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Kirkus Best Nonfiction of 2014

Here is a list of Kurkus Review's best nonfiction of the year 2014. How many of these have you read?
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Adventures in the Anthropocene (Gaia Vince)
Adventures in the Anthropocene
Gaia Vince
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After the Wind (Lou Kasischke)
After the Wind
Lou Kasischke
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The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era (Craig Nelson)
The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era
Craig Nelson
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American Boys (Louise Esola)
American Boys
Louise Esola
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Answer to the Riddle Is Me (David Stuart MacLean)
Answer to the Riddle Is Me
David Stuart MacLean
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Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, a (Peter Stark)
Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, A
Peter Stark
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Behind the Lines (Jeffrey B. Miller)
Behind the Lines
Jeffrey B. Miller
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The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet (Nina Teicholz)
The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet
Nina Teicholz
9
Boy on Ice: The Life and Death of Derek Boogaard (John Branch)
Boy on Ice: The Life and Death of Derek Boogaard
John Branch
10
The Brief and Tragic Life of Robert Peace (Jeff Hobbs)
The Brief and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
Jeff Hobbs
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Busted (Wendy Ruderman)
Busted
Wendy Ruderman
12
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
13
Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Thomas Piketty)
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty
14
Careless People (Sarah Churchwell)
Careless People
Sarah Churchwell
15
The Cause of All Nations: An International History of the American Civil War (Don H. Doyle)
The Cause of All Nations: An International History of the American Civil War
Don H. Doyle
16
A Chicano in the White House: The Nixon No One Knew (Henry M. Ramirez)
A Chicano in the White House: The Nixon No One Knew
Henry M. Ramirez
17
Cities of Empire (Tristram Hunt)
Cities of Empire
Tristram Hunt
18
A Cup of Water Under My Bed (Daisy Hernández)
A Cup of Water Under My Bed
Daisy Hernández
19
Dark Invasion (Howard Blum)
Dark Invasion
howard blum
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A Deadly Wandering (Matt Richtel)
A Deadly Wandering
Matt Richtel
21
Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee: A Look Inside North Korea (Jang Jin-Sung)
Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee: A Look Inside North Korea
Jang Jin-sung
22
The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap (Matt Taibbi)
The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap
Matt Taibbi
23
The Double Life of Paul De Man (Evelyn Barish)
The Double Life of Paul De Man
Evelyn Barish
24
The Empathy Exams: Essays (Leslie Jamison)
The Empathy Exams: Essays
Leslie Jamison
25
The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World (Greg Grandin)
The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World
Greg Grandin
26
Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People (Elizabeth A. Fenn)
Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People
Elizabeth A. Fenn
27
Factory Man
Factory Man
28
Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War (Mark Harris)
Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War
Mark Harris
29
Flash Boys (Michael Lewis)
Flash Boys
Michael Lewis
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Forcing the Spring
Forcing the Spring
31
Getting Schooled: The Reeducation of an American Teacher (Garret Keizer)
Getting Schooled: The Reeducation of an American Teacher
Garret Keizer
32
The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld
The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld
33
Hack Attack (Nick Davies)
Hack Attack
Nick Davies
34
Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistle-Blower, Spy (Gabriella Coleman)
Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistle-Blower, Spy
Gabriella Coleman
35
The Half Has Never Been Told (Edward E. Baptist)
The Half Has Never Been Told
Edward E. Baptist
36
The Heathen School (John Demos)
The Heathen School
John Demos
37
Heroes and Giants (Douglas B. Ashby)
Heroes and Giants
Douglas B. Ashby
38
History Lessons (Clifton Crais)
History Lessons
Clifton Crais
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The History of Rock 'N' Roll in Ten Songs (Greil Marcus)
The History of Rock 'N' Roll in Ten Songs
Greil Marcus
40
Hope: Entertainer of the Century (Richard Zoglin)
Hope: Entertainer of the Century
Richard Zoglin
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