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Non-Fiction Books That Are Actually Interesting

This is an interesting assortment of memoirs, biographies, histories, adventures and science. Showing that truth is just as interesting as fiction.
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Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks (Ken Jennings)
Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks
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Ken Jennings
Lab Girl (Hope Jahren)
Lab Girl
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Hope Jahren
On Trails (Robert Moor)
On Trails
3
Robert Moor
Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen)
Born to Run
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Bruce Springsteen
A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)
A Walk in the Woods
5
Bill Bryson
One Summer
One Summer
6
Guns, Germs, and Steel (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs, and Steel
7
Jared Diamond
Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril (Kathleen D Moore, Michael P. Nelson, Desmond Tutu)
Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril
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Kathleen D Moore, Michael P. Nelson, Desmond Tutu
Queen Emma and the Vikings (Harriet O'Brien)
Queen Emma and the Vikings
9
Harriet O'Brien
The Plantagenets (Dan Jones)
The Plantagenets
10
Dan Jones
A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Tom Standage)
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
11
Tom Standage
Collapse
Collapse
12
The World Is Flat
The World Is Flat
13
Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
Alexander Hamilton
14
Ron Chernow
Mayflower (Nathaniel Philbrick)
Mayflower
15
Nathaniel Philbrick
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
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Elie Wiesel
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
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Anne Frank
The Soul of an Octopus (Sy Montgomery)
The Soul of an Octopus
18
Sy Montgomery
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City
19
Erik Larson
In the Garden of Beasts (Erik Larson)
In the Garden of Beasts
20
Erik Larson
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
21
Oliver Sacks
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (Charles Duhigg)
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
22
Charles Duhigg
Freakanomics
Freakanomics
23
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed
24
Barbara Ehrenreich
The Red Queen by Mark Ridley
The Red Queen by Mark Ridley
25
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
26
Neil Degrasse Tyson
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
27
Isabel Wilkerson
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Ishmael Beah)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
28
Ishmael Beah
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime
29
Trevor Noah
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
30
Tara Westover
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Ibram X. Kendi)
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
31
Ibram X. Kendi
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima
32
John Hersey
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier (Stephen E. Ambrose)
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
33
Stephen E. Ambrose
Plagues and Peoples (William H. McNeill)
Plagues and Peoples
34
William H. McNeill
The Hot Zone (Richard Preston)
The Hot Zone
35
Richard Preston
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
36
Rebecca Skloot
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (William Kamkwamba)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
37
William Kamkwamba
Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths (Bruce Feiler)
Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths
38
Bruce Feiler
The Man Who Loved China (Simon Winchester)
The Man Who Loved China
39
Simon Winchester
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming
40
Michelle Obama
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