Books by Journalists

first-hand account narratives or long-form reportage from journalists and other social observers who explain and interpret aspects of the world they've experienced or researched, even and including their own personal worlds (i.e. journalistic memoirs).

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1	All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein 4.17 avg rating — 53,815 ratings score: 1,229, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 1,154,007 ratings score: 1,078, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam 4.26 avg rating — 11,935 ratings score: 1,022, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 112,674 ratings score: 890, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin 4.10 avg rating — 67,482 ratings score: 867, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Hiroshima by John Hersey 4.02 avg rating — 77,482 ratings score: 851, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad 3.76 avg rating — 52,530 ratings score: 771, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 54,537 ratings score: 754, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 31,544 ratings score: 720, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Past Deadline: A Blurry Glimpse Into the Aspen Music Beat by John Zelazny (Goodreads Author) 4.88 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 695, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families by Philip Gourevitch 4.20 avg rating — 33,664 ratings score: 666, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin 4.14 avg rating — 39,563 ratings score: 661, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. Friedman 4.13 avg rating — 11,443 ratings score: 627, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival by Anderson Cooper 3.97 avg rating — 9,049 ratings score: 613, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg 4.12 avg rating — 27,935 ratings score: 557, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Zeitoun by Dave Eggers 4.05 avg rating — 77,739 ratings score: 549, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman 3.69 avg rating — 101,810 ratings score: 524, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc 4.26 avg rating — 12,206 ratings score: 485, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuściński 4.39 avg rating — 14,216 ratings score: 485, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell 4.09 avg rating — 58,357 ratings score: 462, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik 3.75 avg rating — 15,069 ratings score: 457, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain 3.84 avg rating — 13,775 ratings score: 455, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw 4.03 avg rating — 18,301 ratings score: 432, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sheehan 4.23 avg rating — 11,822 ratings score: 375, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Killing fields: The facts behind the film by Sydney Schanberg 4.34 avg rating — 115 ratings score: 373, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Death and Life of Dith Pran by Sydney Schanberg 4.26 avg rating — 272 ratings score: 370, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	War Journal: My Five Years In Iraq by Richard Engel 4.24 avg rating — 363 ratings score: 368, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	A Russian Journal (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) by John Steinbeck 4.09 avg rating — 3,651 ratings score: 366, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	What Is the What by Dave Eggers 4.14 avg rating — 84,201 ratings score: 355, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus by Richard Preston 4.14 avg rating — 110,920 ratings score: 353, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada, #1) by Lauren Weisberger 3.79 avg rating — 870,891 ratings score: 335, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas L. Friedman 3.60 avg rating — 8,377 ratings score: 327, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis 4.15 avg rating — 98,223 ratings score: 320, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Fool's Gold: How the Bold Dream of a Small Tribe at J.P. Morgan Was Corrupted by Wall Street Greed and Unleashed a Catastrophe by Gillian Tett 3.88 avg rating — 3,326 ratings score: 313, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Negative Space by Lilly Dancyger (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 841 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Code Over Country: The Tragedy and Corruption of SEAL Team Six by Matthew A. Cole 4.13 avg rating — 549 ratings score: 299, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Journalist and the Murderer by Janet Malcolm 3.80 avg rating — 4,679 ratings score: 295, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America by Jill Leovy 4.07 avg rating — 18,746 ratings score: 293, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War by Michael Isikoff 3.96 avg rating — 1,557 ratings score: 292, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures by Ben Bradlee 3.96 avg rating — 1,205 ratings score: 288, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Holidays in Hell: In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Travels to the World's Worst Places and Asks, "What's Funny about This?" by P.J. O'Rourke 3.92 avg rating — 3,853 ratings score: 287, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness by Tracy Kidder 4.03 avg rating — 16,325 ratings score: 282, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error by Kathryn Schulz (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 6,868 ratings score: 281, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free by Héctor Tobar 3.92 avg rating — 11,400 ratings score: 280, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	With Their Backs to the World: Portraits from Serbia by Åsne Seierstad 3.84 avg rating — 901 ratings score: 278, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Jerusalem 1913: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Amy Dockser Marcus 3.52 avg rating — 419 ratings score: 273, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	As I Please: 1943-1945 (The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters, Vol. 3) by George Orwell 4.42 avg rating — 363 ratings score: 272, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Places in Between by Rory Stewart 3.95 avg rating — 16,872 ratings score: 267, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Harvest Gypsies: On the Road to The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 3.91 avg rating — 1,221 ratings score: 266, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 159,865 ratings score: 265, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	