Not My Father's Son by Alan CummingI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraWomen & Power by Mary BeardFeminism Is for Everybody by bell hooksHow to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
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The Power of Myth by Joseph CampbellMere Christianity by C.S. LewisThe Tao of Pooh by Benjamin HoffLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. LoewenDark Money by Jane Mayer
Most inspiring Nonfiction
2,635 books — 1,306 voters

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom WolfeThe World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah HarariThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
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4,644 books — 3,294 voters
Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah HarariMen Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John  GraySeabiscuit by Laura HillenbrandWhy Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
favorite non-fiction
2,779 books — 1,131 voters

The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-LesnevichMere Christianity by C.S. LewisNeither Here nor There by Bill BrysonConsider the Lobster and Other Essays by David Foster WallaceOriginals by Adam M. Grant
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,236 books — 4,385 voters
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Girls of Atomic City by Denise KiernanLab Girl by Hope JahrenHyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshLost in Shangri-la by Mitchell Zuckoff
Thought Provoking
2,845 books — 1,447 voters

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover BartlettCreativity, Inc. by Ed CatmullNotorious RBG by Irin CarmonFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
4,078 books — 1,470 voters

What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures by Malcolm GladwellThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
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3,522 books — 2,186 voters
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenWomen & Power by Mary BeardThe Art of War by Sun TzuGrit by Angela DuckworthConsider the Lobster and Other Essays by David Foster Wallace
Books Every Human Being Should Read
2,986 books — 1,981 voters