Best non-fiction
Discover the best non-fiction books of all time! Explore our curated list of top-rated non-fiction reads across genres, from biographies to self-help and history.
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Path Between The Seas
by David McCullough
The National Book Award–winning epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal, a first-rate drama of the bold and brilliant engineering feat that was …
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Into Thin Air
by Jon Krakauer
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The epic account of the storm on the summit of Mt. Everest that claimed five lives and left countless more—including Krakauer's—in …
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D-Day
by Stephen E. Ambrose
Stephen E. Ambrose’s D-Day is the definitive history of World War II’s most pivotal battle, a day that changed the course of history. D-Day is …
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The Man who Never was
by Ewen Montagu
A firsthand account of the creative espionage operation that duped the Nazi high command.
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Flags of Our Fathers
by James Bradley
A true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America.
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Eagle Against the Sun
by Ronald H. Spector
Traces the war in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and examines the major battles and campaigns.
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Between Silk and Cyanide
by Leo Marks
As a cryptographer driven to improve the security of secret codes for Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II, Marks used wit and …
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The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Authorized Edition)
by National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States
The eagerly awaited release of The 9/11 Commission Report has caused an avalanche of press coverage, but nearly all of the media commentary has omitted …
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Why Buildings Fall Down
by Matthys Levy
About the reasons for structural collapse, including earthquakes, metal fatigue, and terrorism.
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Howard Hughes
by Peter Harry Brown
Howard Hughes was one of the most amazing, intriguing, and controversial figures of the twentieth century. He was the billionaire head of a giant corporation, …
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Seventeen Seventy-six
by David McCullough
"As the crucial weeks pass, defeat follows defeat, and in the long retreat across New Jersey, all hope seems gone, until Washington launches the "brilliant …
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Freakonomics
by Steven D. Levitt
"Steven D. Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives - how people get what they want, …