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Todd's 325 Favorite Non-Fiction Books - Page 8

This was easier than I thought. I've read more novels, but I've liked fewer of them. Not all of these books are about happy (or even remotely happy) topics, but I very much like the feeling of being informed about something, especially the kinds of things that are often kept from us in school. Informed reading, everyone! PS: They're alpha by author.
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Reality Hunger (David Shields)
Reality Hunger
David Shields
282
Undermining Science: Suppression and Distortion in the Bush Administration (Seth Shulman)
Undermining Science: Suppression and Distortion in the Bush Administration
Seth Shulman
283
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
284
Sailing Alone Around the World (Joshua Slocum)
Sailing Alone Around the World
Joshua Slocum
285
On Tyranny (Timothy Snyder)
On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder
286
The Road to Unfreedom (Timothy Snyder)
The Road to Unfreedom
Timothy Snyder
287
Longitude (Dava Sobel)
Longitude
Dava Sobel
288
Against Interpretation (Susan Sontag)
Against Interpretation
Susan Sontag
289
The Elements of Style (William Strunk Jr., Maira Kalman and E.B. White)
The Elements of Style
William Strunk Jr., Maira Kalman and E.B. White
290
Monet: A Retrospective (Charles F. Stuckey, Ed.)
Monet: A Retrospective
Charles F. Stuckey, Ed.
291
The Betrayal of Anne Frank (Rosemary Sullivan)
The Betrayal of Anne Frank
Rosemary Sullivan
292
The Socialist Manifeto (Bhashar Sunkara)
The Socialist Manifeto
Bhashar Sunkara
293
Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our Human Origins (Ian Tattersall)
Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our Human Origins
Ian Tattersall
294
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference (Greta Thunberg)
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Greta Thunberg
295
A Distant Mirror (Barbara Tuchman)
A Distant Mirror
Barbara Tuchman
296
Origins (Neil Degrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith)
Origins
Neil Degrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith
297
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (Tom Vanderbilt)
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do
Tom Vanderbilt
298
Reading Faulknerian Tragedy (Warwick Wadlington)
Reading Faulknerian Tragedy
Warwick Wadlington
299
The Double Helix (James Watson)
The Double Helix
James Watson
300
Hope: A Collection of Obama Posters and Prints (Hal Wert)
Hope: A Collection of Obama Posters and Prints
Hal Wert
301
Edward Weston: The Flame of Recognition (Edward Weston)
Edward Weston: The Flame of Recognition
Edward Weston
302
Here Is New York (E. B. White)
Here Is New York
E. B. White
303
Breach of Faith (Theodore H. White)
Breach of Faith
Theodore H. White
304
America in Search of Itself: The Making of the President 1956-1980 (Theodore H. White)
America in Search of Itself: The Making of the President 1956-1980
Theodore H. White
305
De Profundis (Oscar Wilde)
De Profundis
Oscar Wilde
306
The Professor and the Madman (Simon Winchester)
The Professor and the Madman
Simon Winchester
307
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded (Simon Winchester)
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded
Simon Winchester
308
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology (Simon Winchester)
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
Simon Winchester
309
The Meaning of Everything (Simon Winchester)
The Meaning of Everything
Simon Winchester
310
Atlantic (Simon Winchester)
Atlantic
Simon Winchester
311
Stock Photographs (Garry Winogrand)
Stock Photographs
Garry Winogrand
312
From Bauhaus to Our House (Tom Wolfe)
From Bauhaus to Our House
Tom Wolfe
313
The Painted Word (Tom Wolfe)
The Painted Word
Tom Wolfe
314
The Great Hunger (Woodham-Smith)
The Great Hunger
Woodham-Smith
315
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
Virginia Woolf
316
Three Guineas (Virginia Woolf)
Three Guineas
Virginia Woolf
317
Going Clear (Lawrence Wright)
Going Clear
Lawrence Wright
318
Thirteen Days in September (Lawrence Wright)
Thirteen Days in September
Lawrence Wright
319
Our Man in Tehran (Robert A. Wright)
Our Man in Tehran
Robert A. Wright
320
Brice Marden: Work of the 1990s: Drawings and Prints (Charles Wylie)
Brice Marden: Work of the 1990s: Drawings and Prints
Charles Wylie
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