Favorite Non-Fiction Books Over the Years

Explore a curated list of favorite non-fiction books over the years, featuring must-read titles across genres like history, science, and self-improvement. Discover your next great read!

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Angela's Ashes

by Frank McCourt

"A memoir about childhood, relilience, and the trumphant power of storytelling."--From back cover.
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Walden

by Henry David Thoreau

On July 4, 1845, Henry David Thoreau moved into the cabin he had built on the shore of Walden Pond, thus beginning the most famous …
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I Know why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou

The moving and beautiful autobiography of a talented black woman. ". . . I have no words for this achievement, but I know that not …
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On the Road

by Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac’s classic American novel of freedom and the search for originality that defined a generation “An authentic work of art.”—The New York Times Inspired …
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Black Elk Speaks

by Black Elk

Reveals the life of Lakota healer Nicholas Black Elk as he led his tribe's battle against white settlers who threatened their homes and buffalo herds, …
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Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

by John R. Powers

Presents a fictionalized memoir of high school student Eddie Ryan, and describes the struggles he and his friends endure while attending a Catholic school in …
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Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions

by Gloria Steinem

This phenomenally successful book, that has sold nearly a half a million copies since its original publication in 1983, is Gloria Steinem's most diverse and …
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The One Minute Manager

by Kenneth H. Blanchard

How to increase prosperity, managing home, business and family.
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High Tide in Tucson

by Barbara Kingsolver

"There is no one quite like Barbara Kingsolver in contemporary literature," raves the Washington Post Book World, and it is right. She has been nominated …
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The Bridge Across Forever

by Richard Bach

If you've ever felt alone in a world of strangers, missing someone you've never met, you'll find a message from your love in "The Bridge …