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Becoming Well Read: Non-Fiction

It takes more than reading a few classics to become well read. Ideally one should read widely, across all genres.
In a bid to help myself get a little closer to being able to consider myself well read, I'm putting together a collection of TBR lists - of 50 books each - the reading of which should help get me a little closer to my goal. I naturally veer more towards some genres and not others (I tend to avoid romance and Young adult, for example), and I'm hoping this will help get me on track a little more.
If any obvious examples are missing from certain lists, there's a very good chance I'll have read it already.
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Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
2
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
3
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
4
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
5
H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
6
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
7
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
8
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic (Plato)
9
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey)
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey)
10
In the Heart of the Sea (Nathaniel Philbrick)
In the Heart of the Sea (Nathaniel Philbrick)
11
Under the Tuscan Sun, By Frances Mayes
Under the Tuscan Sun, By Frances Mayes
12
In a Sunburned Country (Bill Bryson)
In a Sunburned Country (Bill Bryson)
13
Black Hawk Down (Mark Bowden)
Black Hawk Down (Mark Bowden)
14
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
15
The Histories (Herodotus)
The Histories (Herodotus)
16
Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography by Rob Lowe
Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography by Rob Lowe
17
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
18
Dear Fahrenheit 451 (Annie Spence)
Dear Fahrenheit 451 (Annie Spence)
19
Marie Antoinette (Antonia Fraser)
Marie Antoinette (Antonia Fraser)
20
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (Michael Lewis)
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (Michael Lewis)
21
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
22
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. 1-3 (Edward Gibbon)
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. 1-3 (Edward Gibbon)
23
Cash (Johnny Cash)
Cash (Johnny Cash)
24
Friday Night Lights (H. G. Bissinger)
Friday Night Lights (H. G. Bissinger)
25
Agent Zigzag (Ben Macintyre)
Agent Zigzag (Ben Macintyre)
26
In Defense of Food (Michael Pollan)
In Defense of Food (Michael Pollan)
27
Endurance (Alfred Lansing)
Endurance (Alfred Lansing)
28
Mastering the Art of French Cooking (Julia Child)
Mastering the Art of French Cooking (Julia Child)
29
One Summer: America, 1927 (Bill Bryson)
One Summer: America, 1927 (Bill Bryson)
30
The Quantum Universe (Brian Cox)
The Quantum Universe (Brian Cox)
31
The Man Who Sold the World - David Bowie and the 1970s (Peter Doggett)
The Man Who Sold the World - David Bowie and the 1970s (Peter Doggett)
32
Written in Bone (Sue Black)
Written in Bone (Sue Black)
33
Science(Ish): The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies (Rick Edwards)
Science(Ish): The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies (Rick Edwards)
34
James Joyce (Richard Ellmann)
James Joyce (Richard Ellmann)
35
Audrey Hepburn (Barry Paris)
Audrey Hepburn (Barry Paris)
36
Lucrezia Borgia (Maria Bellonci)
Lucrezia Borgia (Maria Bellonci)
37
The Psychology of C.G. Jung: An Introduction (Jolande Jacobi)
The Psychology of C.G. Jung: An Introduction (Jolande Jacobi)
38
How to Be Perfect (Michael Schur)
How to Be Perfect (Michael Schur)
39
Putting the Rabbit in the Hat (Brian Cox)
Putting the Rabbit in the Hat (Brian Cox)
40
As Luck Would Have It (Derek Jacobi)
As Luck Would Have It (Derek Jacobi)
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