Book Awards55 Nonfiction Books to Read in a Lifetime

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Works (55)

TitlesOrder
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande — not in English Common Knowledge
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates — not in English Common Knowledge
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown — not in English Common Knowledge
I Can't Make This Up by Kevin Hart
The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me by Bruce Feiler — not in English Common Knowledge
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson — not in English Common Knowledge
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank — not in English Common Knowledge
Driving Miss Norma: One Family's Journey Saying "Yes" to Living by Tim Bauerschmidt — not in English Common Knowledge
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert — not in English Common Knowledge
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee — not in English Common Knowledge
The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe — not in English Common Knowledge
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson — not in English Common Knowledge
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan — not in English Common Knowledge
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls — not in English Common Knowledge
Gratitude by Oliver Sacks — not in English Common Knowledge
The Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life by Janice Kaplan — not in English Common Knowledge
Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center — not in English Common Knowledge
The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin — not in English Common Knowledge
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly — not in English Common Knowledge
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance — not in English Common Knowledge
How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens by Benedict Carey — not in English Common Knowledge
Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing by Jennifer Weiner — not in English Common Knowledge
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot — not in English Common Knowledge
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer — not in English Common Knowledge
Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto by Tilar J. Mazzeo — not in English Common Knowledge
It's Okay to Laugh (Crying Is Cool Too) by Nora McInerny Purmort — not in English Common Knowledge
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou — not in English Common Knowledge
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch — not in English Common Knowledge
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo — not in English Common Knowledge
Live Fast Die Hot by Jenny Mollen — not in English Common Knowledge
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter C. Brown — not in English Common Knowledge
My Boyfriend Barfed in My Handbag . . . and Other Things You Can't Ask Martha by Jolie Kerr — not in English Common Knowledge
The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust by Edith Hahn Beer — not in English Common Knowledge
I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere but the Pool by Lisa Scottoline — not in English Common Knowledge
Night by Elie Wiesel — not in English Common Knowledge
Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg — not in English Common Knowledge
The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945 by Władysław Szpilman — not in English Common Knowledge
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg — not in English Common Knowledge
Rewire: Change Your Brain to Break Bad Habits, Overcome Addictions, Conquer Self-Destruc tive Behavior by Richard O'Connor — not in English Common Knowledge
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt — not in English Common Knowledge
Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick — not in English Common Knowledge
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League by Jeff Hobbs — not in English Common Knowledge
This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed — not in English Common Knowledge
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom — not in English Common Knowledge
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand — not in English Common Knowledge
Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination by J. K. Rowling — not in English Common Knowledge
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson — not in English Common Knowledge
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi — not in English Common Knowledge
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed — not in English Common Knowledge
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion — not in English Common Knowledge
Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes — not in English Common Knowledge
Yes Please by Amy Poehler — not in English Common Knowledge
The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackermann — not in English Common Knowledge