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Nonfiction That Packs a Punch! - Page 8

Want to change the way you think about the world, humanity and life? Read at least 50 of these books: a collection of science, history, sociology, biography, memoirs, and nonfiction. These books pack a mental punch that will make you curious and more knowledgeable about this amazing universe we live in and those we share it with.
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Schindler's List (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's List
281
Thomas Keneally
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
282
Simone De Beauvoir
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Svetlana Alexievich,)
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
283
Svetlana Alexievich,
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The Selfish Gene
284
Richard Dawkins
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (Carlo Rovelli)
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
285
Carlo Rovelli
The Seven Daughters of Eve (Bryan Sykes)
The Seven Daughters of Eve
286
Bryan Sykes
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains (Nicholas G. Carr)
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
287
Nicholas G. Carr
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
288
Bill Bryson
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of EDWARD CURTIS (TIMOTHY EGAN)
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of EDWARD CURTIS
289
TIMOTHY EGAN
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
290
Rachel Carson
The Silk Roads (Peter Frankopan)
The Silk Roads
291
Peter Frankopan
The Sixth Extinction: An Annatural History (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction: An Annatural History
292
Elizabeth Kolbert
Slow Productivity (Cal Newport)
Slow Productivity
293
Cal Newport
The Snow Leopard (Peter Matthiessen)
The Snow Leopard
294
Peter Matthiessen
The Social Contract (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
The Social Contract
295
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Some People Need Killing (Patricia Evangelista)
Some People Need Killing
296
Patricia Evangelista
The Soul of an Octopus (Sy Montgomery)
The Soul of an Octopus
297
Sy Montgomery
The Soul of a New Machine (Tracy Kidder)
The Soul of a New Machine
298
Tracy Kidder
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
299
W.E.B. Du Bois
South to America (Imani Perry)
South to America
300
Imani Perry
Speak, Memory (Vladimir Nabokov)
Speak, Memory
301
Vladimir Nabokov
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (Anne Fadiman)
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
302
Anne Fadiman
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (Mary Beard)
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
303
Mary Beard
Stalingrad (Antony Beevor)
Stalingrad
304
Antony Beevor
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
305
Ibram X. Kendi
Steve Jobs (Walter Isaacson)
Steve Jobs
306
Walter Isaacson
Stiff (Mary Roach)
Stiff
307
Mary Roach
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Thomas S. Kuhn)
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
308
Thomas S. Kuhn
The Suicide Index (Joan Wickersham)
The Suicide Index
309
Joan Wickersham
Tastes Like War (Grace M. Cho)
Tastes Like War
310
Grace M. Cho
The Teachers (Alexandra Robbins)
The Teachers
311
Alexandra Robbins
They Called Us Enemy (George Takei)
They Called Us Enemy
312
George Takei
Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela (William Neuman)
Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela
313
William Neuman
Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, (Education Frontier)
Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, (Education Frontier)
314
Thinking in Pictures (Temple Grandin)
Thinking in Pictures
315
Temple Grandin
This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life (Lyz Lenz)
This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
316
Lyz Lenz
Thunder in the Mountains (Daniel J. Sharfstein)
Thunder in the Mountains
317
Daniel J. Sharfstein
Time's Monster: How History Makes History (Priya Satia)
Time's Monster: How History Makes History
318
Priya Satia
Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood (Danny Trejo)
Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood
319
Danny Trejo
Triumph (Jeremy Schaap)
Triumph
320
Jeremy Schaap
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