Andrea's votes on the list Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Non-Fiction 2025

Listopia > Andrea's votes on the list Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Non-Fiction 2025 (50 Books)

1	Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company by Patrick McGee (Goodreads Author) 4.48 avg rating — 9,763 ratings	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
2	Articulate: A Deaf Memoir of Voice by Rachel Kolb 4.30 avg rating — 514 ratings	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	Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs 4.35 avg rating — 1,660 ratings	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	Black Genius: Essays on an American Legacy by Tre Johnson 4.20 avg rating — 135 ratings	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
5	Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State by Caleb Gayle 3.95 avg rating — 298 ratings Andrea added it to to-read See Review	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	Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century by W. David Marx (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 1,213 ratings	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	Bone Valley: A True Story of Injustice and Redemption in the Heart of Florida by Gilbert King 4.39 avg rating — 1,284 ratings	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	Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 6,607 ratings	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	Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America by Sam Tanenhaus 4.21 avg rating — 707 ratings	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	Capitalism and Its Critics: A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI by John Cassidy 4.19 avg rating — 522 ratings	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	Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free by Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 1,304 ratings	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	Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life by Dan Nadel 4.32 avg rating — 708 ratings	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
13	Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest Rival by Stephen Greenblatt 3.95 avg rating — 1,854 ratings	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
14	Electric Spark: The Enigma of Dame Muriel by Frances Wilson 3.70 avg rating — 194 ratings	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	Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery by Richard Kreitner 4.18 avg rating — 84 ratings	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	Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves by Sophie Gilbert (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 20,258 ratings Andrea rated it 4 stars See Review	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	The Golden Hour: A Story of Family and Power in Hollywood by Matthew Specktor (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 349 ratings	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 Harder I Fight the More I Love You: A Memoir by Neko Case 4.01 avg rating — 7,194 ratings Andrea added it to to-read See Review	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	How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's Memoir by Molly Jong-Fast 3.66 avg rating — 8,246 ratings	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	Indignity: A Life Reimagined by Lea Ypi 3.83 avg rating — 2,256 ratings Andrea added it to did-not-finish See Review	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	The Invention of Charlotte Brontë: A New Life by Graham Watson 4.02 avg rating — 102 ratings	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	I Regret Almost Everything by Keith McNally 3.87 avg rating — 9,179 ratings	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	Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 8,044 ratings Andrea rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Jane Austen's Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 7,420 ratings	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	The Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex, and Controversy in the 1980s by Paul Elie 3.79 avg rating — 92 ratings	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	Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity and Belonging in Xi Jinping's China by Emily Feng 4.14 avg rating — 859 ratings	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	Libraries of the Mind by William Marx 3.59 avg rating — 39 ratings	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
28	Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America by Bridget Read (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 5,495 ratings	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
29	Make It Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil Abloh by Robin Givhan 4.04 avg rating — 291 ratings	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
30	Mark Twain by Ron Chernow 4.18 avg rating — 7,634 ratings	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
31	Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 27,569 ratings Andrea rated it 3 stars See Review	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
32	Mexico: A 500-Year History by Paul Gillingham 4.01 avg rating — 353 ratings	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
33	The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century by Tim Weiner (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 1,541 ratings	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
34	Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist by Liz Pelly 3.83 avg rating — 4,534 ratings Andrea added it to to-read See Review	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
35	Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser 3.78 avg rating — 14,233 ratings	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
36	One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad (Goodreads Author) 4.56 avg rating — 70,998 ratings Andrea rated it 5 stars See Review	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
37	Ordinary People Don't Carry Machine Guns: Thoughts on War by Artem Chapeye 4.60 avg rating — 674 ratings	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
38	Paris Undercover by Matthew Goodman 3.93 avg rating — 747 ratings	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
39	Raising Hare: A Memoir by Chloe Dalton 4.28 avg rating — 42,408 ratings Andrea added it to to-read See Review	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
40	Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age by Amanda Hess 4.07 avg rating — 1,765 ratings	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
41	Storyteller: The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson by Leo Damrosch 4.15 avg rating — 91 ratings	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
42	Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America by Michael Luo 4.04 avg rating — 1,004 ratings	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
43	There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 9,144 ratings Andrea rated it 5 stars See Review	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
44	They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals by Mariah Blake (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 1,220 ratings	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
45	Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li 4.34 avg rating — 15,078 ratings Andrea rated it 5 stars See Review	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
46	A Truce That Is Not Peace by Miriam Toews 3.83 avg rating — 3,997 ratings Andrea rated it 5 stars See Review	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
47	True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen by Lance Richardson (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 153 ratings	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
48	We Should All Be Birds: A Memoir by Brian Buckbee 3.55 avg rating — 701 ratings	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
49	We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore 4.22 avg rating — 2,281 ratings	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
50	Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America's Great Power Prophet by Edward Luce 4.58 avg rating — 544 ratings	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