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  The Bible : Sludgehead
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    He said NON-Fiction....... hahahahahahahahaha I couldn't resist : Solstice
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      Okay the Qur'an then. Or maybe The Book of Mormon, or one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religi... : Sludgehead
      • How about no. : Thornfist
• Everybody poops. : ryuuseki
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  Inside the Third Reich by Albert Speer http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Third-Reich-Albert-Speer/dp/068482... : james_austintx
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    While Speer is mostly pretty candid, there are disputes about some of his claims, for instance how much h... : Lone Swordsman
    • I was really joking, its not an easy read. : james_austintx
  • Rise and fall of the third Reich is also quite good : bostrov
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  Why non-fiction? : LoioshDwaggie
  • because he asked for a non fiction book : FrayLo
  • Recommend a restaurant that serves lobster that's not too pricey. "Why lobster?" : Sgt_Boomstick
• everyone poops : qwpeoriu
• Nobody Poops: Hold It In or You Go to Hell : Wyvern
• Made to Stick : spiderfill
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  Godel Escher Bach : WhatIsThisFor
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    ^^^^ I give this to kids right after their "My First Counting Book" : Arctic Fox
    • Kids really identify with the rabbit and the turtle. : WhatIsThisFor
    • I find that GEB is a bit too elementary for kindergartners, so I just have them read the original Godel p : DonkeyPopsicle
  • This book is awesome. : Sludgehead
  • It's brilliant, loved it : tcs
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    This book always seemed over-hyped by the pseudo-intellectual set to me. Not a bad read though. : gooblerampling
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      Read the follow-up then. : WhatIsThisFor
      • I Am A Strange Loop : WhatIsThisFor
    • i find those dialogues pretty cloying : jvox
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  world war z : davislovestacobell
  • aw maaan, beat me to it : silentbobuk
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  Masters of Doom : freakynipples69
  • ^^ Just started this one myself, pretty good. : nodebug
  • Just finished this the other day. Good read! : Orange Pylon
  • I've read this book prolly 15 times. I love it. : stelth
  • This is a really good/fun nonfic read. : uebersoldat
  • I enjoyed this. : mactu
  • I read this in one sitting. Great book. : g.lee
  • Big time. Easy read but very entertaining : ctlaltl33t
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  The Undercover Economist or Stumbling on Happiness : DonkeyPopsicle
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    I just read the first and am midway through the second. : givemesnacks
    • Also, expanding on these suggestions, any of Malcom Gladwell's books, though I wouldn't say Blink. : givemesnacks
• The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman. : kelzmelzer
• With the Old Breed : usmcmueller
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  A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. Enrich your god damn mind. http://www.amazon.com/... : Duffman8369
  • This, you absolutely should read this. : Lexicon_Leidun
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    Bill Bryson is a great writer, his book A Walk in the Woods is very funny. : WhatIsThisFor
    • I'll get behind this. Loved it. : davantalus
  • That is good indeed - I'm reading Neither Here Nor There by Bill Bryson at the moment. It's about him tra... : five_percent
  • Wow, this seems really awesome. I do believe I'll pick this up. : vile
  • This might be my next book. Thank you! : stelth
  • i was going to recommend this same book. : Thresher
  • this this this : indosauros
  • This is another good one. Aside from the science itself there's a lot of interesting/amusing stories abou... : mactu
• three cups of tea by greg mortenson and david oliver relin. it's about a guy who built schools to teac... : sammyjojo
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  History of the Screw. Sounds stupid but was pretty interesting, and I'm not screwing around. : Sludgehead
  • actual title is One Good Turn: etc etc http://www.amazon.com/One-Good-Turn-Natural-Screwdriver/dp/0684867... : Sludgehead
• Where Do Babies Come From : Slowtreme
• freakonomics : slacko
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  The best non-fiction book I've read in a while is the Lost City of Z by David Grann.
  
  But I love Bill Bryson, so I second the Short History of Nearly Everything recommendation above.

