All Non-Fiction on Goodreads with 10,000 to 24,999 ratings (920 books)

Any non-fiction book on goodreads that has between 10,000 and 24,999 ratings. mjf

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All non fiction at 50,000 to 99,999 ratings
All non fiction at 25,000 to 49,999 ratings
All non fiction at 10,000 to 24,999 ratings

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1	The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser 4.11 avg rating — 19,113 ratings score: 527, 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
2	Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools by Jonathan Kozol 4.26 avg rating — 18,969 ratings score: 418, 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
3	The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell 3.68 avg rating — 24,027 ratings score: 374, 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
4	Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 22,519 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
5	Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter by Steve Dublanica 3.55 avg rating — 14,545 ratings score: 329, 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	Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl 4.16 avg rating — 25,000 ratings score: 296, 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	When Rabbit Howls by Truddi Chase 4.05 avg rating — 17,881 ratings score: 291, 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	Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey 4.15 avg rating — 21,160 ratings score: 289, 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
9	India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy by Ramachandra Guha 4.39 avg rating — 18,210 ratings score: 284, 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
10	Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder 4.20 avg rating — 22,198 ratings score: 283, 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
11	Paris, 1919: Six Months that Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan 4.13 avg rating — 15,064 ratings score: 276, 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
12	Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table by Ruth Reichl 4.05 avg rating — 22,310 ratings score: 274, 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	March: Book Three (March, #3) by John Lewis 4.64 avg rating — 21,593 ratings score: 272, 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
14	Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik 3.75 avg rating — 15,422 ratings score: 268, 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	If This Is a Man • The Truce by Primo Levi 4.55 avg rating — 22,238 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
16	The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp 3.92 avg rating — 17,151 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
17	Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon 4.36 avg rating — 20,154 ratings score: 260, 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	How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg 3.95 avg rating — 21,281 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
19	No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald 4.07 avg rating — 15,048 ratings score: 251, 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	Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon 4.03 avg rating — 25,353 ratings score: 249, 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 Double Helix by James D. Watson 3.84 avg rating — 19,983 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
22	Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver 3.97 avg rating — 14,715 ratings score: 231, 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	Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami 3.91 avg rating — 22,359 ratings score: 229, 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 Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 17,065 ratings score: 227, 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
25	Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau 3.94 avg rating — 19,565 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
26	Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium by Carl Sagan 4.30 avg rating — 17,782 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	Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid by Denis Leary (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 15,555 ratings score: 217, 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	A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age by William Manchester 3.83 avg rating — 12,849 ratings score: 204, 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	The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself by Daniel J. Boorstin 4.11 avg rating — 11,834 ratings score: 204, 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	The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan by Jenny Nordberg (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 14,234 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
31	The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement by David Brooks 3.86 avg rating — 24,165 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
31	A Fighting Chance by Elizabeth Warren 4.15 avg rating — 14,901 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
33	The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius 4.03 avg rating — 22,723 ratings score: 200, 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	Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther 3.86 avg rating — 12,862 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
35	The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love: A Fallen Southern Belle's Look at Love, Life, Men, Marriage, and Being Prepared by Jill Conner Browne 3.71 avg rating — 15,944 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
35	Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.43 avg rating — 22,696 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
37	A Lover's Discourse: Fragments by Roland Barthes 4.36 avg rating — 13,670 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
38	Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee 3.91 avg rating — 15,194 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
39	A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders 4.53 avg rating — 24,559 ratings score: 195, 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
40	Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War by Tony Horwitz 4.10 avg rating — 25,353 ratings score: 194, 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
40	All the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17,385 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
40	The Fannie Farmer Cookbook by Marion Cunningham 4.12 avg rating — 17,108 ratings score: 194, 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
43	The Magic Mirror of M.C. Escher by Bruno Ernst 4.17 avg rating — 15,411 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
44	Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe by Simon Singh 4.21 avg rating — 18,825 ratings score: 192, 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	The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt 3.56 avg rating — 17,303 ratings score: 192, 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	The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism by Ayn Rand 3.56 avg rating — 15,014 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
47	The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind by Michio Kaku 4.08 avg rating — 15,494 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
48	Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc 4.26 avg rating — 13,671 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
49	I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking by Alton Brown 4.12 avg rating — 24,042 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	Too Busy Not to Pray: Slowing Down to Be With God by Bill Hybels 4.17 avg rating — 11,195 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
51	Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman by James Gleick (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 24,231 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
51	The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry 3.85 avg rating — 22,839 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
51	Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated by Alison Arngrim (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 18,508 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
54	Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension by Michio Kaku 4.15 avg rating — 24,184 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
54	Harry, a History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon by Melissa Anelli (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 15,468 ratings score: 187, 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	Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller 3.91 avg rating — 12,874 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
57	The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 25,273 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
57	The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore 3.73 avg rating — 16,773 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
59	Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble by Dan Lyons (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 17,097 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
60	Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw by Mark Bowden 3.98 avg rating — 19,416 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
61	Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity by Andrew Solomon 4.27 avg rating — 22,459 ratings score: 183, 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
61	Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else by Geoff Colvin 3.93 avg rating — 20,808 ratings score: 183, 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
61	Relativity: The Special and the General Theory by Albert Einstein 4.20 avg rating — 22,979 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
64	How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 21,041 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
64	AWOL on the Appalachian Trail by David Miller 4.11 avg rating — 15,550 ratings score: 181, 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
66	A Separate Reality: Further Conversations with Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda 4.09 avg rating — 19,129 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
66	Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life by Alison Weir 3.93 avg rating — 16,666 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
68	The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough 3.94 avg rating — 20,582 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
68	A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre 4.19 avg rating — 29,254 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
70	All Creatures Great and Small / All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot 4.34 avg rating — 15,676 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
70	Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison 3.83 avg rating — 17,453 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
70	Mythologies by Roland Barthes 4.08 avg rating — 17,109 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
73	Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen 3.75 avg rating — 18,698 ratings score: 176, 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
73	The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman 4.19 avg rating — 14,323 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
73	A Theory of Justice by John Rawls 3.95 avg rating — 13,552 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
73	Green River, Running Red by Ann Rule really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20,240 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
73	Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov 4.08 avg rating — 17,676 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
73	Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefèvre 4.18 avg rating — 19,882 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
79	The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer 4.05 avg rating — 23,215 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	On Wings of Eagles by Ken Follett (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15,814 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	The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer 4.13 avg rating — 12,470 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	The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant 4.07 avg rating — 19,803 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
83	An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1) by Rick Atkinson 4.30 avg rating — 22,742 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
83	On Ugliness by Umberto Eco 3.88 avg rating — 19,091 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
83	Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts by Annie Duke (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 22,905 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
83	The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow Your Passion by Elle Luna 3.96 avg rating — 11,584 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
87	The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow 3.95 avg rating — 24,364 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	Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 18,569 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	Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 10,291 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
90	Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps by Kelly Williams Brown (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 14,368 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	Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life by Gretchen Rubin (Goodreads Author) 3.55 avg rating — 20,252 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	Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough 4.09 avg rating — 12,488 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
93	Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries by Jon Ronson 3.98 avg rating — 15,384 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
93	If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell 3.95 avg rating — 18,763 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
93	This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl by Esther Earl 4.14 avg rating — 16,273 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
96	Why We Want You To Be Rich: Two Men, One Message by Donald J. Trump 3.98 avg rating — 17,966 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
96	The Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich by David Bach 3.94 avg rating — 20,244 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
98	You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson 3.84 avg rating — 23,601 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
98	Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul by Karen Abbott (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 13,187 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
98	Flat Broke with Two Goats by Jennifer McGaha 3.27 avg rating — 17,596 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

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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void and A Girl Named Zippy and The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin graduated

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Jul 16, 2015 01:45PM

Added some good books

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message 3: by Mitchell (new)

Jul 16, 2015 03:04PM

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl graduated

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message 4: by Mitchell (new)

Aug 30, 2015 08:04PM

Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s and The Guns of August and Escape and Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President and Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home and Gift from the Sea and The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story and The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History all graduated

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message 5: by Mitchell (new)

Aug 30, 2015 08:12PM

A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and Confessions graduated

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message 6: by Mitchell (new)

Sep 27, 2015 04:13PM

The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connections and Courage and Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead graduated

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message 7: by Mitchell (last edited Oct 23, 2015 05:24PM) (new)

Oct 23, 2015 05:20PM

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration and The World Without Us and The Histories graduated

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message 8: by Mitchell (new)

May 29, 2017 04:29PM

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War and The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way and The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World and The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality and Bad Science and Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town and The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness and Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption and The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt and King Leopold's Ghost and A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments and Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way and My Story and Wherever You Go, There You Are and The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust and Teacher Man graduated

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message 9: by Claire (Clairby11xxx) (new)

Oct 18, 2017 04:17AM

Graduated:
Living History
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The Tender Bar
Hamilton: The Revolution
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission
Homage to Catalonia
Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel
The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny
Silent Spring
The Universe in a Nutshell
The Life of Elizabeth I
A Brief History of Time

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message 10: by Charlotte Igelkott (new)

Mar 06, 2019 11:29AM

Graduated:
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
The Monster of Florence
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Chaos: Making a New Science
The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
The Partly Cloudy Patriot
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
West with the Night
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
A Briefer History of Time
Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
On Liberty
Lab Girl
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
Coming Clean
Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives
Common Sense
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
The Lost City of the Monkey God
Apology
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
The Sociopath Next Door
Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature
Paula
Slouching Towards Bethlehem

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message 11: by Mitchell (new)

Mar 06, 2019 08:27PM

Charlotte wrote: "Graduated:
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
[book:The Monster of Flo..."

wow. that's a lot.

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message 12: by Charlotte Igelkott (new)

Jun 30, 2019 02:30AM