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The 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Past 25 Years ↗

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2019-11-18 · 46 points · 27 comments · 7 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

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    Guns, Germs, and Steel

    Jared Diamond

    2 here · 83 all-time · #39 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 14,634 ratings on Amazon
  2. 2The Age of Wonder

    The Age of Wonder

    Richard Holmes

    2 here · 3 all-time · #2537 overall

  3. 1Longitude

    Longitude

    Dava Sobel

    1 here · 14 all-time · #474 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 8,359 ratings on Amazon
  4. 1Silk Roads

    Silk Roads

    Peter Frankopan

    1 here · 8 all-time · #809 overall

  5. 1Into the Wild

    Into the Wild

    Jon Krakauer

    1 here · 7 all-time · #940 overall

  6. 1Secondhand Time

    Secondhand Time

    Svetlana Alexievich

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1474 overall

  7. 1Exact Thinking in Demented Times

    Exact Thinking in Demented Times

    Hannah Arendt

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2180 overall