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Kirkus Best Nonfiction of 2014

Here is a list of Kurkus Review's best nonfiction of the year 2014. How many of these have you read?
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Adventures in the Anthropocene (Gaia Vince)
Adventures in the Anthropocene
1
Gaia Vince
After the Wind (Lou Kasischke)
After the Wind
2
Lou Kasischke
The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era (Craig Nelson)
The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era
3
Craig Nelson
American Boys (Louise Esola)
American Boys
4
Louise Esola
Answer to the Riddle Is Me (David Stuart MacLean)
Answer to the Riddle Is Me
5
David Stuart MacLean
Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, a (Peter Stark)
Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, A
6
Peter Stark
Behind the Lines (Jeffrey B. Miller)
Behind the Lines
7
Jeffrey B. Miller
The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet (Nina Teicholz)
The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet
8
Nina Teicholz
Boy on Ice: The Life and Death of Derek Boogaard (John Branch)
Boy on Ice: The Life and Death of Derek Boogaard
9
John Branch
The Brief and Tragic Life of Robert Peace (Jeff Hobbs)
The Brief and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
10
Jeff Hobbs
Busted (Wendy Ruderman)
Busted
11
Wendy Ruderman
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? (Roz Chast)
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
12
Roz Chast
Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Thomas Piketty)
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
13
Thomas Piketty
Careless People (Sarah Churchwell)
Careless People
14
Sarah Churchwell
The Cause of All Nations: An International History of the American Civil War (Don H. Doyle)
The Cause of All Nations: An International History of the American Civil War
15
Don H. Doyle
A Chicano in the White House: The Nixon No One Knew (Henry M. Ramirez)
A Chicano in the White House: The Nixon No One Knew
16
Henry M. Ramirez
Cities of Empire (Tristram Hunt)
Cities of Empire
17
Tristram Hunt
A Cup of Water Under My Bed (Daisy Hernández)
A Cup of Water Under My Bed
18
Daisy Hernández
Dark Invasion (Howard Blum)
Dark Invasion
19
Howard Blum
A Deadly Wandering (Matt Richtel)
A Deadly Wandering
20
Matt Richtel
Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee: A Look Inside North Korea (Jang Jin-Sung)
Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee: A Look Inside North Korea
21
Jang Jin-Sung
The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap (Matt Taibbi)
The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap
22
Matt Taibbi
The Double Life of Paul De Man (Evelyn Barish)
The Double Life of Paul De Man
23
Evelyn Barish
The Empathy Exams: Essays (Leslie Jamison)
The Empathy Exams: Essays
24
Leslie Jamison
The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World (Greg Grandin)
The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World
25
Greg Grandin
Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People (Elizabeth A. Fenn)
Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People
26
Elizabeth A. Fenn
Factory Man
Factory Man
27
Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War (Mark Harris)
Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War
28
Mark Harris
Flash Boys (Michael Lewis)
Flash Boys
29
Michael Lewis
Forcing the Spring
Forcing the Spring
30
Getting Schooled: The Reeducation of an American Teacher (Garret Keizer)
Getting Schooled: The Reeducation of an American Teacher
31
Garret Keizer
The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld
The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld
32
Hack Attack (Nick Davies)
Hack Attack
33
Nick Davies
Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistle-Blower, Spy (Gabriella Coleman)
Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistle-Blower, Spy
34
Gabriella Coleman
The Half Has Never Been Told (Edward E. Baptist)
The Half Has Never Been Told
35
Edward E. Baptist
The Heathen School (John Demos)
The Heathen School
36
John Demos
Heroes and Giants (Douglas B. Ashby)
Heroes and Giants
37
Douglas B. Ashby
History Lessons (Clifton Crais)
History Lessons
38
Clifton Crais
The History of Rock 'N' Roll in Ten Songs (Greil Marcus)
The History of Rock 'N' Roll in Ten Songs
39
Greil Marcus
Hope: Entertainer of the Century (Richard Zoglin)
Hope: Entertainer of the Century
40
Richard Zoglin
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