Any non-fiction book on goodreads that has between 25,000 and 49,999 ratings. mjf
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All non fiction at 50,000 to 99,999 ratings
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Nonfiction by Ratings:
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All non fiction at 50,000 to 99,999 ratings
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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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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary graduated
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...
Julie wrote: "2 books removed with over 50K ratings."Please tell me you added them to the next list.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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 :)
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
Graduated: Call the Midwife, Papillon, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness, Salt: A World History, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well, The Guns of August, The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
Graduated: Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession, Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President, Washington: A Life, History of Beauty, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, The Library Book, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Removed the following for having more than 50000 ratings and already being on the next list:Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
Boy: Tales of Childhood
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
Stumbling on Happiness
Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World
Graduated:Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
Magical Thinking: True Stories
The Princess Diarist
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
A Grief Observed
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Removed for having too many ratings and being on the next list already:Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
Grit
Flags of Our Fathers
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
The Art of Loving
Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Graduated:Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
The Fire Next Time
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America
Gandhi: An autobiography
Fear: Trump in the White House
Graduated:Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Lab Girl
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Men Explain Things to Me
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
A Long Way Home
Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life
Calypso
Love Warrior
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
The Last Black Unicorn
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
Graduated:The End of Your Life Book Club
I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Letters to a Young Poet
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
Graduated:Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
Survival in Auschwitz
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold
Graduated:Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
A House in the Sky
Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
Autobiography of a Yogi
Mastering the Art of French Cooking
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Reasons to Stay Alive
Graduated:Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Chronicles, Vol. 1
84, Charing Cross Road
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
Confessions
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Graduated:Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
The Problem of Pain
All the President's Men
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
The Bookseller of Kabul
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
Greenlights
Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide
Barefoot Contessa at Home: Everyday Recipes You'll Make Over and Over Again
The Moosewood Cookbook: Recipes from Moosewood Restaurant, Ithaca, New York
Graduated:Black Boy
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
King Leopold's Ghost
Bitter Is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office
A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
What to Expect When You're Expecting
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Homage to Catalonia
The Cross and the Switchblade
Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
The Choice: Embrace the Possible
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
Strengths Finder 2.0
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
March: Book One
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
Graduated:Push
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
The Hidden Life of Trees: what they feel, how they communicate : discoveries from a secret world
Ego Is the Enemy
Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
The Four Loves
The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results
Think Like a Freak
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
Me
Hamilton: The Revolution
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope
The Symposium
Graduated:Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
My Family and Other Animals
The Right Stuff
Just My Type: A Book about Fonts
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
The Lost City of the Monkey God
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss
Mythology
Graduated:Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
Dare to Lead
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
Unf*ck Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth
The Psychology of Money
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life: Before 8AM
Spilled Milk
The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now
Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives
Business Model Generation
Graduated:Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
One Summer: America, 1927
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Graduated:The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
The Histories
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
Apology
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Graduated:Gift from the Sea
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store
The Power of Myth
Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom
Principles: Life and Work
The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business
Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
Why Men Love Bitches
The Myth of Sisyphus
Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable
Permanent Record
Bitter Is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office
Wings of Fire: An Autobiography
Graduated:The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't
Vincent Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings
Thunderstruck
Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes
Graduated:Desert Solitaire
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
The Gene: An Intimate History
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
The Argonauts
The Happiest Man on Earth
The Social Contract
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