Non-Fiction Worth Reading

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Obviously different people have different ideas of what makes a book worth reading. But for you personally, was it worth the time it took to read?
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A sangre fría
de Truman Capote
23,719 membres
467 ressenyes
4.1
Classificació global 11
22 Members
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Explicacions
: No true crime
9
A Brief History of Time
de Stephen Hawking
6,796 membres
99 ressenyes
4
Classificació global 17
18 Members
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Cap a terres salvatges
de Jon Krakauer
17,963 membres
445 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 13
20 Members
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El Príncep
de Niccolò Machiavelli
23,619 membres
253 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Classificació global 18
17 Members
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A People's History of the United States
de Howard Zinn
14,760 membres
159 ressenyes
4.2
Classificació global 19
18 Members
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Explicacions
leonja: One of the most important contributions made to date concerning the study of US History.
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
de Bill Bryson
16,865 membres
473 ressenyes
4
Classificació global 29
13 Members
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Explicacions
thorold: Bryson before he ran out of new ideas
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
de Daniel Kahneman
11,751 membres
225 ressenyes
4.1
Classificació global 20
16 Members
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Mere Christianity
de C. S. Lewis
26,208 membres
219 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Classificació global 42
13 Members
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
de Dava Sobel
9,208 membres
183 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 32
14 Members
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Explicacions
thorold : Absurdly sensational book that tells you nothing about clockmaking
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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
de Barbara Demick
3,202 membres
177 ressenyes
½ 4.4
Classificació global 41
12 Members
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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
de Anne Lamott
10,181 membres
239 ressenyes
4.1
Classificació global 31
13 Members
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The Hiding Place
de Corrie ten Boom
10,131 membres
144 ressenyes
½ 4.4
Classificació global 60
9 Members
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22
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
de Charles C. Mann
7,276 membres
196 ressenyes
4.2
Classificació global 46
11 Members
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
de Frederick Douglass
9,255 membres
119 ressenyes
4
Classificació global 55
9 Members
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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
de Christopher McDougall
4,544 membres
229 ressenyes
4.2
Classificació global 84
7 Members
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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
de Stephen Greenblatt
3,590 membres
142 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 75
8 Members
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The Elements of Style
de William Jr. Strunk
19,887 membres
193 ressenyes
4.2
Classificació global 37
15 Members
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Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison
de Michel Foucault
6,648 membres
42 ressenyes
4.1
Classificació global 71
7 Members
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Sobre la llibertat
de John Stuart Mill
5,541 membres
40 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 91
5 Members
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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
de Nelson Mandela
4,865 membres
62 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Classificació global 92
6 Members
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Outliers: The Story of Success
de Malcolm Gladwell
15,560 membres
403 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 59
10 Members
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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
de Tracy Kidder
4,923 membres
147 ressenyes
4.1
Classificació global 64
8 Members
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