From Camp 14 (Blaine Harden)

Escape From Camp 14

27

Blaine Harden

Everyday Sexism (Laura Bates)

Everyday Sexism

28

Laura Bates

The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir (Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich)

The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir

29

Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

Fearless Confessions: A Writer's Guide to Memoir (Sue William Silverman)

Fearless Confessions: A Writer's Guide to Memoir

30

Sue William Silverman

Free Refills: A Doctor Confronts His Addiction (Peter Grinspoon)

Free Refills: A Doctor Confronts His Addiction

31

Peter Grinspoon

From Our House: A Memoir (Lee Martin)

From Our House: A Memoir

32

Lee Martin

Furiously Happy (Jenny Lawson)

Furiously Happy

33

Jenny Lawson

The Gift of Fear (Gavin De Becker)

The Gift of Fear

34

Gavin De Becker

The Good Death: An Exploration of Dying in America (Ann Neumann)

The Good Death: An Exploration of Dying in America

35

Ann Neumann

Gulag: A History (Anne Applebaum)

Gulag: A History

36

Anne Applebaum

Gulp : Adventures on the Alimentary Canal (Mary Roach)

Gulp : Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

37

Mary Roach

Hell's Princess (Harold Schecter)

Hell's Princess

38

Harold Schecter

Hillbilly Elegy (JD Vance)

Hillbilly Elegy

39

JD Vance

Hyperbole and a Half (Allie Brosh)

Hyperbole and a Half

40

Allie Brosh

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