All Non-Fiction on Goodreads with 25,000 to 49,999 ratings (534 books)

Any non-fiction book on goodreads that has between 25,000 and 49,999 ratings. mjf

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1	Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen 3.91 avg rating — 47,838 ratings score: 486, 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
2	The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 38,605 ratings score: 426, 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
3	How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe by Thomas Cahill 3.81 avg rating — 46,757 ratings score: 333, 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
4	How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 41,519 ratings score: 323, 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
5	Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love by Dava Sobel 3.75 avg rating — 30,316 ratings score: 297, 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
6	Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1) by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 44,628 ratings score: 279, 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
7	Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson 3.82 avg rating — 48,750 ratings score: 278, 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
8	Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach 3.93 avg rating — 51,455 ratings score: 270, 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
8	Fermat's Enigma by Simon Singh 4.30 avg rating — 33,310 ratings score: 270, 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
10	Food Rules: An Eater's Manual by Michael Pollan (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 48,691 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
11	The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence by Gavin de Becker 4.18 avg rating — 50,844 ratings score: 261, 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
11	The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait by Frida Kahlo 3.89 avg rating — 49,770 ratings score: 261, 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
13	An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith 3.89 avg rating — 34,835 ratings score: 259, 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
14	1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List by Patricia Schultz 3.88 avg rating — 43,753 ratings score: 254, 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
15	Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen 3.19 avg rating — 32,581 ratings score: 246, 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
16	Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody 4.19 avg rating — 38,713 ratings score: 240, 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
17	The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum 4.01 avg rating — 37,051 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
18	The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust by Edith Hahn Beer 4.17 avg rating — 48,948 ratings score: 235, 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
19	The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois 4.31 avg rating — 44,776 ratings score: 234, 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
20	Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant 3.96 avg rating — 42,105 ratings score: 232, 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
21	No Logo by Naomi Klein 3.89 avg rating — 32,713 ratings score: 228, 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
21	The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein 4.44 avg rating — 45,623 ratings score: 228, 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
23	From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty 4.30 avg rating — 46,401 ratings score: 225, 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
24	The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir 4.18 avg rating — 47,063 ratings score: 224, 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
24	Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis 3.95 avg rating — 47,406 ratings score: 224, 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
26	A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.10 avg rating — 49,782 ratings score: 219, 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
27	I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah Green 3.90 avg rating — 35,483 ratings score: 215, 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
28	Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 46,027 ratings score: 213, 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
29	The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 32,448 ratings score: 211, 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
30	I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 52,092 ratings score: 208, 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
31	West with the Night by Beryl Markham 4.15 avg rating — 40,855 ratings score: 205, 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
32	Escape by Carolyn Jessop 3.99 avg rating — 46,369 ratings score: 203, 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
33	The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen W. Hawking 4.19 avg rating — 45,213 ratings score: 202, 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
34	Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 34,407 ratings score: 197, 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
35	Teacher Man (Frank McCourt, #3) by Frank McCourt 3.76 avg rating — 39,999 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
36	Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson 4.17 avg rating — 34,672 ratings score: 195, 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	A Briefer History of Time by Stephen W. Hawking 4.26 avg rating — 42,840 ratings score: 194, 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	The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 32,745 ratings score: 193, 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
39	We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 47,713 ratings score: 192, 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
39	SantaLand Diaries by David Sedaris 4.32 avg rating — 46,851 ratings score: 192, 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
39	To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others by Daniel H. Pink (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 26,339 ratings score: 192, 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
42	Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia by Jean Sasson (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 39,333 ratings score: 191, 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	The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 31,823 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
44	Jerusalem: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 35,961 ratings score: 190, 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
45	Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 48,552 ratings score: 189, 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	Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine 4.25 avg rating — 51,697 ratings score: 189, 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
45	Killing Jesus: A History by Bill O'Reilly (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 40,055 ratings score: 189, 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
45	Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger 3.98 avg rating — 33,008 ratings score: 189, 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
49	A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana by Haven Kimmel 3.80 avg rating — 37,561 ratings score: 188, 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	Bad Science by Ben Goldacre 4.06 avg rating — 44,759 ratings score: 188, 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 Power (The Secret, #2) by Rhonda Byrne 4.08 avg rating — 32,257 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
52	The Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis 4.33 avg rating — 42,754 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
53	Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard 4.02 avg rating — 39,145 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
54	History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides 3.94 avg rating — 40,453 ratings score: 185, 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	Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 48,163 ratings score: 185, 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	Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King 3.85 avg rating — 39,065 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
57	How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking by Nigella Lawson 3.93 avg rating — 40,334 ratings score: 184, 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
57	The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-term Health by T. Colin Campbell 4.23 avg rating — 31,101 ratings score: 184, 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
57	God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew 4.38 avg rating — 46,708 ratings score: 184, 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
60	Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham 4.05 avg rating — 43,021 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
60	Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain by Charles R. Cross 4.12 avg rating — 35,138 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
62	U.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) (Books of American Wisdom) by Founding Fathers 4.52 avg rating — 27,132 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
63	Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia de Rossi 3.83 avg rating — 41,672 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
63	For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards by Jen Hatmaker (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 28,005 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
65	A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles" by Marianne Williamson 4.25 avg rating — 37,621 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
65	Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford 3.90 avg rating — 25,245 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
67	Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 32,192 ratings score: 179, 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	In Pieces by Sally Field 3.95 avg rating — 42,772 ratings score: 179, 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	Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies by J.B. West 4.14 avg rating — 35,405 ratings score: 179, 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 Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft 3.92 avg rating — 26,821 ratings score: 179, 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 Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less by Barry Schwartz 3.83 avg rating — 36,784 ratings score: 178, 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
71	Lincoln by David Herbert Donald 4.19 avg rating — 48,571 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
71	The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure by Jonathan Haidt 4.23 avg rating — 55,685 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
74	I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays by Sloane Crosley (Goodreads Author) 3.47 avg rating — 41,902 ratings score: 177, 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
74	Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 44,939 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
74	The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business by Josh Kaufman 4.09 avg rating — 47,501 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
77	Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing by Caroline Myss 4.16 avg rating — 33,751 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
78	The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists by Neil Strauss (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 32,436 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
79	Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculée Ilibagiza 4.43 avg rating — 47,359 ratings score: 174, 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
79	The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles 4.13 avg rating — 44,367 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
79	Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women by Elena Favilli (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 43,440 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
79	The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It by Kelly McGonigal (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 33,322 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
79	The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 4.33 avg rating — 34,517 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
79	Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin 4.36 avg rating — 33,359 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
85	Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 45,943 ratings score: 173, 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
85	Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century by Sean Patrick 3.88 avg rating — 30,226 ratings score: 173, 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	Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission by Hampton Sides 4.26 avg rating — 39,412 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
87	Anatomy for the Artist by Jenő Barcsay 4.12 avg rating — 45,683 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
87	Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty by Robert K. Massie 4.23 avg rating — 29,760 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
90	It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong 3.71 avg rating — 41,222 ratings score: 171, 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	The Power of Intention: Learning to Co-Create Your World Your Way by Wayne W. Dyer 4.20 avg rating — 33,917 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
91	The Road to Character by David Brooks 3.65 avg rating — 26,295 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
93	Leonardo's Notebooks by Leonardo da Vinci 3.99 avg rating — 53,329 ratings score: 169, 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	The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda 3.94 avg rating — 45,201 ratings score: 169, 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	The Shock of the New by Robert Hughes 3.74 avg rating — 36,587 ratings score: 168, 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	An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 48,326 ratings score: 168, 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	Anne Frank Beyond the Diary: A Photographic Remembrance by Ruud van der Rol 4.29 avg rating — 26,148 ratings score: 167, 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	Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 32,925 ratings score: 167, 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	Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington 4.11 avg rating — 36,002 ratings score: 167, 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 End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris 3.89 avg rating — 43,365 ratings score: 166, 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

