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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteStiff by Mary RoachIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best Narrative Non-Fiction
164 books — 36 voters
Salt by Mark KurlanskyAt Home by Bill BrysonTHE AMERICAN TRANSLATOR by Ahmed AlshuwaikhatGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Histories of the Everyday
378 books — 434 voters

The Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Republic by PlatoHonor and Polygamy by Omar FarhadPolitics by Aristotle
Politics
509 books — 506 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun EtherQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
2,147 books — 1,622 voters

The Dark Side of the Felt by Tyler NalsDeath Raise by Christopher ParksThe Prodigal by Alexander J. AllisonThe Mu Rhythm Bluff by Jonathan MitchellBank Shot by Donald E. Westlake
Novels Featuring Poker
10 books — 17 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachSalt by Mark KurlanskyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonLongitude by Dava Sobel
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,873 books — 2,254 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,825 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOutliers by Malcolm GladwellBlink by Malcolm GladwellThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Radiolab Suggested Readings
182 books — 242 voters