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Highly Rated Non-fiction

Non-fiction rated 4.2 or higher on Hardcover, from at least 300 ratings. Leaves out young adult and children's titles, omnibus editions, and books that are not the first in their series.

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A Short History Of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

4.3 Hardcover · 1,072 ratings

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Bad Blood: Secrets And Lies In A Silicon Valley Startup

John Carreyrou

4.4 Hardcover · 904 ratings

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Becoming

Michelle Obama

4.4 Hardcover · 916 ratings

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Born A Crime: Stories From A South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

4.5 Hardcover · 1,249 ratings

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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, And The Teachings Of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

4.5 Hardcover · 356 ratings

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Educated

Tara Westover

4.4 Hardcover · 1,814 ratings

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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

4.5 Hardcover · 401 ratings

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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History And Persistence Of Our Deadliest Infection

John Green

4.3 Hardcover · 651 ratings

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Factfulness

Hans Rosling

4.4 Hardcover · 605 ratings

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Four Thousand Weeks: Time And How To Use It

Oliver Burkeman

4.2 Hardcover · 632 ratings

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I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette Mccurdy

4.5 Hardcover · 2,419 ratings

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In The Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

4.4 Hardcover · 465 ratings

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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account Of The Mount Everest Disaster

Jon Krakauer

4.3 Hardcover · 803 ratings

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Invisible Women: Data Bias In A World Designed For Men

Caroline Criado Perez

4.3 Hardcover · 481 ratings

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Just Kids

Patti Smith

4.2 Hardcover · 348 ratings

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Man's Search For Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

4.2 Hardcover · 1,556 ratings

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Night

Elie Wiesel

4.3 Hardcover · 1,266 ratings

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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder

4.3 Hardcover · 381 ratings

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Say Nothing: A True Story Of Murder And Memory In Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe

4.5 Hardcover · 480 ratings

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Smoke Gets In Your Eyes & Other Lessons From The Crematory

Caitlin Doughty

4.2 Hardcover · 321 ratings

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The Anthropocene Reviewed

John Green

4.4 Hardcover · 299 ratings

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The Body Keeps The Score

Bessel Van Der Kolk

3.5 Google

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The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

4.6 Hardcover · 348 ratings

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The Psychology Of Money

Morgan Housel

4.2 Hardcover · 774 ratings

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This Is Going To Hurt: Secret Diaries Of A Junior Doctor

Adam Kay

4.4 Hardcover · 420 ratings

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We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4.3 Hardcover · 776 ratings

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What If? Serious Scientific Answers To Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Randall Munroe

4.3 Hardcover · 1,036 ratings

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Why We Sleep: Unlocking The Power Of Sleep And Dreams

Matthew Walker

4.4 Hardcover · 818 ratings

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