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Kirkus Best Nonfiction of 2017

Here is a list of Kurkus Review's best nonfiction of the year 2017. How many of these have you read?
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Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon (Henry Marsh)
Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon
Henry Marsh
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Ali: A Life (Jonathan Eig)
Ali: A Life
Jonathan Eig
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An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back (Elisabeth Rosenthal)
An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
Elisabeth Rosenthal
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An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic (Daniel Mendelsohn)
An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic
Daniel Mendelsohn
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Anatomy of Terror (Ali H. Soufan)
Anatomy of Terror
Ali H. Soufan
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil Degrasse Tyson
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Awakening: How Gays and Lesbians Brought Marriage Equality to America (Nathaniel Frank)
Awakening: How Gays and Lesbians Brought Marriage Equality to America
Nathaniel Frank
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The Black Hand (Stephan Talty)
The Black Hand
Stephan Talty
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Blitzed (Norman Ohler)
Blitzed
Norman Ohler
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Bones (Joe Tone)
Bones
Joe Tone
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Border (Kapka Kassabova)
Border
Kapka Kassabova
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Calder: The Conquest of Time: The Early Years, 1898-1940 (Jed Perl)
Calder: The Conquest of Time: The Early Years, 1898-1940
Jed Perl
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China Lake (Barret Baumgart)
China Lake
Barret Baumgart
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Chocolate City (Chris Myers Asch)
Chocolate City
Chris Myers Asch
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Chokehold: Policing Black Men (Paul Butler)
Chokehold: Policing Black Men
Paul Butler
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Churchill and Orwell (Ricks)
Churchill and Orwell
Ricks
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Convergence: The Idea at the Heart of Science (Peter Watson)
Convergence: The Idea at the Heart of Science
Peter Watson
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The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African-American Culinary History in the Old South (Michael W.Twitty)
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African-American Culinary History in the Old South
Michael W.Twitty
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A Crack in Creation (Jennifer A. Doudna)
A Crack in Creation
Jennifer A. Doudna
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David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100 Years of LBGT Music (Darryl W.Bullock)
David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100 Years of LBGT Music
Darryl W.Bullock
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Dying : A Memoir (Cory Taylor)
Dying : A Memoir
Cory Taylor
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The Egyptians: A Radical History of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution (Jack Shenker)
The Egyptians: A Radical History of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution
Jack Shenker
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The Empire Must Die (Mikhail Zygar)
The Empire Must Die
Mikhail Zygar
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The Evangelicals (Frances Fitzgerald)
The Evangelicals
Frances Fitzgerald
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Everything Is Flammable (Gabrielle Bell)
Everything Is Flammable
Gabrielle Bell
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The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World (Jonathan Israel)
The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World
Jonathan Israel
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Expecting Sunshine (Alexis Marie Chute)
Expecting Sunshine
Alexis Marie Chute
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Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings (James Crawford)
Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings
James Crawford
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Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics (Kim Phillips-Fein)
Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics
Kim Phillips-Fein
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Freud: The Making of an Illusion (Frederick Crews)
Freud: The Making of an Illusion
Frederick Crews
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The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia (Masha Gessen)
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
Masha Gessen
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Goethe: Life as a Work of Art (Rüdiger Safranski)
Goethe: Life as a Work of Art
Rüdiger Safranski
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Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love (Zack Mcdermott)
Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love
Zack Mcdermott
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The Great Unknown (Marcus Du Sautoy)
The Great Unknown
Marcus Du Sautoy
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Greater Gotham: A History of New York City From 1898 to 1919 (Mike Wallace)
Greater Gotham: A History of New York City From 1898 to 1919
Mike Wallace
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The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea (Jack E. Davis)
The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea
Jack E. Davis
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Hank & Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart (Scott Eyman)
Hank & Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart
Scott Eyman
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He Calls Me by Lightning (S. Jonathan Bass)
He Calls Me by Lightning
S. Jonathan Bass
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Henry David Thoreau - A Life (Laura Dassow Walls)
Henry David Thoreau - A Life
Laura Dassow Walls
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The Holocaust: A New History (Laurence Rees)
The Holocaust: A New History
Laurence Rees
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