Kira's 1000s Challenge

091 Manuscripts: The Voynich Manuscript by Gerry Kennedy

305 Social Groups: Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
330 Economics: Freakonomics by Steven Levitt
362 Social Welfare Problems & Services: The Genius Factory by David Plotz
363 Other Social Problems & Services: Voices From Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich
364 Criminology: Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich
378 Higher Education: The Gatekeepers by Jacques Steinberg
398 Folklore: Lost Continents by L. Sprague De Camp

422 English Etymology: Word Myths by David Wilton
423 English Dictionaries: The Professor and The Madman by Simon Winchester
428 Standard English Usage: Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss

510 Mathematics: The Man Who Loved Only Numbers by Paul Hoffman
511 General Principles: Four Colours Suffice by Robin Wilson
512 Algebra and Number Theory: Fermat’s Enigma by Simon Singh
513 Arithmetic: Zero by Charles Seife

616 Diseases: The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat by Oliver Sacks

700 The Arts: The Tough Guide To Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones
741 Drawing and Drawings: Maus by Art Spiegelman
793 Indoor Games and Amusements: Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis

813 Fiction: Beauty by Robin McKinley
818 Miscellaneous Writings: Molvania by Santo Cilaruo
822 English Drama: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
823 English Fiction: Animal Farm by George Orwell
833 German Fiction: Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka

974 General history of North America; Northeastern United States: Too Close to the Falls by Catherine Gildiner

I don't seem to have a read a whole lot of varied non-fiction. Hopefully I will read more to add to this list though, and I will think of more I have read in the past that qualify!

Edited to add: I'm basing most of this off LT's dewey numbers, so hopefully those are basically correct...

Zero is on my wishlist--what did you think? The LT reviews are mixed.

Hmm just to clarify I actually read Zero : the biography of a dangerous idea not the other work that Zero is touchstoning to. If you are still asking about the same book that I read, then I enjoyed it very much. If you are looking for complicated math, this book isn't it, but if you want an interesting look at the importance and history of zero then it is very good :) I can't think of many details because I read it a few years ago, but I definitely enjoyed it at the time; it inspired me to do a presentation on zero for a class assignment.

Hmm I don't want to mess up my previous touchstones since they seem to load slowly today, but I realized I've also read

929 Genealogy, names, insignia: Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt