Nonfiction

Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as fact. This presentation may be accurate or not; that is, it can give either a true or a false account of the subject in question. However, it is generally assumed that the authors of such accounts believe them to be truthful at the time of their composition. Note that reporting the beliefs of others in a nonfiction format is not necessarily an endorsement of the ultimate veracity of those beliefs, it is simply saying that it is true that people believe that (for such topics as mythology, religion). Non-fiction can a ...more

The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump
Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure
The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
How I Resist: Activism and Hope for the Next Generation
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids
The Manson Women and Me: Monsters, Morality, and Murder
The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater: Essays on Crafting
Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick
The Little Book of Feminist Saints
Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
My Dead Parents: A Memoir

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    Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
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    Know Thyself: Western Identity from Classical Greece to the Renaissance
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    The Victorian and the Romantic: A Memoir, a Love Story, and a Friendship Across Time
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  • Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
    When Breath Becomes Air
    De Amerikaanse prinses
    We Should All Be Feminists
    Feast: True Love in and out of the Kitchen
    12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
    This Is Me: Loving the Person You Are Today
    Between the World and Me
    The Princess Diarist
    Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure
    On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
    Yes Please
    This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
    You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
    The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well
    The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
    Best Non-Fiction (non biography)
    4,425 books — 6,449 voters
    Consequences by Aleatha RomigBeautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireTruth by Aleatha RomigOn Dublin Street by Samantha YoungThe Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski
    New Authors to Read
    3,379 books — 4,015 voters

    A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
    Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
    1,242 books — 2,888 voters
    Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandEinstein by Walter IsaacsonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerJohn Adams by David McCullough
    Best Biographies
    973 books — 2,187 voters

    The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNight by Elie WieselAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
    Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
    3,960 books — 4,473 voters

    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
    Bossypants
    Into the Wild
    The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
    Night (The Night Trilogy, #1)
    Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
    In Cold Blood
    Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
    Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
    The Glass Castle
    Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
    Yes Please
    Eat, Pray, Love
    A Walk in the Woods


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    Laura Miller The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia
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