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Nonfiction Books You Won't Want to Put Down

Sometimes people say that nonfiction books are boring. The books on this prove that is not true. These are books that are hard to put down once you start reading them.
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A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
1
Stephen Hawking
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
2
Dave Eggers
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Ishmael Beah)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
3
Ishmael Beah
A Night to Remember (Walter Lord)
A Night to Remember
4
Walter Lord
A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)
A Walk in the Woods
5
Bill Bryson
All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)
All Creatures Great and Small
6
James Herriot
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward)
All the President's Men
7
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
And the Band Played On
And the Band Played On
8
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
9
Frank McCourt
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Barbara Kingsolver)
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
10
Barbara Kingsolver
Brain on Fire (Susannah Cahalan)
Brain on Fire
11
Susannah Cahalan
Consider the Lobster
Consider the Lobster
12
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City
13
Erik Larson
Endurance (Alfred Lansing)
Endurance
14
Alfred Lansing
Helter Skelter (Vincent Bugliosi)
Helter Skelter
15
Vincent Bugliosi
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
16
Maya Angelou
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
17
Truman Capote
In the Garden of Beasts (Erik Larson)
In the Garden of Beasts
18
Erik Larson
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild
19
Jon Krakauer
Moneyball (Michael Lewis)
Moneyball
20
Michael Lewis
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
21
Elie Wiesel
Seabiscuit (Laura Hillenbrand)
Seabiscuit
22
Laura Hillenbrand
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
23
Joan Didion
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
24
Anne Frank
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
25
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Ghost Map (Steven Johnson)
The Ghost Map
26
Steven Johnson
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
27
Jeannette Walls
The Guns of August (Barbara W. Tuchman)
The Guns of August
28
Barbara W. Tuchman
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
29
Rebecca Skloot
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
30
Oliver Sacks
The Mother Tongue
The Mother Tongue
31
The Perfect Storm (Sebastian Junger)
The Perfect Storm
32
Sebastian Junger
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
33
Elizabeth Kolbert
Too Big to Fail
Too Big to Fail
34
Unbroken (Laura Hillenbrand)
Unbroken
35
Laura Hillenbrand
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild
36
Cheryl Strayed
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
37
John Berendt
Midnight in Chernobyl (Adam Higginbotham)
Midnight in Chernobyl
38
Adam Higginbotham
Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy (Alastair Gee)
Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy
39
Alastair Gee
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Anthony Bourdain)
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
40
Anthony Bourdain
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