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Non-Fiction Books Lacy Recommends

50 non-fiction books I've read and can recommend you read, too. There are dozens of best-selling books about art, science, and history, but these are well-organized and in many cases read as easily as your favorite fiction.
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Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Caroline Criado-Perez)
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
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Caroline Criado-Perez
The Man on the Mountaintop (Susan Trott)
The Man on the Mountaintop
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Susan Trott
Galileo's Daughter (Dava Sobel)
Galileo's Daughter
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Dava Sobel
Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling (Ross King)
Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
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Ross King
Leonardo and the Last Supper (Ross King)
Leonardo and the Last Supper
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Ross King
Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane (Andrew Graham-Dixon)
Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane
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Andrew Graham-Dixon
Seabiscuit (Laura Hillenbrand)
Seabiscuit
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Laura Hillenbrand
Color (Victoria Finlay)
Color
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Victoria Finlay
Blue: In Search of Nature's Rarest Color (Kai Kupferschmidt)
Blue: In Search of Nature's Rarest Color
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Kai Kupferschmidt
Lost Painting (Jonathan Harr)
Lost Painting
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Jonathan Harr
The Vanishing Velázquez: A 19th Century Bookseller's Obsession With a Lost Masterpiece (Laura Cumming)
The Vanishing Velázquez: A 19th Century Bookseller's Obsession With a Lost Masterpiece
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Laura Cumming
The Last Leonardo (Ben Lewis)
The Last Leonardo
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Ben Lewis
Provenance (Laney Salisbury)
Provenance
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Laney Salisbury
The Face of Britain: A History of Britain Through Portraits (Simon Schama)
The Face of Britain: A History of Britain Through Portraits
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Simon Schama
The Husband Hunters (Anne De Courcy)
The Husband Hunters
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Anne De Courcy
The Jamestown Brides (Jennifer Potter)
The Jamestown Brides
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Jennifer Potter
1776 (David McCullough)
1776
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David McCullough
When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Ur Win World War II (Molly Guptill Manning)
When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Ur Win World War II
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Molly Guptill Manning
The Monuments Men (Robert M. Edsel)
The Monuments Men
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Robert M. Edsel
Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich (Norman Ohler)
Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich
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Norman Ohler
Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History (Lynn Vincent & Sara Vladic)
Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History
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Lynn Vincent & Sara Vladic
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
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Erik Larson
The Murder of the Century (Paul Collins)
The Murder of the Century
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Paul Collins
No Stone Unturned (Steve Jackson)
No Stone Unturned
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Steve Jackson
Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages (Jack Hartnell)
Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages
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Jack Hartnell
In Vino Duplicitas (Peter Hellman)
In Vino Duplicitas
27
Peter Hellman
The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine (Benjamin Wallace)
The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine
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Benjamin Wallace
The Golden Thread (Kassia St. Clair)
The Golden Thread
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Kassia St. Clair
Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years (Elizabeth Wayland Barber)
Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years
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Elizabeth Wayland Barber
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women (Kate Moore)
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
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Kate Moore
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Rebecca Skloot
Ten Drugs (Thomas Hager)
Ten Drugs
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Thomas Hager
Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History (Penny Le Couteur)
Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History
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Penny Le Couteur
The Disappearing Spoon (Sam Kean)
The Disappearing Spoon
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Sam Kean
Eye of the Beholder: Johannes Vermeer, Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek, & the Reinvention of Seeing (Laura J. Snyder)
Eye of the Beholder: Johannes Vermeer, Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek, & the Reinvention of Seeing
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Laura J. Snyder
Why Fish Don't Exist (Lulu Miller)
Why Fish Don't Exist
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Lulu Miller
The Genius of Birds (Jennifer Ackerman)
The Genius of Birds
38
Jennifer Ackerman
The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird (Jack E.Davis)
The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird
39
Jack E.Davis
Hidden Life of Trees (Wohlleben)
Hidden Life of Trees
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Wohlleben
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