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Non-Fiction Books That Are Actually Interesting - Page 2

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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Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air
41
Jon Krakauer
Thunder in the Mountains (Daniel J. Sharfstein)
Thunder in the Mountains
42
Daniel J. Sharfstein
Mountains Beyond Mountains (Tracey Kidder)
Mountains Beyond Mountains
43
Tracey Kidder
The Invention of Nature (Andrea Wulf)
The Invention of Nature
44
Andrea Wulf
The Tipping Point (Malcom Gladwell)
The Tipping Point
45
Malcom Gladwell
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1491
46
The Lost City of Z (David Grann)
The Lost City of Z
47
David Grann
H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
H Is for Hawk
48
Helen MacDonald
Manhunt the 12 Day Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
Manhunt the 12 Day Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
49
A Distant Mirror (Barbara Tuchman)
A Distant Mirror
50
Barbara Tuchman
David and Goliath (Malcolm Gladwell)
David and Goliath
51
Malcolm Gladwell
Steve Jobs (Walter Isaacson)
Steve Jobs
52
Walter Isaacson
All the Single Ladies (Traister)
All the Single Ladies
53
Traister
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates (David Cordingly)
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
54
David Cordingly
Field Notes From a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change (Elizabeth Kolbert)
Field Notes From a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change
55
Elizabeth Kolbert
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk (Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain)
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
56
Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (Matt Ridley)
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
57
Matt Ridley
Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
58
Patti Smith
The Genius of Birds (Jennifer Ackerman)
The Genius of Birds
59
Jennifer Ackerman
Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
60
Braiding Sweetgrass (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
Braiding Sweetgrass
61
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Naked Economics
Naked Economics
62
My Own Words (Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
My Own Words
63
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell)
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
64
Joseph Campbell
Biophilia (Edward O. Wilson)
Biophilia
65
Edward O. Wilson
The Snow Leopard Project and Other Adventures in Warzone Conservation (Alex Dehgan)
The Snow Leopard Project and Other Adventures in Warzone Conservation
66
Alex Dehgan
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
67
Dee Brown
Euphoria (Lily King)
Euphoria
68
Lily King
A World Lit Only by Fire
A World Lit Only by Fire
69
Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Hot, Flat, and Crowded
70
Unbroken (Laura Hillenbrand)
Unbroken
71
Laura Hillenbrand
Oracle Bones (Peter Hessler)
Oracle Bones
72
Peter Hessler
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Amin Maalouf)
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
73
Amin Maalouf
Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-To-Zion Journey Through Every National Park (Conor Knighton)
Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-To-Zion Journey Through Every National Park
74
Conor Knighton
Behave (Robert M. Sapolsky)
Behave
75
Robert M. Sapolsky
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Dava Sobel)
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
76
Dava Sobel
She Said (Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey)
She Said
77
Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey
Leonardo Da Vinci (Walter Isaacson)
Leonardo Da Vinci
78
Walter Isaacson
The Only Plane in the Sky (Garrett M. Graff)
The Only Plane in the Sky
79
Garrett M. Graff
The Monuments Men (Robert M. Edsel)
The Monuments Men
80
Robert M. Edsel
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