My Favorite Non-Fiction
Discover a curated list of my favorite non-fiction books that inspire, educate, and captivate. Explore top picks across genres for your next great read!
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Sir Vidia's Shadow
by Paul Theroux
In an intriguing memoir of friendship, the best-selling novelist, travel writer, and author of The Great Railway Bazaar recounts his experiences and memories as he …
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My Own Country
by Abraham Verghese
From the author of The Covenant of Water and New York Times bestseller Cutting for Stone: a story of medicine in the American heartland, and …
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Two Lives
by Vikram Seth
This captivating new book--the story of a century and of a love affair across a racial divide--from the author of "A Suitable Boy" is the …
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All the Shah's Men
by Stephen Kinzer
This is the first full-length account of the CIA's coup d'etat in Iran in 1953—a covert operation whose consequences are still with us today. Written …
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Collapse
by Jared M. Diamond
Explores the mysterious collapse of past civilizations - and what this means for our future.
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Freedom at Midnight
by Larry Collins
A reconstruction of events at the time of the eclipse of the fabled British Raj. The authors also examine the roles enacted by Gandhi, Lord …
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The Elegant Universe
by Brian Greene
Introduces the superstring theory that attempts to unite general relativity and quantum mechanics
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Big Bang
by Simon Singh
A half century ago, a shocking Washington Post headline claimed that the world began in five cataclysmic minutes rather than having existed for all time; …
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The Looming Tower
by Lawrence Wright
Explores both the American and Arab sides of the September 11th terrorist attacks in an account of the people, ideas, events, and intelligence failures that …
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Three Cups of Tea
by Greg Mortenson
The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban’s backyard Anyone who …
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Prime Obsession
by John Derbyshire
The definitive story of the Riemann Hypothesis, a fascinating and epic mathematical mystery that continues to challege the world. In 1859, Bernhard Riemann, a little-known …
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Pundits from Pakistan
by Rahul Bhattacharya
A cricketing romp through Pakistan In early 2004, the Indian cricket team set out for Pakistan. Pundits describes the subsequent tour, detailing the matches, the …
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Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History
by Stephen Jay Gould
Provides information on developments in evolutionary theory, discussing such topics as the Cambrian population explosion, Velikovsky's theories, and others.
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Beyond Belief
by Elaine Pagels
In Beyond Belief, renowned religion scholar Elaine Pagels continues her groundbreaking examination of the earliest Christian texts, arguing for an ongoing assessment of faith and …
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Fermat's Enigma
by Simon Singh
xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution "I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this …
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The Black Swan
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we …
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The Looming Tower
by Lawrence Wright
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A “heart-stopping account of the events leading up to 9/11” (The New York Times Book Review), this definitive …
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The Man Who Knew Infinity
by Robert Kanigel
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JEREMY IRONS AND DEV PATEL! A moving and enlightening look at the unbelievable true story of how gifted prodigy …
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Einstein
by Walter Isaacson
From Isaacson, the bestselling author of "Benjamin Franklin," comes the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all his papers have become available--a fully realized …
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Galileo's Daughter
by Dava Sobel
The tender, inspiring relationship between Galileo and his daughter, a nun, is revealed through letters written between the two. Reprint.
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In an Antique Land
by Amitav Ghosh
Once upon a time, an Indian writer named Amitav Ghosh set out as an Indian slave, name unknown, who some seven hundred years before had …
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Falling Off the Map
by Pico Iyer
The author of Video Night in Kathmandu ups the ante on himself in this sublimely evocative and acerbically funny tour through the world's loneliest and …
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The Tennis Partner
by Abraham Verghese
When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unraveling, relocates to El Paso, Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member …
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Six Not-So-Easy Pieces-Book/CD Package
by Richard P. Feynman
No twentieth-century American scientist is better known to a wider spectrum of people than Richard P. Feynman (1918–1988)—physicist, teacher, author, and cultural icon. His autobiographies …
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The Global Soul
by Pico Iyer
From the acclaimed author of Video Nights in Kathmandu comes this intriguing new book that deciphers the cultural ramifications of globalization and the rising tide …
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The Code Book
by Simon Singh
In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic …
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Among the Believers
by V. S. Naipaul
The Nobel Prize-winning author gives us – on the basis of his own intensive seventeen month journey across the Asian continent – an unprecedented revelation …
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Them
by Jon Ronson
From the bestselling author of The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry and So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed. A wide variety of extremist …
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Under the Banner of Heaven
by Jon Krakauer
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, this extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America’s isolated …
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The Ancestor's Tale
by Richard Dawkins
A renowned biologist provides a sweeping chronicle of more than four billion years of life on Earth, shedding new light on evolutionary theory and history, …
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Letter to a Christian Nation
by Sam Harris
A criticism of Christianity from the secularist point of view.