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Popular Non-Fiction Books

There aren't a lot of non-fiction lists on ListChallenge, so here are some of the most popular non-fiction books out there. These are books that pop up on quite a few different lists on GoodReads and ListChallenge, plus a couple that have been recommended to me more than once.
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A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
1
Stephen Hawking
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
On the Origin of Species
2
Charles Darwin
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up (Marie Kondo)
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up
3
Marie Kondo
Notes From a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
Notes From a Small Island
4
Bill Bryson
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
5
Anne Frank
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
6
Dee Brown
Freud Interpretation of Dreams
Freud Interpretation of Dreams
7
Helter Skelter (Vincent Bugliosi)
Helter Skelter
8
Vincent Bugliosi
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
9
Truman Capote
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
10
Henry David Thoreau
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens
11
Yuval Noah Harari
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)
The Selfish Gene
12
Richard Dawkins
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
13
Sun Tzu
Gulag Archipelago (Russia)
Gulag Archipelago
14
Russia
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
15
Bill Bryson
On Writing (Stephen King)
On Writing
16
Stephen King
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
The God Delusion
17
Richard Dawkins
How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)
How to Win Friends and Influence People
18
Dale Carnegie
Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses S. Grant)
Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
19
Ulysses S. Grant
Endurance (Alfred Lansing)
Endurance
20
Alfred Lansing
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air
21
Jon Krakauer
Freakonomics (Steven D. Levitt)
Freakonomics
22
Steven D. Levitt
The Devil in White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Erik Larson)
The Devil in White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
23
Erik Larson
I'll Be Gone in the Dark (Michelle McNamara)
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
24
Michelle McNamara
The Tipping Point (Malcom Gladwell)
The Tipping Point
25
Malcom Gladwell
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild
26
Jon Krakauer
Fast Food Nation (Eric Schlosser)
Fast Food Nation
27
Eric Schlosser
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
28
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
29
Viktor Frankl
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son
30
James Baldwin
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
31
Elizabeth Kolbert
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
32
Elie Wiesel
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos
33
Carl Sagan
Quiet (Susan Cain)
Quiet
34
Susan Cain
The Lost City of Z (David Grann)
The Lost City of Z
35
David Grann
Black Hawk Down (Mark Bowden)
Black Hawk Down
36
Mark Bowden
The Big Short
The Big Short
37
The Uninhabitable Earth (David Wallace-Wells)
The Uninhabitable Earth
38
David Wallace-Wells
I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
I Am Malala
39
Malala Yousafzai
This Is Going to Hurt (Adam Kay)
This Is Going to Hurt
40
Adam Kay
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