Nonfiction
1,115 books
Most recommended
By how often readers hand it to someone else.
Thinking, fast and slow
Daniel Kahneman2011
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson2011
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot2009
Educated
Tara Westover2018
Atomic Habits
James Clear2018
Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson
When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi2016
Just Kids
Patti Smith2006
Twelve Years a Slave
Solomon Northup1853
1776
David McCullough2005
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates2015
The Gifts of Imperfection
Brené Brown2010
Stood up
Published 2005 or earlier and still recommended.
The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene1998
Animal Farm
George Orwell1945
The Art of War
Sun Tzu1900
A short history of nearly everything
Bill Bryson2003
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank2001
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou1969
Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow2004
The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins1976
Cosmos
Carl Sagan1980
Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse1922
A Child Called "It"
Dave Pelzer1987
The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran1900
Recent
Published in the last 3 years.
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Prince Harry2023
The Woman in Me
Britney Spears2023
Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond2023
Black AF History
Michael Harriot2023
Everything Is Tuberculosis
John Green2025
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad2025
Doppelganger
Naomi Klein2023
Hijab Butch Blues
Lamya H.2023
The Complete Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi2023
Challenger
Adam Higginbotham2024
The Art Thief
Michael Finkel2023
Down the Drain
Julia Fox2023