  Jun 10, 2010 6:44am PDT
  The best non-fiction book I've read in a while is the Lost City of Z by David Grann. But I love Bill B... : jasonepowell
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  On Writing by Stephen King On the Road Jack Kerouac The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fa... : Modica Sol Solis
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    Just read On Writing myself and I have to say this is a good book even if you aren't a King fan. : gooblerampling
    • I'd give this a read too and yes I agree you don't need to be a King fan to enjoy it. : mactu
• Generation Kill : Hemtroll
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  The Path to Power - Robert A. Caro Biography of LBJ, which may not sound all that interesting at first... : stgulik
  • Caro is the bomb. Know, though, that his books a pretty serious commitments to read. But they're one of t... : sgtsanity
• A Perfect Storm. : Lightzout
• Anything by Jim Corbett. : kramweil
• 1776 or The Great Bridge, both by David McCullough : beanman101283
• The Rommel Papers. Fuck yes. : uebersoldat
• The Valachi Papers - true story of the first Mafia informant in the early 60's : gorphine
• 4 Hour Workweek Getting Things Done Tipping Point Blink : yoonix
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  King Leopold's Ghost. American Lion. This Band Could Be Your Life. Webster's New American Dictionary. : zipr
  • Also, Blink. : zipr
• The Killer Angels : Sailor of Fortune
• World War Z : r_Ed
• Billionaires Vinegar. : akirabob
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  The Bible : peters4life
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    The Iliad, as well. : DonkeyPopsicle
    • Hesiod's Theogony : DrFlammable
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    Dianetics : boring gegtik
    • He said non-fiction. : K0LM
  • non-fiction, dumb dumb : dantastic
  • lol : hobosapien
  • LOL : thetangent
• World War Z, It happened man, you weren't there, you don't understand. : silentbobuk
• "The Ballad of the Whiskey Robber", about the goalie of the national Hungarian hockey team, his string of... : nutrient
• The God Delusion or The Elegant Universe : uglysad
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  _The Ghost of a New Machine_, Tracy Kidder _Chaos_, james Gleick : rms
  • Chaos... great book : jvox
• If Chins Could Kill by Bruce Campbell : quazar
• Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex or anything by Mary Roach (Bonk is probably the best, but t... : jet-poop
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  Guns, Germs, and Steel. : ColoradoCNC
  • ^This. Also Freakonomics and Super Freakonomics. : Sgt_Boomstick
• Motley Crue - The Dirt. Once you start you wont stop. : natural born chaos
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  Skunk Works : hobosapien
  • Oops. : anhero
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  Born to Run by Christopher McDougall It's about running, not Bruce Springsteen. : burgertime
  • I'm reading this right now. Interesting book. : ShekkyBoy
• http://bit.ly/aKDCXv : kek
• Brothers of the Snake : noobja
• Forces of Fortune by Vali Nasr : ninjase
• The Lucifer Effect : thinkp0l
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  Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard Feynman : ArcKnight
  • ^^^ This book is awesome : Arctic Fox
  • ^^^^^ the best and most enjoyable non-fiction book i've ever read. Feynman is so fucking awesome : wtf242
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    I vote for this too. This is an awesome, inspiring book. : Hyper-r3v
    • yeah. that dude had an awesome attitude about life. very inspiring. : wtf242
  • This book is completely awesome as is "What Do You Care What Other People Think!" by Richard Feynman : Kentor
  • fav book. : horsman
  • Full, free text of the book here: http://www.gorgorat.com/ I read that over a month or so of compiling... : Ecks
  • Very easy read and entertaining. : Rag and Bone Man
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  Guns Germs and Steel. : alexkward
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    I wanted to like it, but it was just way to textbooky. Dry. : Fooldozer
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      Very dry. Plus it's not held in the highest repute in academic circles. :( : sgtsanity
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        Do you know of any links where people talk about it? I thought it was supposed to be fairly well written... : Ecks
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          It pops up every now and then. Wikipedia summarizes it somewhat ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns,_Germ... : sgtsanity
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            I don't think anything there really justifies your comment. Criticism is a good, normal thing, and nothin... : Conan
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              The overarching concern about his account is that it, like evolutionary psychology, makes claims that are... : sgtsanity
              • so what you're saying is that it's anthropological? : akirabob
          • Show me a similar text that isn't criticized, pretty much any anthropological theory is criticized, even ... : MagicWishMonkey
      • who has disregarded this? my evolutionary bio teacher recommended it as did my bioethics prof. not to say... : akirabob
      • By who exactly? Not to say the work as a whole is perfect or anything, but I haven't seen too much detail... : Conan
• the fly in the cathedral : strandgeck
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  The Alphabet Of Manliness : swimteampie
  • +1 : ctlaltl33t
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  Holy Blood Holy Grail and Spear Of Destiny. : AxeMan808
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    Holy Blood Holy Grail is a fascinating read right up until the moment you realize that it's based on a fa... : lightly inclined
    • Well, but the authors are reporting facts that others believe means something biblical. I really liked th... : AxeMan808
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  shameless self promotion. my site.. filtered by non-fiction - http://thegreatestbooks.org/nonfiction n... : wtf242
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    how does this work? who chooses? : akirabob
    • great site too btw. : akirabob
    • based on "best of" lists from critics, authors, etc. aggregated : wtf242
  • I read A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius last month. Great book and it really sucked me in. I'm a... : cfalcon
  • I love this site : packav
• what kind of book are you looking for? If you're interested in food (specifically produce), check out How : mindmann
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  People are not very good at understanding "easy to read." Probably my quickest read in the last year w : sgtsanity
  • the book i posted is pretty easy to read. =( : mindmann
• Marking this after I also saw the mention of Elegant Universe. : royalally
• Skunk Works. : anhero
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  The Devil in the White City. It reads like fiction but it is non fiction. Great book. : Chod
  • Seconded, loved this book. : Thornfist
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  The Big Short Reading this right now. It's excellent. : holinka
  • Michael Lewis also has several other great books. I've read Liar's Poker about his experience as a bonds : sgtsanity
• The Game : whereiwannab
• The Making of the Atomic Bomb : tsuba
• Good To Great by Jim Collins (see video, and such at his website: http://tkn.bz/collinsmedia ) The T... : Nation
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23176207#itemanchor_23176207 : rmjackson