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100 Works of Non Fiction Julie Found Worth the Read

My favorite non fiction reads over the last thirty or so years, covering a pretty narrow range of genres. History, Psychology, Creative Arts, Health, Humor, Memoirs & Biographies and not a lot else.
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Being Mortal (Atul Gawande)
Being Mortal
1
Atul Gawande
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Steven Pinker)
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
2
Steven Pinker
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (Neil Postman)
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
3
Neil Postman
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Caroline Criado Perez)
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
4
Caroline Criado Perez
How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question (Michael Schur)
How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question
5
Michael Schur
The Read-Aloud Handbook
The Read-Aloud Handbook
6
Ex Libris (Anne Fadiman)
Ex Libris
7
Anne Fadiman
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
8
Maya Angelou
The Best Old Movies for Families: A Guide to Watching Together (Ty Burr)
The Best Old Movies for Families: A Guide to Watching Together
9
Ty Burr
Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence (Gerard Jones)
Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence
10
Gerard Jones
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk (Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish)
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk
11
Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
The Complete Essays (Michel De Montaigne)
The Complete Essays
12
Michel De Montaigne
Christ Stopped at Eboli (Carlo Levi)
Christ Stopped at Eboli
13
Carlo Levi
The Sun King (Nancy Mitford)
The Sun King
14
Nancy Mitford
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons From the Crematory (Doughty, Caitlin)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons From the Crematory
15
Doughty, Caitlin
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Matthew Walker)
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
16
Matthew Walker
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi, MD)
When Breath Becomes Air
17
Paul Kalanithi, MD
Hyperbole and a Half (Allie Brosh)
Hyperbole and a Half
18
Allie Brosh
My Family and Other Animals (Gerald Durrell)
My Family and Other Animals
19
Gerald Durrell
Infidel: My Life (Ayaan Hirsi Ali)
Infidel: My Life
20
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
I Am I Am I Am (Maggie O'farrell)
I Am I Am I Am
21
Maggie O'farrell
My Life in France (Julia Child)
My Life in France
22
Julia Child
All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)
All Creatures Great and Small
23
James Herriot
WEST WITH THE NIGHT by Beryl Markham
WEST WITH THE NIGHT by Beryl Markham
24
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Susan Cain)
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
25
Susan Cain
You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey (Amber Ruffin)
You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey
26
Amber Ruffin
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
27
Matthew Desmond
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed
28
Barbara Ehrenreich
The Library Book (Susan Orlean)
The Library Book
29
Susan Orlean
Clothes, Music, Boys (Viv Albertine)
Clothes, Music, Boys
30
Viv Albertine
I'll Be Gone in the Dark (Michelle McNamara)
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
31
Michelle McNamara
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (David Simon)
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
32
David Simon
Georgiana: The Duchess of Devonshire (Amanda Foreman)
Georgiana: The Duchess of Devonshire
33
Amanda Foreman
Harriette Wilson's Memoirs: The Greatest Courtesan of Her Age (Harriette Wilson)
Harriette Wilson's Memoirs: The Greatest Courtesan of Her Age
34
Harriette Wilson
The Hellfire Club (Daniel P. Mannix)
The Hellfire Club
35
Daniel P. Mannix
A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy (Thomas Buergenthal)
A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy
36
Thomas Buergenthal
The Splendid and the Vile (Erik Larson)
The Splendid and the Vile
37
Erik Larson
Atomic Habits (James Clear)
Atomic Habits
38
James Clear
Taming the Tiger Within (Thich Nhat Hanh)
Taming the Tiger Within
39
Thich Nhat Hanh
Swanson on Swanson (Gloria Swanson)
Swanson on Swanson
40
Gloria Swanson
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