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Short Nonfiction Books You Can Read in a Day or Two - Page 2

Nonfiction does not have to be long to be important. In fact, many of the titles I've listed below are the absolute best nonfiction books I've ever read. All of the books (except one) are under 300 pages, and the books closer to the 300 page mark are so absorbing and fast-paced they can be read in a single sitting. I've also included graphic memoirs and other graphic nonfiction that can be read quickly. Nonfiction can be just as fun as fiction as long as you find a subject that interests you, and don't feel bogged down by an endless number of pages.
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Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
41
Alison Bechdel
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth by James Lovelock
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth by James Lovelock
42
Ghosts in the Schoolyard (Eve L. Ewing)
Ghosts in the Schoolyard
43
Eve L. Ewing
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies (Joyce Sidman)
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies
44
Joyce Sidman
Havana Real: One Woman Fights to Tell the Truth About Cuba Today (Yoani Sánchez)
Havana Real: One Woman Fights to Tell the Truth About Cuba Today
45
Yoani Sánchez
Heart Berries (Terese Marie Mailhot)
Heart Berries
46
Terese Marie Mailhot
The Hedgehog and the Fox (Isaiah Berlin)
The Hedgehog and the Fox
47
Isaiah Berlin
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima
48
John Hersey
Ill Fares the Land: A Treatise on Our Present Discontents (Tony Judt)
Ill Fares the Land: A Treatise on Our Present Discontents
49
Tony Judt
The Leafcutter Ants: Civilization by Instinct (Bert Holldobler)
The Leafcutter Ants: Civilization by Instinct
50
Bert Holldobler
Letter to My Daughter
Letter to My Daughter
51
Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Letters to a Young Poet
52
Rainer Maria Rilke
Liberty Before Liberalism (Quentin Skinner)
Liberty Before Liberalism
53
Quentin Skinner
Lifeboat No. 8 (Elizabeth Kaye)
Lifeboat No. 8
54
Elizabeth Kaye
The Little Book of Feminist Saints (Julia Pierpont)
The Little Book of Feminist Saints
55
Julia Pierpont
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
56
Viktor Frankl
Media Control (Noam Chomsky)
Media Control
57
Noam Chomsky
The Motorcycle Diaries
The Motorcycle Diaries
58
The Music of Life: Biology Beyond Genes (Denis Noble)
The Music of Life: Biology Beyond Genes
59
Denis Noble
My Family and Other Animals (Gerald Durrell)
My Family and Other Animals
60
Gerald Durrell
The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus
61
Albert Camus
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference (Greta Thunberg)
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
62
Greta Thunberg
Notes on Nationalism (George Orwell)
Notes on Nationalism
63
George Orwell
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Henry David Thoreau)
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
64
Henry David Thoreau
On Violence (Hannah Arendt)
On Violence
65
Hannah Arendt
The Origin of Others (Toni Morrison)
The Origin of Others
66
Toni Morrison
Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know (Peter C. Doherty)
Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know
67
Peter C. Doherty
The Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paulo Freire)
The Pedagogy of the Oppressed
68
Paulo Freire
The Perpetual Race of Achilles and the Tortoise (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Perpetual Race of Achilles and the Tortoise
69
Jorge Luis Borges
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
70
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Problems of Philosophy
The Problems of Philosophy
71
The Professor and the Madman (Simon Winchester)
The Professor and the Madman
72
Simon Winchester
Representations of the Intellectual (Edward W. Said)
Representations of the Intellectual
73
Edward W. Said
Rising Strong (Brené Brown)
Rising Strong
74
Brené Brown
A River in Darkness (Masaji Ishikawa)
A River in Darkness
75
Masaji Ishikawa
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
76
Virginia Woolf
The Rule of Law (Tom Bingham)
The Rule of Law
77
Tom Bingham
Society of the Spectacle
Society of the Spectacle
78
Straw Dogs (John Gray)
Straw Dogs
79
John Gray
Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
80
Lao-Tzu
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