My favorite nonfiction books

Discover my top favorite nonfiction books that inspire, educate, and transform. Explore must-read titles across genres like history, science, self-help, and memoirs for your next great read.

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Cadillac Desert

by Marc Reisner

“I’ve been thinking a lot about Cadillac Desert in the past few weeks, as the rain fell and fell and kept falling over California, much …
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Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

by Vincent Bugliosi

The true story of the Manson murders.
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb

 

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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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The Devil in the White City

by Erik Larson

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile comes the …
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Genius

by James Gleick

To his colleagues, Richard Feynman was not so much a genius as he was a full-blown magician: someone who “does things that nobody else could …
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The Power Broker

by Robert A. Caro

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A modern American classic, this huge and galvanizing biography of Robert Moses reveals not only the saga of one man’s incredible …
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Theodore Rex

 

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Truman

 

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The Day the World Came to Town

by Jim DeFede

"For the better part of a week, nearly every man, woman, and child in Gander and the surrounding smaller towns stopped what they were doing …
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Tuesdays with Morrie

by Mitch Albom

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A special 25th anniversary edition of the beloved book that has changed millions of lives with the story of …
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Black Hawk Down

by Mark Bowden

Chronicles the experiences of ninety-nine American soldiers who were trapped in the city of Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993.
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