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Nonfiction - Reality Can Be More Interesting Than Fiction - Page 2

Here are most of the nonfiction books I have read. Some are great, most are good, and a few are bad (I'm looking at you Jenny McCarthy).
I've included general nonfiction, biographies, memoirs, humor, etc.
Also, I know some may not agree that Sybil, Amityville Horror or the like are actually nonfiction. However, at the time I read them I believed they were and so they are included.
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A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)
A Walk in the Woods
41
Bill Bryson
The Next Pandemic (Ali S. Khan)
The Next Pandemic
42
Ali S. Khan
The Dead Drink First (Dale Maharidge)
The Dead Drink First
43
Dale Maharidge
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone (Lori Gottlieb)
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
44
Lori Gottlieb
Not My Father's Son (Alan Cumming)
Not My Father's Son
45
Alan Cumming
Stuff Matters (Mark Miodownik)
Stuff Matters
46
Mark Miodownik
Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss (Margaret Renkl)
Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss
47
Margaret Renkl
Shark Trouble (Peter Benchley)
Shark Trouble
48
Peter Benchley
438 Days (Jonathan Franklin)
438 Days
49
Jonathan Franklin
Alive (Piers Paul Read)
Alive
50
Piers Paul Read
On Tyranny (Timothy Snyder)
On Tyranny
51
Timothy Snyder
Thick (Tressie McMillan Cottom)
Thick
52
Tressie McMillan Cottom
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos
53
Carl Sagan
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe)
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
54
Tom Wolfe
Helter Skelter (Vincent Bugliosi)
Helter Skelter
55
Vincent Bugliosi
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" (Zora Neale Hurston)
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
56
Zora Neale Hurston
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
57
Elizabeth Kolbert
The Lie (William Dameron)
The Lie
58
William Dameron
The Only Girl in the World (Maude Julien)
The Only Girl in the World
59
Maude Julien
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor E. Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
60
Viktor E. Frankl
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner (Melinek Judy)
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
61
Melinek Judy
Misquoting Jesus (Bart D. Ehrman)
Misquoting Jesus
62
Bart D. Ehrman
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Greenberg, Joanne)
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
63
Greenberg, Joanne
Find the Good (Heather Lende)
Find the Good
64
Heather Lende
The Librarian of Auschwitz (Dita Kraus)
The Librarian of Auschwitz
65
Dita Kraus
The Beautiful Brain (Hana Walker-Brown)
The Beautiful Brain
66
Hana Walker-Brown
Hell's Angels (Hunter S. Thompson)
Hell's Angels
67
Hunter S. Thompson
A Long Way Gone (Ishmael Beah)
A Long Way Gone
68
Ishmael Beah
The Poison Squad (Deborah Blum)
The Poison Squad
69
Deborah Blum
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
70
Roxane Gay
Coming Clean (Miller)
Coming Clean
71
Miller
Friday Night Lights (H. G. Bissinger)
Friday Night Lights
72
H. G. Bissinger
Wait, What?: And Life's Other Essential Questions (James E. Ryan)
Wait, What?: And Life's Other Essential Questions
73
James E. Ryan
The Demon Next Door (Bryan Burrough)
The Demon Next Door
74
Bryan Burrough
Folsom Untold: The Strange True Story of Johnny Cash's Greatest Album (Danny Robins)
Folsom Untold: The Strange True Story of Johnny Cash's Greatest Album
75
Danny Robins
Disappearing Ink: The Insider, the FBI, and the Looting of the Kenyon College Library (Travis Mcdade)
Disappearing Ink: The Insider, the FBI, and the Looting of the Kenyon College Library
76
Travis Mcdade
How to Be a Good Creature (Sy Montgomery)
How to Be a Good Creature
77
Sy Montgomery
Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
Just Mercy
78
Bryan Stevenson
The Sun Does Shine (Anthony Ray Hinton)
The Sun Does Shine
79
Anthony Ray Hinton
Jesus Land (Scheeres)
Jesus Land
80
Scheeres
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