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Obscure Books You Have Probably Never Heard Of

I doubt you've seen or read more than a couple. I mostly read nonfiction or historical books mixed in with some humor. How about you?
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Wild Swans (Jung Chang)
Wild Swans
1
Jung Chang
Gulag: A History (Anne Applebaum)
Gulag: A History
2
Anne Applebaum
Slave (Mende Nazer)
Slave
3
Mende Nazer
Princess (Jean Sasson)
Princess
4
Jean Sasson
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
5
Viktor Frankl
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
6
Elie Wiesel
The Worst Hard Time (Timothy Egan)
The Worst Hard Time
7
Timothy Egan
I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
I Am Malala
8
Malala Yousafzai
In Order to Live (Yeonmi Park)
In Order to Live
9
Yeonmi Park
First They Killed My Father (Loung Ung)
First They Killed My Father
10
Loung Ung
Twelve Years a Slave (Solomon Northup)
Twelve Years a Slave
11
Solomon Northup
Life Below Stairs (Alison Maloney)
Life Below Stairs
12
Alison Maloney
The Lost City of the Monkey God (Douglas Preston)
The Lost City of the Monkey God
13
Douglas Preston
Nelson Mandela (Kadir Nelson)
Nelson Mandela
14
Kadir Nelson
Gandhi: An Autobiography (Mahatma Gandhi)
Gandhi: An Autobiography
15
Mahatma Gandhi
The Art of Happiness (14th Dalai Lama & Howard C. Cutler)
The Art of Happiness
16
14th Dalai Lama & Howard C. Cutler
Lucky Child (Loung Ung)
Lucky Child
17
Loung Ung
When Rabbit Howls (Trudi Chase)
When Rabbit Howls
18
Trudi Chase
Girl Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen)
Girl Interrupted
19
Susanna Kaysen
Quiet (Susan Cain)
Quiet
20
Susan Cain
In Siberia (Colin Thubron)
In Siberia
21
Colin Thubron
When Broken Glass Floats (Chanrithy Him)
When Broken Glass Floats
22
Chanrithy Him
The Desert and the Sea (Michael Scott Moore)
The Desert and the Sea
23
Michael Scott Moore
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
24
Truman Capote
The Bosnia List: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Return (Kenan Trebincevic)
The Bosnia List: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Return
25
Kenan Trebincevic
Geisha, a Life (Mineko Iwasaki)
Geisha, a Life
26
Mineko Iwasaki
A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape From North Korea (Eunsun Kim)
A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape From North Korea
27
Eunsun Kim
They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky (Benjamin Ajak)
They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky
28
Benjamin Ajak
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident (Donnie Eichar)
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident
29
Donnie Eichar
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul (Karen Abbott)
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
30
Karen Abbott
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
31
Rebecca Skloot
Four Perfect Pebbles (Lila Perl)
Four Perfect Pebbles
32
Lila Perl
We Die Alone (David Howarth)
We Die Alone
33
David Howarth
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Doreen Rappaport and Bryan Collier)
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
34
Doreen Rappaport and Bryan Collier
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
35
John Berendt
Princess Alice: The Life and Times of Alice Roosevelt Longworth (Alice Felsenthal)
Princess Alice: The Life and Times of Alice Roosevelt Longworth
36
Alice Felsenthal
Beyond the Sky and the Earth, Jamie Zeppa
Beyond the Sky and the Earth, Jamie Zeppa
37
The Queen of Water (Laura Resau and Maria Virginia Farinango)
The Queen of Water
38
Laura Resau and Maria Virginia Farinango
I, Rigoberta Menchu (Rigoberta Menchu)
I, Rigoberta Menchu
39
Rigoberta Menchu
Anne Frank the Diary of a Young Girl (Frank, Anne)
Anne Frank the Diary of a Young Girl
40
Frank, Anne
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