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message 1: by Mitchell (new)

Oct 19, 2014 03:53PM

The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game and What is the What graduated

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message 2: by Mitchell (new)

Dec 24, 2014 02:12PM

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary graduated

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message 3: by Mitchell (new)

Dec 24, 2014 03:56PM

Added a new nonfiction list for nonfiction with 10,000 to 24,999 ratings. Still think these lists are missing quite a few books though.

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...

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message 4: by Julie (new)

Jan 03, 2015 09:42PM

Farmer Boy is fiction.

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message 5: by Julie (new)

Jan 03, 2015 09:46PM

2 books removed with over 50K ratings.

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message 6: by Mitchell (new)

Jan 03, 2015 10:19PM

Julie wrote: "2 books removed with over 50K ratings."

Please tell me you added them to the next list.

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message 7: by Mitchell (new)

Jan 30, 2015 12:04PM

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness and What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures and God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything all graduated

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message 8: by Mitchell (new)

Jul 16, 2015 03:02PM

Cosmos graduated

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message 9: by Mitchell (new)

Aug 30, 2015 08:22PM

In a Sunburned Country and The Origin of Species and The Complete Maus and Zeitoun and David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity and PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives and The Communist Manifesto and The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest and A Room of One's Own and The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry and The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory and Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China and The Complete Persepolis and All Things Bright and Beautiful graduated

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message 10: by Mitchell (new)

Sep 27, 2015 04:17PM

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic graduated

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message 11: by Mitchell (new)

May 28, 2017 11:46PM

How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food and The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer and Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead and Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things and Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage and Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything and The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible and Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ and Liar's Poker and Influence: How and Why People Agree to Things and Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's and Truman and Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life and Open and Travels with Charley: In Search of America and Meditations graduated

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message 12: by Claire (Clairby11xxx) (new)

Oct 18, 2017 04:01AM

Graduated:
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Black Like Me
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Alexander Hamilton

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message 13: by Claire (Clairby11xxx) (new)

Jan 22, 2018 02:45AM

Graduated:
Bad Feminist
Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

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message 14: by Claire (Clairby11xxx) (new)

Mar 09, 2018 03:12AM

Graduated:
The Liars' Club
The Grand Design
Scar Tissue
Long Walk to Freedom

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message 15: by Sophie (new)

Mar 16, 2018 11:25AM

I thought Push was a novel.

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message 16: by Charlotte Igelkott (new)

Mar 06, 2019 12:27PM

Graduated:
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
'Tis A Memoir
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
Prozac Nation
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Hiroshima
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
The Wright Brothers
10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
The 48 Laws of Power
Scrappy Little Nobody
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Wishful Drinking
Brown Girl Dreaming
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

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message 17: by Mitchell (new)

Mar 06, 2019 08:42PM

Charlotte wrote: "Graduated:
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
[book:Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succee..."

again that's a lot. I guess It's been awhile on the nonfiction lists. I'll look to see what additional books I can add as well.

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message 18: by Charlotte Igelkott (new)

Mar 07, 2019 11:00AM

Mitchell wrote: "Charlotte wrote: "Graduated:
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
[book:Collapse: How Societies Choose..."

Yes, I added a few books too...nowhere near as many as I graduated, though :)

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message 19: by Charlotte Igelkott (new)

Jun 30, 2019 02:46AM

Graduated:
Down and Out in Paris and London
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
Year of Yes
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

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message 20: by Charlotte Igelkott (new)

Dec 14, 2019 02:18AM