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A Nonfiction Reading List to Be Tackled

An ambitious list of 60 nonfiction books I've not yet read but plan to tackle. Predominately history.
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Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
Alexander Hamilton
1
Ron Chernow
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein)
All the President's Men
2
Carl Bernstein
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz)
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
3
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
The Anatomy of Fascism (Robert Paxton)
The Anatomy of Fascism
4
Robert Paxton
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic (Randy Shilts)
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
5
Randy Shilts
The Art of Statistics (David Spiegelhalter)
The Art of Statistics
6
David Spiegelhalter
The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance That Changed the World (Greg King)
The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance That Changed the World
7
Greg King
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
8
Neil Degrasse Tyson
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" (Zora Neale Hurston)
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
9
Zora Neale Hurston
Battle Cry of Freedom (James M. McPherson)
Battle Cry of Freedom
10
James M. McPherson
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming
11
Michelle Obama
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
12
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Tom Reiss)
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
13
Tom Reiss
Black Hawk Down (Mark Bowden)
Black Hawk Down
14
Mark Bowden
Born to Run (Christopher Mcdougall)
Born to Run
15
Christopher Mcdougall
The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico (Miguel Leon-Portilla)
The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
16
Miguel Leon-Portilla
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
17
Dee Brown
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Jean-Dominique Bauby)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
18
Jean-Dominique Bauby
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
19
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted
20
Matthew Desmond
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (Jack Weatherford)
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
21
Jack Weatherford
The Ghost Map (Steven Johnson)
The Ghost Map
22
Steven Johnson
Grant (Ron Chernow)
Grant
23
Ron Chernow
The Great Influenza (John M. Barry)
The Great Influenza
24
John M. Barry
The Guns of August (Barbara W. Tuchman)
The Guns of August
25
Barbara W. Tuchman
Guns, Germs, and Steel (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs, and Steel
26
Jared Diamond
The Hiding Place (Corrie Ten Boom)
The Hiding Place
27
Corrie Ten Boom
Hiroshima, John Hersey
Hiroshima, John Hersey
28
In the Heart of the Sea (Nathaniel Philbrick)
In the Heart of the Sea
29
Nathaniel Philbrick
Isaac's Storm (Erik Larson)
Isaac's Storm
30
Erik Larson
Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
Just Mercy
31
Bryan Stevenson
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Ishmael Beah)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
32
Ishmael Beah
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
33
The Map That Changed the World
The Map That Changed the World
34
Maus: The Complete Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus: The Complete Maus
35
Art Spiegelman
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
36
Alexander
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed
37
Barbara Ehrenreich
Pegasus (Laurent Richard)
Pegasus
38
Laurent Richard
Plagues and Peoples (William H. McNeill)
Plagues and Peoples
39
William H. McNeill
The Professor and the Madman (Simon Winchester)
The Professor and the Madman
40
Simon Winchester
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