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The Best Non-Fiction

I love how the most basic definitions of non-fiction essentially boil down to "well, it's not fiction." Even though fiction is "not real," that doesn't technically make non-fiction "real."
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The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
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Anne Frank
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City
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Erik Larson
Freakonomics (Steven D. Levitt)
Freakonomics
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Steven D. Levitt
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
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Bill Bryson
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
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Jeannette Walls
Guns, Germs, and Steel (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs, and Steel
6
Jared Diamond
Outliers (Malcolm Gladwell)
Outliers
7
Malcolm Gladwell
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air
8
Jon Krakauer
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
9
Elie Wiesel
The Tipping Point (Malcom Gladwell)
The Tipping Point
10
Malcom Gladwell
The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan)
The Omnivore's Dilemma
11
Michael Pollan
Stiff (Mary Roach)
Stiff
12
Mary Roach
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
13
Frank McCourt
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
14
Rebecca Skloot
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
15
John Berendt
Blink (Malcolm Gladwell)
Blink
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Malcolm Gladwell
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat Pray Love
17
Elizabeth Gilbert
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
When Breath Becomes Air
18
Paul Kalanithi
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
19
Oliver Sacks
Tuesdays With Morrie
Tuesdays With Morrie
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Running With Scissors (Augusten Burroughs)
Running With Scissors
21
Augusten Burroughs
Fast Food Nation (Eric Schlosser)
Fast Food Nation
22
Eric Schlosser
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
The God Delusion
23
Richard Dawkins
Under the Banner of Heaven (Jon Krakauer)
Under the Banner of Heaven
24
Jon Krakauer
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild
25
Jon Krakauer
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed
26
Barbara Ehrenreich
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
27
Viktor Frankl
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
28
Stephen Hawking
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild
29
Cheryl Strayed
On Writing (Stephen King)
On Writing
30
Stephen King
A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
A People's History of the United States
31
Howard Zinn
Helter Skelter (Vincent Bugliosi)
Helter Skelter
32
Vincent Bugliosi
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
33
Maya Angelou
A Child Called It (Dave Pelzer)
A Child Called It
34
Dave Pelzer
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Anthony Bourdain)
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
35
Anthony Bourdain
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
36
Charles Darwin
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
37
Malcolm X
Born to Run (Christopher Mcdougall)
Born to Run
38
Christopher Mcdougall
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine
39
Dave Cullen
The Professor and the Madman (Simon Winchester)
The Professor and the Madman
40
Simon Winchester
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