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111 Books to Read Before Your Brain Atrophies

About 9 years ago, members of Librarything's Green Dragon Pub decided to create a list of nonfiction books to read before your brain turns to mush. This is that list.
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The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
1
Anne Frank
84, Charing Cross Road (Helene Hanff)
84, Charing Cross Road
2
Helene Hanff
Eats, Shoots and Leaves (Lynne Truss)
Eats, Shoots and Leaves
3
Lynne Truss
All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)
All Creatures Great and Small
4
James Herriot
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
5
Stephen Hawking
Guns, Germs and Steel (Jared Diamond/USA)
Guns, Germs and Steel
6
Jared Diamond/USA
The Kon-Tiki Expedition (Thor Heyerdahl)
The Kon-Tiki Expedition
7
Thor Heyerdahl
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
8
Bill Bryson
The Elements of Style (William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White)
The Elements of Style
9
William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White
Freakonomics (Steven D. Levitt)
Freakonomics
10
Steven D. Levitt
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos
11
Carl Sagan
My Family and Other Animals (Gerald Durrell)
My Family and Other Animals
12
Gerald Durrell
Holy Bible (Anonymous)
Holy Bible
13
Anonymous
Ex Libris (Anne Fadiman)
Ex Libris
14
Anne Fadiman
The Joy of Cooking (Irma S. Rombauer)
The Joy of Cooking
15
Irma S. Rombauer
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Richard Feynman)
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
16
Richard Feynman
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
17
Oliver Sacks
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
18
Truman Capote
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
19
John Berendt
The Professor and the Madman (Simon Winchester)
The Professor and the Madman
20
Simon Winchester
Collapse (Jared Diamond)
Collapse
21
Jared Diamond
Omnivores Dilemma (Micheal Pollan)
Omnivores Dilemma
22
Micheal Pollan
Stiff (Mary Roach)
Stiff
23
Mary Roach
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin/UK)
The Origin of Species
24
Charles Darwin/UK
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein)
All the President's Men
25
Carl Bernstein
The Double Helix (James Watson)
The Double Helix
26
James Watson
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
27
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Way Things Work (David Macauley)
The Way Things Work
28
David Macauley
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer)
A Child Called "It"
29
Dave Pelzer
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
30
Dee Brown
Fast Food Nation (Eric Schlosser)
Fast Food Nation
31
Eric Schlosser
Gorillas in the Mist (Diane Fossey)
Gorillas in the Mist
32
Diane Fossey
In Defense of Food (Michael Pollan)
In Defense of Food
33
Michael Pollan
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded (Simon Winchester)
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded
34
Simon Winchester
Longitude (Dava Sobel)
Longitude
35
Dava Sobel
Mere Christianity (C. S. Lewis)
Mere Christianity
36
C. S. Lewis
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
37
Sun Tzu
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin Franklin)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
38
Benjamin Franklin
The Demon Haunted World (A Book That's Been on Your TBR List for Way Too Lo)
The Demon Haunted World
39
A Book That's Been on Your TBR List for Way Too Lo
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City
40
Erik Larson
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