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![Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1703329310l/23692271._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 18531 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,062,547 ratings — published 2011
![The Diary of a Young Girl](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1560816565l/48855._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 18417 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,800,934 ratings — published 1947
![Educated](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1506026635l/35133922._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 15661 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,578,267 ratings — published 2018
![Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328562861l/8520610._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 14392 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 442,344 ratings — published 2012
![The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327878144l/6493208._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 13295 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 746,466 ratings — published 2010
![Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1550917827l/1202._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 11983 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 858,590 ratings — published 2005
![Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1655988385l/40121378._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 11830 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 931,827 ratings — published 2018
![Outliers: The Story of Success](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1344266315l/3228917._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 11751 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 799,255 ratings — published 2008
![Becoming](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1528206996l/38746485._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 11673 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,072,949 ratings — published 2018
![The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1583433024l/397483._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 11418 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 694,756 ratings — published 2003
![I'm Glad My Mom Died](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1649286799l/59364173._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 11378 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.46 ��� 1,086,557 ratings — published 2022
![A Short History of Nearly Everything](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1433086293l/21._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 10788 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 391,818 ratings — published 2003
![The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1465761302l/28257707._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 10613 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,162,373 ratings — published 2016
![We Should All Be Feminists](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1430821222l/22738563._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 10560 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.40 — 298,245 ratings — published 2012
![Man’s Search for Meaning](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1535419394l/4069._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 10109 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.37 — 736,929 ratings — published 1946
![Night (The Night Trilogy, #1)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1709507006l/1617._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 10042 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,264,433 ratings — published 1956
![Into the Wild](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1650755924l/60869516._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 10016 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,105,431 ratings — published 1996
![Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1473867911l/29780253._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 9968 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.49 — 712,975 ratings — published 2016
![Thinking, Fast and Slow](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1317793965l/11468377._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 9609 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.18 — 511,140 ratings — published 2011
![Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1453215833l/1842._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 9474 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 417,343 ratings — published 1997
![Between the World and Me](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1451435027l/25489625._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 9370 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.40 — 337,336 ratings — published 2015
![When Breath Becomes Air](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1492677644l/25899336._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 9367 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.40 — 689,717 ratings — published 2016
![In Cold Blood](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1424931136l/168642._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 9329 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 670,608 ratings — published 1959
![The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1473396980l/2612._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 9325 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 820,419 ratings — published 2002
![Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1440763417l/40102._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 9194 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 3.96 — 597,391 ratings — published 2005
![Bossypants](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1481509554l/9418327._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 8832 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,015,182 ratings — published 2011
![A Brief History of Time](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1333578746l/3869._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 8693 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.21 — 439,006 ratings — published 1988
![Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1631501298l/1898._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 8693 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.24 — 515,014 ratings — published 1997
![Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1625851259l/56769575._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 8689 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 222,735 ratings — published 2003
![The Glass Castle](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1523542886l/7445._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 8510 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,238,487 ratings — published 2005
![On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1436735207l/10569._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 8419 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.34 — 292,503 ratings — published 2000
![The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1418767178l/22318578._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 8402 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 3.88 — 370,395 ratings — published 2010
![Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1696884539l/193388249._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 8389 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 368,119 ratings — published 2017
![Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1617113740l/41104077._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 7850 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 125,010 ratings — published 2019
![Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327861115l/8664353._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 7843 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.38 — 952,145 ratings — published 2010
![Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1453189881l/12262741._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 7748 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 809,721 ratings — published 2012
![The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1545854312l/12609433._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 7517 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 516,113 ratings — published 2012
![I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1375414895l/17851885._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 7369 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 584,257 ratings — published 2012
![I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1499131009l/35068432._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 7293 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 242,855 ratings — published 2018
![A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388189974l/9791._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6936 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 414,433 ratings — published 1998
![How to Win Friends and Influence People](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442726934l/4865._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 6791 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,008,246 ratings — published 1936
![The Art of War](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1630683326l/10534._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6692 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 3.96 — 501,029 ratings — published -400
![The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1447047702l/63697._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6689 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 225,327 ratings — published 1985
![Yes Please](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1402815435l/20910157._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6649 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 3.85 — 531,840 ratings — published 2014
![Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1468760805l/31138556._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6609 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 255,941 ratings — published 2015
![What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1451351509l/21413662._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 6514 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 179,547 ratings — published 2014
![Astrophysics for People in a Hurry](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1562761669l/32191710._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6360 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 183,785 ratings — published 2017
![Eat, Pray, Love](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1503066414l/19501._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6315 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 3.63 — 1,761,057 ratings — published 2006
![Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1556604137l/34466963._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 6255 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.38 — 192,262 ratings — published 2017
![Crying in H Mart](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1601937850l/54814676._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 6244 times as non-fiction)
avg rating 4.26 — 450,139 ratings — published 2021
![C. Toni Graham](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1351708906i/6496644._UX200_CR0,25,200,200_.jpg)
“Writers have influenced thoughts, principals, viewpoints and experiences throughout history. A talented writer’s pen is anointed with magic!”
―
―
![Siddhartha Mukherjee](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1461962032i/3032451._UX200_CR0,31,200,200_.jpg)
“Freaks become norms, and norms become extinct. Monster by monster, evolution advanced”
― The Gene: An Intimate History
― The Gene: An Intimate History
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