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Non Fiction Bad Asses

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American Desperado (Jon Roberts)
American Desperado
1
Jon Roberts
Mr Nice
Mr Nice
2
The Wolf of Wall Street
The Wolf of Wall Street
3
Marching Powder (Bolivia)
Marching Powder (Bolivia)
4
No Easy Day (Mark Owen)
No Easy Day
5
Mark Owen
Papillon (Henry Charriere)
Papillon
6
Henry Charriere
The Unexpected Spy (Tracy Walder)
The Unexpected Spy
7
Tracy Walder
El Palestino (Antonio Salas)
El Palestino
8
Antonio Salas
A Long Way Gone (Ishmael Beah)
A Long Way Gone
9
Ishmael Beah
The Accountant's Story (Roberto Escobar)
The Accountant's Story
10
Roberto Escobar
The Devil in White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Erik Larson)
The Devil in White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
11
Erik Larson
Escape From Camp 14 (Blaine Harden)
Escape From Camp 14
12
Blaine Harden
The Ice Man (Phillip Carlo)
The Ice Man
13
Phillip Carlo
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts (Joshua Hammer)
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts
14
Joshua Hammer
Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters: Thirty-Nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World Forever (Jared Knott)
Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters: Thirty-Nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World Forever
15
Jared Knott
Hotel Kerobokan (Kathryn Bonella)
Hotel Kerobokan
16
Kathryn Bonella
Touching the Void (Joe Simpson)
Touching the Void
17
Joe Simpson
Tokyo Underworld: The Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan (Robert Whiting)
Tokyo Underworld: The Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan
18
Robert Whiting
Snowing in Bali (Kathryn Bonella)
Snowing in Bali
19
Kathryn Bonella
Endurance (Alfred Lansing)
Endurance
20
Alfred Lansing
Diary of a Drug Fiend
Diary of a Drug Fiend
21
Flawless (Scott Andrew Selby)
Flawless
22
Scott Andrew Selby
Under and Alone (William Queen)
Under and Alone
23
William Queen
Unbroken (Laura Hillenbrand)
Unbroken
24
Laura Hillenbrand
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
25
Underboss (Peter Maas)
Underboss
26
Peter Maas
The Book of Honor: Covert Lives and Classified Deaths at the CIA (Ted Gup)
The Book of Honor: Covert Lives and Classified Deaths at the CIA
27
Ted Gup
Rigged: The True Story of an Ivy League Kid Who Changed the World of Oil, From Wall Street to Dubai (Ben Mezrich)
Rigged: The True Story of an Ivy League Kid Who Changed the World of Oil, From Wall Street to Dubai
28
Ben Mezrich
Ugly Americans: The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions (Ben Mezrich)
Ugly Americans: The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions
29
Ben Mezrich
The Last Narco: Inside the Hunt for El Chapo, the World's Most Wanted Drug Lord (Malcolm Beith)
The Last Narco: Inside the Hunt for El Chapo, the World's Most Wanted Drug Lord
30
Malcolm Beith
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