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Emily's Recommended Non-Fiction Books

From memoirs to history, science to philosophy, there's so much to learn from a good book! I can recommend these ones as both enjoyable and informative.
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A Coffin for King Charles (C.V. Wedgwood)
A Coffin for King Charles
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C.V. Wedgwood
A Cook's Tour (Anthony Bourdain)
A Cook's Tour
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Anthony Bourdain
A Jane Austen Education (WILLIAM DERESIEWICZ)
A Jane Austen Education
3
WILLIAM DERESIEWICZ
Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village (Ronald Blythe)
Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village
4
Ronald Blythe
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward)
All the President's Men
5
Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward
America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America (Jim Wallis)
America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
6
Jim Wallis
Ballad of the Whiskey Robber
Ballad of the Whiskey Robber
7
Beautiful Swimmers (William W. Warner)
Beautiful Swimmers
8
William W. Warner
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
9
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
10
Richard Wright
Blink (Malcolm Gladwell)
Blink
11
Malcolm Gladwell
Coming of Age in the Milky Way (Timothy Ferris)
Coming of Age in the Milky Way
12
Timothy Ferris
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (Alexandra Fuller)
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
13
Alexandra Fuller
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life (Alison Weir)
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life
14
Alison Weir
Factfulness (Hans Rosling)
Factfulness
15
Hans Rosling
Fannie's Last Supper (Christopher Kimball)
Fannie's Last Supper
16
Christopher Kimball
Friday Night Lights (H. G. Bissinger)
Friday Night Lights
17
H. G. Bissinger
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America (Firoozeh Dumas)
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
18
Firoozeh Dumas
Hallucinations (Oliver Sacks)
Hallucinations
19
Oliver Sacks
Home: A Short History of an Idea (Witold Rybczynski)
Home: A Short History of an Idea
20
Witold Rybczynski
I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
I Am Malala
21
Malala Yousafzai
Imagined London (Anna Quindlen)
Imagined London
22
Anna Quindlen
In Defense of Food (Michael Pollan)
In Defense of Food
23
Michael Pollan
Kitchen Confidential (Anthony Bourdain)
Kitchen Confidential
24
Anthony Bourdain
Letter to My Daughter (Maya Angelou)
Letter to My Daughter
25
Maya Angelou
Letters of a Woman Homesteader (Elinore Pruitt Stewart)
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
26
Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Lost in Place (Mark Salzman)
Lost in Place
27
Mark Salzman
Love's Work (Gillian Rose)
Love's Work
28
Gillian Rose
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking (Anya Von Bremzen)
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking
29
Anya Von Bremzen
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
30
John Berendt
Miss Ulysses From Puka-Puka (Johnny Frisbie)
Miss Ulysses From Puka-Puka
31
Johnny Frisbie
Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing (Jacob Goldstein)
Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing
32
Jacob Goldstein
My Life in France (Julia Child)
My Life in France
33
Julia Child
Notes From a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
Notes From a Small Island
34
Bill Bryson
Paris to the Moon
Paris to the Moon
35
Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World (Henry Grabar)
Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
36
Henry Grabar
Picnic in Provence: A Memoir in Recipes (Elizabeth Bard)
Picnic in Provence: A Memoir in Recipes
37
Elizabeth Bard
Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages (Ammon Shea)
Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages
38
Ammon Shea
Serve It Forth (M. F. K. Fisher)
Serve It Forth
39
M. F. K. Fisher
Sex With Kings (Eleanor Herman)
Sex With Kings
40
Eleanor Herman
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