My Country Right or Left: 1940-1943 (The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters, Vol. 2) by George Orwell 4.29 avg rating — 582 ratings score: 263, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone by Rajiv Chandrasekaran 4.04 avg rating — 6,215 ratings score: 262, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Beyond the Killing Fields: War Writings by Sydney Schanberg 4.33 avg rating — 45 ratings score: 256, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	And So It Goes: Adventures in Television by Linda Ellerbee 3.68 avg rating — 1,313 ratings score: 238, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Personal History by Katharine Graham 4.08 avg rating — 23,577 ratings score: 237, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges 4.12 avg rating — 6,285 ratings score: 221, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Let Us Now Praise Famous Men by James Agee really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,741 ratings score: 220, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free by Charles P. Pierce 3.71 avg rating — 4,120 ratings score: 210, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The Angel of Grozny: Orphans of a Forgotten War by Åsne Seierstad 4.10 avg rating — 1,395 ratings score: 201, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Grand Illusion: The Untold Story of Rudy Giuliani and 9/11 by Wayne Barrett 3.72 avg rating — 68 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Alpha: Eddie Gallagher and the War for the Soul of the Navy SEALs by David Philipps (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 1,441 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen 4.37 avg rating — 12,864 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan by Jenny Nordberg (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 12,941 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Het zijn net mensen: Beelden uit het Midden-Oosten by Joris Luyendijk 4.15 avg rating — 5,571 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Stranger to History: A Son's Journey through Islamic Lands by Aatish Taseer 3.72 avg rating — 803 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson 3.95 avg rating — 145,299 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal by Åsne Seierstad 3.90 avg rating — 1,975 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Once There Was a War by John Steinbeck 3.83 avg rating — 3,351 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett (Goodreads Author) 3.43 avg rating — 13,002 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis 4.29 avg rating — 156,919 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood by Helene Cooper 3.91 avg rating — 7,563 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	First in His Class: A Biography Of Bill Clinton by David Maraniss (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 1,668 ratings score: 182, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	L'Americain: A Photojournalist's Life by John Launois 4.54 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Dancing with the Devil in the City of God: Rio de Janeiro on the Brink by Juliana Barbassa (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 593 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Camus at Combat: Writing 1944-1947 by Albert Camus 4.20 avg rating — 239 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	In Front of Your Nose: 1945-1950 (The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters, Vol. 4) by George Orwell 4.42 avg rating — 325 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester 3.88 avg rating — 20,344 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 4.16 avg rating — 6,860 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	An Age Like This: 1920-1940 (The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters, Vol. 1) by George Orwell 4.32 avg rating — 381 ratings score: 176, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction by John Steinbeck 4.06 avg rating — 997 ratings score: 175, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water by Marc Reisner 4.27 avg rating — 10,643 ratings score: 175, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	RFK: A Memoir (Nation Books) by Jack Newfield 4.35 avg rating — 219 ratings score: 175, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Letters from Hawaii by Mark Twain 3.58 avg rating — 638 ratings score: 174, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Sketches by Boz by Charles Dickens 3.72 avg rating — 1,406 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 66,539 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare by Jason DeParle 4.06 avg rating — 990 ratings score: 170, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle by Chris Hedges 3.95 avg rating — 5,525 ratings score: 165, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	First, You Cry by Betty Rollin 3.94 avg rating — 188 ratings score: 159, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	A Fist in the Hornet's Nest: On the Ground in Baghdad Before, During & After the War by Richard Engel 4.03 avg rating — 251 ratings score: 159, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Florida Roadkill (Serge Storms, #1) by Tim Dorsey 3.68 avg rating — 9,552 ratings score: 159, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder 4.19 avg rating — 83,531 ratings score: 158, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	The Annotated Archy and Mehitabel by Don Marquis 4.28 avg rating — 1,768 ratings score: 153, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Last Wish by Betty Rollin 3.97 avg rating — 135 ratings score: 149, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Audition: A Memoir by Barbara Walters 3.76 avg rating — 6,530 ratings score: 144, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Fridays with Red: A Radio Friendship by Bob Edwards 4.02 avg rating — 118 ratings score: 141, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	Too Good to Be True: The Rise and Fall of Bernie Madoff by Erin Arvedlund (Goodreads Author) 3.46 avg rating — 600 ratings score: 134, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League by Ron Suskind 3.96 avg rating — 4,353 ratings score: 132, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Nine Parts of Desire : The Hidden World of Islamic Women by Geraldine Brooks (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 14,105 ratings score: 130, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives by Michael Specter 3.73 avg rating — 2,224 ratings score: 130, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	The Bottom of the Harbor by Joseph Mitchell 4.29 avg rating — 353 ratings score: 121, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars