52 books
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6 voters
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 124 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 777,921 ratings — published 2003
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 91 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 823,733 ratings — published 2010
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 465,658 ratings — published 2017
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.40 — 6,463 ratings — published 2014
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 166,600 ratings — published 2015
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 750,223 ratings — published 1966
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.98 — 118,930 ratings — published 2012
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.26 — 585,679 ratings — published 1997
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore (Carolrhoda Picture Books)
by (shelved 64 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,091 ratings — published 2015
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 233,156 ratings — published 2023
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,014,045 ratings — published 2010
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.47 — 188,263 ratings — published 2018
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.39 — 369,553 ratings — published 2013
Thirty Minutes Over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot's World War II Story – A Moving True Story Picture Book About the Historic Bombing and Apology for Kids (Ages 6-9)
by (shelved 54 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.34 — 737 ratings — published 2018
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 52 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,217,734 ratings — published 1996
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.91 — 303,160 ratings — published 1994
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.48 — 121,207 ratings — published 2010
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.38 — 2,153 ratings — published 2016
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.84 — 123,892 ratings — published 1998
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 21,498 ratings — published 2012
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.40 — 287,506 ratings — published 2018
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.53 — 147,502 ratings — published 2021
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 225,120 ratings — published 2011
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 122,324 ratings — published 2000
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 114,586 ratings — published 2009
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.25 — 89,106 ratings — published 2011
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 230,458 ratings — published 2003
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 52,368 ratings — published 2023
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.91 — 117,907 ratings — published 2023
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.46 — 176,867 ratings — published 1959
The Library Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.88 — 127,524 ratings — published 2018
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 28 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.30 — 142,775 ratings — published 2020
London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.33 — 51,611 ratings — published 2026
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 81,272 ratings — published 2005
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.07 — 455,493 ratings — published 1998
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 151,043 ratings — published 2020
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 22,366 ratings — published 2010
Zeitoun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.05 — 80,695 ratings — published 2009
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 246,975 ratings — published 2003
Seabiscuit: An American Legend (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.23 — 170,252 ratings — published 1999
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.28 — 2,622 ratings — published 2009
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.05 — 74,827 ratings — published 1999
And Tango Makes Three (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.36 — 14,313 ratings — published 2005
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.25 — 42,790 ratings — published 2009
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,949,203 ratings — published 2018
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 22 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.46 — 103,905 ratings — published 2009
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 62,734 ratings — published 2024
We Are Water Protectors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.48 — 9,186 ratings — published 2020
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer (ebook)
by (shelved 21 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.11 — 270,338 ratings — published 2018
Let the Children March: An Inspiring Civil Rights Story About Courage and Change for Children (Ages 4–8)
by (shelved 20 times as narrative-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.57 — 2,109 ratings — published 2018
“Let's make this earth great again!”
― Mass Awakening
― Mass Awakening
“We imagine our paths are freely chosen. But there is a need to account for biology and history, the random intercession of other people, culture, race, and the mystery of the transcendent.
”
― The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege
― The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege












