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Todd's 110 Favorite Non-Fiction Books of the 21st Century

Couldn't help going over. This century has definitely been a golden age of non-fiction. I'm particularly happy because it was non fiction (and my ex-wife's suggestion that I should give it a try) that got me out of the worst reading slump of my life and I've read almost 2,500 books since them (fiction and non, poetry, plays, etc.) I was just going to do 100 favs from the 21st century, but I hadn't realized just how many books I'd read from this century, so I'm going to try for a list of non-fiction, along with one of poetry and one of fiction. Happy reading. FWIW: These are in order of popularity according to List Challenges.
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I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
I Am Malala
1
Malala Yousafzai
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
2
Ta-Nehisi Coates
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists
3
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Outliers (Malcolm Gladwell)
Outliers
4
Malcolm Gladwell
Midnight in Chernobyl (Adam Higginbotham)
Midnight in Chernobyl
5
Adam Higginbotham
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
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Bill Bryson
Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Say Nothing
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Patrick Radden Keefe
The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan)
The Omnivore's Dilemma
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Michael Pollan
John Adams (David McCullough)
John Adams
9
David McCullough
The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
10
Michelle Alexander
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
11
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed
12
Barbara Ehrenreich
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide (Carol Anderson)
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
13
Carol Anderson
My Life in France (Julia Child)
My Life in France
14
Julia Child
The Audacity of Hope (Barack Obama)
The Audacity of Hope
15
Barack Obama
On Tyranny (Timothy Snyder)
On Tyranny
16
Timothy Snyder
Fast Food Nation (Eric Schlosser)
Fast Food Nation
17
Eric Schlosser
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle (Angela Davis)
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
18
Angela Davis
We Were Eight Years in Power (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
We Were Eight Years in Power
19
Ta-Nehisi Coates
How to Do Nothing (Jenny Odell)
How to Do Nothing
20
Jenny Odell
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Barbara Kingsolver)
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
21
Barbara Kingsolver
Feminism Is for Everybody (Bell Hooks)
Feminism Is for Everybody
22
Bell Hooks
The Etymologicon (Mark Forsyth)
The Etymologicon
23
Mark Forsyth
Women & Power (Mary Beard)
Women & Power
24
Mary Beard
What If (Randall Munroe)
What If
25
Randall Munroe
God Is Not Great (Christopher Hitchens)
God Is Not Great
26
Christopher Hitchens
Endurance (Scott Kelly)
Endurance
27
Scott Kelly
The Great Influenza (John M. Barry)
The Great Influenza
28
John M. Barry
Packing for Mars (Mary Roach)
Packing for Mars
29
Mary Roach
At Home (Bill Bryson)
At Home
30
Bill Bryson
A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
31
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (Eric Idle)
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
32
Eric Idle
How We Got to Now (Steven Johnson)
How We Got to Now
33
Steven Johnson
How Democracies Die (Steven Levitsky)
How Democracies Die
34
Steven Levitsky
Think Like a Freak (Sreven Levitt)
Think Like a Freak
35
Sreven Levitt
Leadership in Turbulent Times (Doris Kearns Goodwins)
Leadership in Turbulent Times
36
Doris Kearns Goodwins
Being Mortal (Atul Gawande)
Being Mortal
37
Atul Gawande
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference (Greta Thunberg)
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
38
Greta Thunberg
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror (Stephen Kinzer)
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
39
Stephen Kinzer
Better (Atul Gawande)
Better
40
Atul Gawande
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