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Waterstones' Best Books of 2022: Nonfiction

Here is a list of Waterstones' best nonfiction books of the year 2022. How many of these books have you read?
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36 Islands (Robert Twigger)
36 Islands
1
Robert Twigger
1945: Victory in the West (Peter Caddick-Adams)
1945: Victory in the West
2
Peter Caddick-Adams
Abbey Road: The Inside Story of the World's Most Famous Recording Studio (David Hepworth)
Abbey Road: The Inside Story of the World's Most Famous Recording Studio
3
David Hepworth
Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 (Max Hastings)
Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
4
Max Hastings
Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent (Dipo Faloyin)
Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent
5
Dipo Faloyin
Agatha Christie (Lucy Worsley)
Agatha Christie
6
Lucy Worsley
The Age of the Strongman (Gideon Rachman)
The Age of the Strongman
7
Gideon Rachman
All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia (Simon Garfield)
All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia
8
Simon Garfield
Am I Normal? (Sarah Chaney)
Am I Normal?
9
Sarah Chaney
Ammu: Indian Home-Cooking to Nourish Your Soul (Asma Khan)
Ammu: Indian Home-Cooking to Nourish Your Soul
10
Asma Khan
An Autobiography (Angela Y. Davis)
An Autobiography
11
Angela Y. Davis
An Emotional Dictionary: Real Words for How You Feel, From Angst to Zwodder (Susie Dent)
An Emotional Dictionary: Real Words for How You Feel, From Angst to Zwodder
12
Susie Dent
An Immense World (Ed Yong)
An Immense World
13
Ed Yong
And Finally: Matters of Life and Death (Henry Marsh)
And Finally: Matters of Life and Death
14
Henry Marsh
Apollo Remastered (Andy Saunders)
Apollo Remastered
15
Andy Saunders
Art Is Life (Jerry Saltz)
Art Is Life
16
Jerry Saltz
Atoms and Ashes : A Global History of Nuclear Disasters (Serhii Plokhy)
Atoms and Ashes : A Global History of Nuclear Disasters
17
Serhii Plokhy
The Autobiography (Jordan Henderson)
The Autobiography
18
Jordan Henderson
Back in the Day (Melvyn Bragg)
Back in the Day
19
Melvyn Bragg
Bacon in Moscow (James Birch)
Bacon in Moscow
20
James Birch
Becoming Molly-Mae: My Story (Molly-Mae Hague)
Becoming Molly-Mae: My Story
21
Molly-Mae Hague
Before the Big Bang (Laura Mersini-Houghton)
Before the Big Bang
22
Laura Mersini-Houghton
Being Bond: A Daniel Craig Retrospective (Mark Salisbury)
Being Bond: A Daniel Craig Retrospective
23
Mark Salisbury
Berlin: Life and Death in the City at the Center of the World (Sinclair McKay)
Berlin: Life and Death in the City at the Center of the World
24
Sinclair McKay
Beryl: In Search of Britain's Greatest Athlete (Jeremy Wilson)
Beryl: In Search of Britain's Greatest Athlete
25
Jeremy Wilson
Beyond Measure (Vincent)
Beyond Measure
26
Vincent
Beyond Supervet: How Animals Make Us the Best We Can Be (Noel Fitzpatrick)
Beyond Supervet: How Animals Make Us the Best We Can Be
27
Noel Fitzpatrick
Beyond the Wand (Tom Felton)
Beyond the Wand
28
Tom Felton
Bi (Julia Shaw)
Bi
29
Julia Shaw
Bibliomaniac (Robin Ince)
Bibliomaniac
30
Robin Ince
Birds (Jim Moir)
Birds
31
Jim Moir
Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History, From Cave Art to Conservation (Tim Birkhead)
Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History, From Cave Art to Conservation
32
Tim Birkhead
Bitch: On the Female of the Species (Lucy Cooke)
Bitch: On the Female of the Species
33
Lucy Cooke
Black and Female (Tsitsi Dangarembga)
Black and Female
34
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Black Holes (Brian Cox)
Black Holes
35
Brian Cox
A Book of Days (Patti Smith)
A Book of Days
36
Patti Smith
The Book of Phobias and Manias (Kate Summerscale)
The Book of Phobias and Manias
37
Kate Summerscale
The Book of Vanishing Species (Beatrice Forshall)
The Book of Vanishing Species
38
Beatrice Forshall
Boris Johnson: The Rise and Fall of a Troublemaker at Number 10 (Andrew Gimson)
Boris Johnson: The Rise and Fall of a Troublemaker at Number 10
39
Andrew Gimson
Boy Friends (Pedersen)
Boy Friends
40
Pedersen
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