Non-Fiction -- Best of 2009 (27 books)

Highlights of some of the best non-fiction books I've read in '09

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1	The 10000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution by Gregory Cochran 3.95 avg rating — 1,853 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1	Columbine by Dave Cullen (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 102,542 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	House Rules: A Memoir by Rachel Sontag 3.69 avg rating — 2,608 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Truth Book: Escaping a Childhood of Abuse Among Jehovah's Witnesses by Joy Castro 4.12 avg rating — 295 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed by Judy Shepard 4.35 avg rating — 2,536 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Unwanted: A Memoir of Childhood by Kien Nguyen 4.32 avg rating — 2,670 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Perfectly Imperfect: A Life in Progress by Lee Woodruff (Goodreads Author) 3.68 avg rating — 497 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Crazy Love by Leslie Morgan Steiner (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 3,727 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	All But My Life by Gerda Weissmann Klein 4.33 avg rating — 22,497 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Children of the Flames: Dr. Josef Mengele and the Untold Story of the Twins of Auschwitz by Lucette Matalon Lagnado 4.01 avg rating — 4,006 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind Thirty-Year of Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer by John E. Douglas 3.95 avg rating — 5,344 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	A Private Family Matter: A Memoir by Victor Rivas Rivers 4.06 avg rating — 196 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	A Random Act: An Inspiring True Story of Fighting to Survive and Choosing to Forgive by Cindi Broaddus 4.06 avg rating — 171 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Pushing up the Sky: A Mother's Story by Terra Trevor (Goodreads Author) 4.64 avg rating — 39 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	True Compass: A Memoir by Edward M. Kennedy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12,524 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Whole World Was Watching: Living in the Light of Matthew Shepard by Romaine Patterson 4.22 avg rating — 101 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Writing to Heal the Soul: Transforming Grief and Loss Through Writing by Susan Zimmermann 3.95 avg rating — 57 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Angel Letters: Lessons That Dying Can Teach us About Living by Norman J. Fried 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Doctors from Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans by Vivien Spitz 4.01 avg rating — 3,529 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Switching Time: A Doctor's Harrowing Story of Treating a Woman with 17 Personalities by Richard K. Baer 4.04 avg rating — 4,569 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Preserving Memory: The Struggle to Create America's Holocaust Museum by Edward Tabor Linenthal 4.02 avg rating — 284 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Don't Ever Tell: Kathy's Story by Kathy O'Beirne 4.02 avg rating — 2,760 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	A Season for Justice: The Life & Times of Civil Rights Lawyer Morris Dees by Morris Dees 4.18 avg rating — 88 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Michelle Remembers by Michelle Smith 2.56 avg rating — 757 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Do They Hear You When You Cry by Fauziya Kassindja 4.13 avg rating — 4,808 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	That Mean Old Yesterday: A Memoir by Stacey Patton (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 255 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews Edwards 3.97 avg rating — 21,626 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars