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1	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 4.19 avg rating — 3,791,876 ratings score: 34,361, and 351 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Night (The Night Trilogy, #1) by Elie Wiesel 4.37 avg rating — 1,262,143 ratings score: 27,743, and 285 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 513,813 ratings score: 16,163, and 168 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 1,103,495 ratings score: 13,813, and 144 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt 4.01 avg rating — 857,609 ratings score: 13,707, and 142 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson 4.22 avg rating — 391,029 ratings score: 13,313, and 140 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 1,235,121 ratings score: 13,125, and 137 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 4.09 avg rating — 669,141 ratings score: 12,938, and 138 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 209,863 ratings score: 12,733, and 130 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) by Frank McCourt 4.15 avg rating — 633,774 ratings score: 11,692, and 123 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond 4.04 avg rating — 416,444 ratings score: 11,519, and 123 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 693,209 ratings score: 11,450, and 121 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell 4.19 avg rating — 797,643 ratings score: 10,940, and 115 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 819,713 ratings score: 10,096, and 106 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 205,270 ratings score: 9,473, and 99 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 1,758,810 ratings score: 9,424, and 98 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Mary Edwards Walker: America's Only Female Medal of Honor Recipient by Ammar Habib (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 7,888 ratings score: 9,381, and 94 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich 3.65 avg rating — 192,026 ratings score: 9,273, and 98 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom by Corrie ten Boom 4.47 avg rating — 329,238 ratings score: 9,136, and 99 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand 4.38 avg rating — 950,848 ratings score: 9,080, and 97 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 745,029 ratings score: 9,010, and 97 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss 3.87 avg rating — 105,406 ratings score: 8,805, and 91 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson 4.06 avg rating — 413,812 ratings score: 8,473, and 91 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis 4.36 avg rating — 422,433 ratings score: 8,238, and 85 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell 3.96 avg rating — 596,798 ratings score: 8,108, and 89 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 344,381 ratings score: 8,075, and 83 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown 4.25 avg rating — 93,907 ratings score: 7,993, and 86 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman 4.57 avg rating — 224,859 ratings score: 7,913, and 84 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 1,047,875 ratings score: 7,684, and 83 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Hiroshima by John Hersey 4.03 avg rating — 81,586 ratings score: 7,297, and 77 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X 4.36 avg rating — 270,699 ratings score: 7,120, and 76 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser 3.75 avg rating — 206,134 ratings score: 6,926, and 76 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) by Maya Angelou 4.29 avg rating — 537,734 ratings score: 6,905, and 76 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 291,789 ratings score: 6,757, and 72 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Walden by Henry David Thoreau 3.78 avg rating — 191,234 ratings score: 6,733, and 74 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah 4.16 avg rating — 188,099 ratings score: 6,482, and 69 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 4.19 avg rating — 90,414 ratings score: 6,409, and 68 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Lost in Yaba: Down and Out in Laos by Walt Gleeson (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 1,584 ratings score: 6,400, and 64 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 4.40 avg rating — 185,328 ratings score: 6,393, and 68 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein 4.27 avg rating — 48,410 ratings score: 6,372, and 68 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Becoming by Michelle Obama (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 1,069,600 ratings score: 6,006, and 65 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 270,055 ratings score: 5,888, and 64 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang 4.28 avg rating — 114,278 ratings score: 5,848, and 63 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1) by Dave Pelzer (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 438,543 ratings score: 5,774, and 64 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Columbine by Dave Cullen (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 93,389 ratings score: 5,621, and 60 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 180,109 ratings score: 5,557, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 441,384 ratings score: 5,538, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read 4.13 avg rating — 77,819 ratings score: 5,463, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl 4.37 avg rating — 733,950 ratings score: 5,421, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen 3.97 avg rating — 69,981 ratings score: 5,301, and 60 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 135,060 ratings score: 5,293, and 58 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 Origin of Species by Charles Darwin 4.01 avg rating — 115,536 ratings score: 5,275, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin 4.28 avg rating — 188,153 ratings score: 5,121, and 56 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 4.14 avg rating — 319,002 ratings score: 4,884, and 51 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch 4.26 avg rating — 348,503 ratings score: 4,842, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman 4.20 avg rating — 83,860 ratings score: 4,828, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx 3.66 avg rating — 169,063 ratings score: 4,644, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond 3.93 avg rating — 71,811 ratings score: 4,483, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari 4.36 avg rating — 1,057,415 ratings score: 4,483, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer 4.21 avg rating — 135,535 ratings score: 4,385, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester 3.84 avg rating — 117,672 ratings score: 4,239, and 47 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach 4.06 avg rating — 222,281 ratings score: 4,142, and 46 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman 4.05 avg rating — 41,443 ratings score: 4,130, and 45 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 230,204 ratings score: 4,128, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens 3.96 avg rating — 107,183 ratings score: 4,049, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser 3.93 avg rating — 37,218 ratings score: 4,001, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog by John Grogan 4.14 avg rating — 471,378 ratings score: 4,000, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 56,266 ratings score: 3,912, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 82,883 ratings score: 3,882, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 Invention of Christianity by Alexander Drake 4.10 avg rating — 231 ratings score: 3,872, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson 3.91 avg rating — 42,106 ratings score: 3,856, and 45 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 125,713 ratings score: 3,801, and 42 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff 4.16 avg rating — 85,061 ratings score: 3,756, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing 4.44 avg rating — 135,831 ratings score: 3,750, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Educated by Tara Westover (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 1,571,226 ratings score: 3,736, and 42 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton 3.93 avg rating — 59,567 ratings score: 3,668, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl 4.15 avg rating — 23,515 ratings score: 3,642, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 116,656 ratings score: 3,636, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes 4.26 avg rating — 44,221 ratings score: 3,634, and 38 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The World Without Us by Alan Weisman 3.81 avg rating — 42,070 ratings score: 3,626, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Take Command: Find Your Inner Strength, Build Enduring Relationships, and Live the Life You Want (Dale Carnegie Books) by Joe Hart (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 7,038 ratings score: 3,564, and 37 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by Norman Doidge 4.20 avg rating — 37,924 ratings score: 3,495, and 38 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt 3.92 avg rating — 274,623 ratings score: 3,397, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver 4.05 avg rating — 110,832 ratings score: 3,347, and 38 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Being and Time by Martin Heidegger 4.05 avg rating — 25,198 ratings score: 3,337, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhhà Lại (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 62,446 ratings score: 3,255, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier by Stephen E. Ambrose 4.22 avg rating — 63,114 ratings score: 3,234, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder 4.19 avg rating — 85,147 ratings score: 3,192, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	After Dunkirk (After Dunkirk #1) by Lee Jackson (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 10,820 ratings score: 3,176, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Escape by Carolyn Jessop 3.98 avg rating — 44,623 ratings score: 3,145, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking 4.21 avg rating — 438,138 ratings score: 3,140, and 37 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Living the Best Day Ever by Hendri Coetzee (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 1,202 ratings score: 3,130, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey by Ernesto Che Guevara 3.79 avg rating — 41,153 ratings score: 3,128, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Boy From Block 66: A WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival True Story (Heroic Children of World War II Book 1) by Limor Regev (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 4,822 ratings score: 3,094, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 113,321 ratings score: 3,092, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene 4.09 avg rating — 98,327 ratings score: 3,063, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Story of My Life by Helen Keller 4.08 avg rating — 148,040 ratings score: 3,039, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 226,112 ratings score: 3,027, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	The Histories by Herodotus 4.01 avg rating — 55,964 ratings score: 2,989, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann 4.05 avg rating — 88,182 ratings score: 2,987, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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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Feb 25, 2009 06:07AM

If this is a best non-fiction list, why is "Killer Angels: A NOVEL of the Civil War," winner of the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for FICTION, included??? Just curious.

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message 2: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Apr 25, 2009 11:16AM

Yeah, I was wondering that as well.

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message 3: by booklady (new)

Apr 25, 2009 06:25PM

It shouldn't be.

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message 4: by Sarah (new)

Jun 12, 2010 05:31PM

Atlas Shrugged and Confederacy of Dunces are definitely not non-fiction.

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message 5: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jun 13, 2010 07:26AM

I'm going to remove those, for not being non-fiction.

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message 6: by [deleted user] (new)

Jun 13, 2010 09:17PM

I can't figure out how to remove books from the list, could you enlighten me?

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message 7: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Jun 14, 2010 10:23AM) (new)

Jun 14, 2010 10:22AM

You have to be a librarian to remove books, though anyone can remove their own vote for one.

Any other fiction lurking in there I didn't spot?

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message 8: by Richard (new)

Jul 21, 2010 04:44PM

New Dawn tells a story you will never forget -

New Dawn The Battles for Fallujah by Richard S. Lowry

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message 9: by Thom (new)

Aug 11, 2010 03:02PM

Susanna wrote: "You have to be a librarian to remove books, though anyone can remove their own vote for one.

Any other fiction lurking in there I didn't spot?"

IN COLD BLOOD is what its author called a "non-fiction" novel. Similarly, Jeff Shaara's Rise to Rebellion, although told in narrative form is as close to non-fiction as he could make it while maintaining the narrative thread. Maybe we should have a separate list ?

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message 10: by Thom (new)

Aug 11, 2010 03:06PM

THE DAY OF THE LOCUST !!!!??

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message 11: by Jerome (new)

Jul 17, 2012 02:46PM

"American Conspiracies?"
Please.

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message 12: by Jack (new)

Feb 17, 2013 05:20AM

Hi everyone,

I have created a new group called Goodreads All Sorts and I'd love for people to join it or just even just give it a look. It's a group that discusses anything and everything. There will be monthly group reads, movies, and music. There is a folder for everything you could think of. I'd really like if people could spread the word because I'd love for the group to be a success. Here is the link to the group:

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/9...

Thanks very much,
Jack :-)

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message 13: by Zumba (new)

Jun 30, 2013 05:50PM

Why is Mortenson still on this list? Fiction, pure fiction.

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message 14: by [deleted user] (new)

Jan 02, 2014 05:08AM

To Kill a Mockingbird and Animal Farm both removed as they are fiction.

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message 15: by [deleted user] (new)

Jan 06, 2014 11:14AM

Fifty Shades of Grey, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Jessica: The Little Girl Who Loves Jesus, and Sophie's World all removed as they are all fiction.

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message 16: by Elanna (last edited Apr 09, 2014 03:33PM) (new)

Apr 09, 2014 03:32PM

What about the two books of Khaled Hosseini? "The kite runner" and "One thousand splendid suns" are novels!
And where are the interesting books? I don't think that self-help best-sellers can be a canon of human thought, do you?
Not a single historian worth of the name... no philosophers... only a book ABOUT Chomsky... ???

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message 17: by Neva (new)

Jun 29, 2014 07:57PM

"The Help" is fiction. :)

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message 18: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Feb 02, 2015 10:55AM) (new)

Jan 31, 2015 01:25AM

Snowdrops (currently #636) is not a work of non-fiction, as far as I'm aware... Anyone?

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message 19: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Feb 02, 2015 11:10AM) (new)

Feb 02, 2015 11:02AM

Elanna wrote: " no philosophers..."

I voted for Bertrand Russell's A History of Western Philosophy... Must have been added then after you added your message.

Someone must have deleted the two novels by Khaled Hosseini, as they don't seem to be there anymore.

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message 20: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Feb 02, 2015 11:10AM) (new)

Feb 02, 2015 11:09AM

Neva wrote: ""The Help" is fiction. :)"

I checked the list, but it seems to have been deleted already.

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message 21: by Elyse of the East (last edited Nov 09, 2017 01:51PM) (new)

Nov 09, 2017 01:50PM

I deleted Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone #544, The Incredible Journey #559, and The Hunger Games #1322. All are fiction.

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message 22: by Barbara (new)

Mar 14, 2018 09:55AM

The Fault in Our Stars should be deleted

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message 23: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Mar 14, 2018 11:11AM

Barbara wrote: "The Fault in Our Stars should be deleted"

Which number is it at?

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message 24: by Barbara (new)

Mar 14, 2018 11:23AM

365 I believe

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message 25: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Mar 15, 2018 11:31PM) (new)

Mar 15, 2018 11:30PM

"Barbara wrote: The Fault in Our Stars should be deleted.
Booklovinglady wrote: Which number is it at?
Barbara wrote: 365 I believe"

Book has been deleted.

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message 26: by Barbara (new)

Mar 18, 2018 07:32AM

More fiction to delete: The Night Circus (1434), The Princess Bride (1463); The Fifth Wave (1415); Twilight (1490); A Visit from the Goon Squad (1582); Eleanor & Park (1283); All the Bright Places (1242); The World of Tomorrow (1132); Fangirl (1322); Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants (1194); and last but not least To Kill a Mockingbird! (1926).

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message 27: by Sally (new)

Sep 23, 2018 06:55PM

I deleted The Princess Bride. It looks like the other books listed above have been removed.

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message 28: by Abby (last edited Sep 24, 2018 11:47PM) (new)

Sep 24, 2018 11:47PM

this book is listed at least three times on the list... and probably shouldn't be included at all:
The Complete What Ukulele Players Really Want To Know
by Barry Maz

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message 29: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Sep 25, 2018 07:58AM

Is it still on three times? I combined duplicates, but none were removed.

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message 30: by Abby (new)

Oct 04, 2018 11:57AM

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Is it still on three times? I combined duplicates, but none were removed."

so far i've seen it twice...

and if you can delete Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand... that is definitely fiction.

thanks!

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message 31: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Oct 04, 2018 04:19PM

Where on the list is it?

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message 32: by Sally (new)

Oct 04, 2018 05:43PM

Atlas Shrugged removed. (It was 422).

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message 33: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Oct 04, 2018 06:03PM

Thanks, Sally.

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message 34: by Sean (new)

Jun 26, 2019 10:00AM

The Giving Tree, 1984 and Twilight can be removed.

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message 35: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jun 26, 2019 11:04AM) (new)

Jun 26, 2019 11:00AM

Sean wrote: "The Giving Tree, 1984 and Twilight can be removed."

Which numbers were they on? (25 pages is an awful lot to go through, for what might turn out to be a wild goose chase... See my previous comment)

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message 36: by Sally (last edited Jun 28, 2019 07:30AM) (new)

Jun 28, 2019 07:28AM

Removed The Giving Tree
and
The Lightning Thief

I don't see 1984 or Twilight.

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message 37: by Sean (last edited Aug 03, 2019 04:48PM) (new)

Aug 03, 2019 04:41PM

Twilight is currently #1806, page 19

1984 is currently #1491, page 16

Thanks!

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message 38: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Aug 03, 2019 05:07PM

Both removed.

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message 39: by John (new)

Jan 10, 2020 09:44AM

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is fiction.

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message 40: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jan 10, 2020 10:42AM) (new)

Jan 10, 2020 10:40AM

John wrote: "Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is fiction."

There are 27 pages at the moment; which number is it on?

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message 41: by John (new)

Jan 10, 2020 11:32AM

Booklovinglady wrote: "John wrote: "Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is fiction."

There are 27 pages at the moment; which number is it on?"

Sorry! Number 137 (page 2).

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message 42: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Jan 10, 2020 11:37PM

John wrote: "Sorry! Number 137 (page 2)."

Thanks 🙂 The book has been removed.

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message 43: by ♥ Marlene♥ (new)

Jan 24, 2020 02:19AM

I have removed The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas which was on 425 or something and is most definitely not nonfiction and 3 people had voted for.

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message 44: by Saturday's (new)

Apr 28, 2020 06:50PM

Wow, Chaos and Grime: A Year in the Life of a Chinese City is all over lots and lots of Goodreads lists - so much for people not spamming. What a shame these lists are spammed, those that do it really should take a look and themselves and feel ashamed.

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message 45: by Stephen (new)

Jul 17, 2020 10:19AM