The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
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Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun EtherThe Ra Contact by Donald Tully Elkins
favorite non-fiction
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