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Top-Rated Nonfiction Books

These are the nonfiction books to which I've given top marks after a first read. How many of these have you read?
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1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina (Chris Rose)
1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina
1
Chris Rose
1000 Places to See Before You Die
1000 Places to See Before You Die
2
1000 Places to See Before You Die: US and Canada (Patricia Schultz)
1000 Places to See Before You Die: US and Canada
3
Patricia Schultz
Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging (Manning, Brennan)
Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging
4
Manning, Brennan
Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
Alexander Hamilton
5
Ron Chernow
All Over but the Shouting (Rick Bragg)
All Over but the Shouting
6
Rick Bragg
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein)
All the President's Men
7
Carl Bernstein
American Heiress (Toobin)
American Heiress
8
Toobin
Art and History of Paris and Versailles (Rita Bianucci)
Art and History of Paris and Versailles
9
Rita Bianucci
Assassination Vacation
Assassination Vacation
10
As You Wish (Cary Elwes)
As You Wish
11
Cary Elwes
Auburn: A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village (Mickey Logue)
Auburn: A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village
12
Mickey Logue
Autobiography of Malcom X (Malcom X, Alex Haley)
Autobiography of Malcom X
13
Malcom X, Alex Haley
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming
14
Michelle Obama
A Beginner's Guide to Acting English (Shappi Khorsandi)
A Beginner's Guide to Acting English
15
Shappi Khorsandi
Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Katherine Boo)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
16
Katherine Boo
Blood Brothers (Elias Chacour)
Blood Brothers
17
Elias Chacour
Blood of Emmett Till (Tyson)
Blood of Emmett Till
18
Tyson
Bobby Kennedy (Matthews)
Bobby Kennedy
19
Matthews
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime
20
Trevor Noah
Bossypants (Tina Fey)
Bossypants
21
Tina Fey
The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court (Bob Woodward)
The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court
22
Bob Woodward
Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950′S (Jennifer Worth)
Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950′S
23
Jennifer Worth
The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books (Edward Wilson-Lee)
The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books
24
Edward Wilson-Lee
Chalked Up: My Life in Elite Gymnastics (Jennifer Sey)
Chalked Up: My Life in Elite Gymnastics
25
Jennifer Sey
Christian Theology (Millard J. Erickson)
Christian Theology
26
Millard J. Erickson
A Civil Action (Johathan Harr)
A Civil Action
27
Johathan Harr
A Concise History of Germany (Mary Fulbrook)
A Concise History of Germany
28
Mary Fulbrook
Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? (James Shapiro)
Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?
29
James Shapiro
A Court Divided (Barrow/Walker)
A Court Divided
30
Barrow/Walker
The Crown in Crisis (Alexander Larman)
The Crown in Crisis
31
Alexander Larman
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir (Michelle Zauner)
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
32
Michelle Zauner
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland (Defede,Jim)
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
33
Defede,Jim
Dead Wake (Erik Larson)
Dead Wake
34
Erik Larson
Doomed Queens: Royal Women Who Met Bad Ends From Cleopatra to Princess Di (Kris Waldherr)
Doomed Queens: Royal Women Who Met Bad Ends From Cleopatra to Princess Di
35
Kris Waldherr
Earth (Jon Stewart)
Earth
36
Jon Stewart
Eats, Shoots and Leaves (Lynne Truss)
Eats, Shoots and Leaves
37
Lynne Truss
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
38
Tara Westover
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
39
Patrick Radden Keefe
England as You Like It (Susan Allen Toth)
England as You Like It
40
Susan Allen Toth
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