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Play Book Tag's 100 Non-Fiction Books to Read

One hundred non-fiction books selected by members of Shelfari's Play Book Tag discussion group in 2016.
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102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
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84, Charing Cross Road (Helene Hanff)
84, Charing Cross Road
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Helene Hanff
Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic (Jennifer Niven)
Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic
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Jennifer Niven
All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)
All Creatures Great and Small
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James Herriot
And the Band Played On
And the Band Played On
5
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
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Frank McCourt
Autobiography of Malcolm X
Autobiography of Malcolm X
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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest (Stephen E. Ambrose)
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
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Stephen E. Ambrose
Being Mortal (Atul Gawande)
Being Mortal
9
Atul Gawande
The Big Burn (Timothy Egan)
The Big Burn
10
Timothy Egan
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
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Tom Reiss
Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West (Hampton Sides)
Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
12
Hampton Sides
Bonk
Bonk
13
The Botany of Desire (Michael Pollan)
The Botany of Desire
14
Michael Pollan
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Daniel James Brown)
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
15
Daniel James Brown
The Boys of Summer
The Boys of Summer
16
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
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Dee Brown
The Colony (Tayman)
The Colony
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Tayman
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine
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Dave Cullen
The Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell (Janet Wallach)
The Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell
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Janet Wallach
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City
21
Erik Larson
Dewey
Dewey
22
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
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Anne Frank
Disappearing Spoon
Disappearing Spoon
24
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat Pray Love
25
Elizabeth Gilbert
Eating Animals
Eating Animals
26
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
27
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Alfred Lansing)
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
28
Alfred Lansing
Far From the Tree (Andrew Solomon)
Far From the Tree
29
Andrew Solomon
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
30
Hunter S. Thompson
Five Days at Memorial
Five Days at Memorial
31
Flags of Our Fathers
Flags of Our Fathers
32
Four Queens (Goldstone)
Four Queens
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Goldstone
Freakanomics
Freakanomics
34
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
35
Alison Bechdel
The Future of Life (Wilson)
The Future of Life
36
Wilson
Ghost Girl
Ghost Girl
37
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission (Hampton Sides)
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission
38
Hampton Sides
The Girls of Atomic City (Denise Kiernan)
The Girls of Atomic City
39
Denise Kiernan
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
40
Jeannette Walls
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