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The Amazon Editors' top pick in Nonfiction : The Boys of Riverside: A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory
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  1. The Boys of Riverside: A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory
    The Boys of Riverside: A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory
    Thomas Fuller
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $28.00
    1,003
  2. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
    Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
    Malcolm Gladwell
    Kindle Edition
    $15.99 $32.00
    2,826
  3. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
    Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
    Yuval Noah Harari
    Kindle Edition
    $2.99
    3,977
  4. Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA
    Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA
    Patrick Winn
    Kindle Edition
    $18.99 $32.00
    213
  5. Bringing Ben Home: A Murder, a Conviction, and the Fight to Redeem American Justice
    Bringing Ben Home: A Murder, a Conviction, and the Fight to Redeem American Justice
    Barbara Bradley Hagerty
    Kindle Edition
    $15.99 $30.00
    63
  6. Nuclear War: A Scenario
    Nuclear War: A Scenario
    Annie Jacobsen
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99
    8,146
  7. Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity
    Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity
    Michele Norris
    Kindle Edition
    $16.99
    192
  8. Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
    Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
    Katherine Rundell
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $26.00
    113
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Best Nonfiction Books of 2023

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  1. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
    The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
    Michael Finkel
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99 $18.00
    7,755
  2. Elon Musk
    Elon Musk
    Walter Isaacson
    Kindle Edition
    $16.99 $35.00
    19,083
  3. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
    The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
    David Grann
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99
    34,100
  4. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
    Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
    Peter Attia MD, Bill Gifford
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99 $32.00
    17,131
  5. How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South
    How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South
    Esau McCaulley
    Kindle Edition
    $7.99 $18.00
    403
  6. Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents—and What They Mean f
    Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents—and What They Mean for America's Future
    Jean M. Twenge
    Kindle Edition
    $16.99 $21.99
    1,061
  7. The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean
    The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean
    Susan Casey
    Kindle Edition
    $4.99 $19.00
    604
  8. Poverty, by America
    Poverty, by America
    Matthew Desmond
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99 $20.00
    3,171
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Best Nonfiction Books of 2022

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  1. Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
    Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
    Johann Hari
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99
    7,682
  2. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
    What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
    Stephanie Foo
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99
    4,932
  3. Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to World Domination
    Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to World Domination
    Mark Bergen
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $30.00
    192
  4. Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels
    Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels
    Paul Pringle
    Kindle Edition
    $11.99
    888
  5. Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America's Overdose Crisis
    Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America's Overdose Crisis
    Beth Macy
    Kindle Edition
    $11.99 $19.99
    164
  6. Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
    Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
    Neil deGrasse Tyson
    Kindle Edition
    $11.99
    4,554
  7. Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus
    Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus
    David Quammen
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $19.99
    468
  8. Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future
    Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future
    Yung Pueblo
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99
    2,670
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Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

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  1. Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
    Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
    Andrea Elliott
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $20.00
    2,774
  2. Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
    Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
    Simon Winchester
    Kindle Edition
    $15.49
    857
  3. The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto
    The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto
    Charles M. Blow
    Kindle Edition
    $9.99
    2,140
  4. Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth
    Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth
    Avi Loeb
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99
    3,193
  5. Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
    Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
    Ethan Kross
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99 $19.00
    3,988
  6. Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
    Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
    Elizabeth Kolbert
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99 $19.00
    1,920
  7. The Soul of a Woman
    The Soul of a Woman
    Isabel Allende
    Kindle Edition
    $4.99 $24.00
    2,576
  8. I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope
    I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope
    Valerie Gilpeer, Emily Grodin
    Kindle Edition
    $18.99 $25.99
    332
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Best Nonfiction Books of 2020

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  1. Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity
    Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity
    Peggy Orenstein
    Kindle Edition
    $1.99 $18.99
    811
  2. Wine Girl: The Obstacles, Humiliations, and Triumphs of America's Yougest Sommelier
    Wine Girl: The Obstacles, Humiliations, and Triumphs of America's Yougest Sommelier
    Victoria James
    Kindle Edition
    $9.99
    737
  3. Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
    Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
    Robert Kolker
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99 $19.00
    21,145
  4. Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking
    Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking
    Bill Buford
    Kindle Edition
    $1.99 $17.00
    2,540
  5. Feasting Wild: In Search of the Last Untamed Food
    Feasting Wild: In Search of the Last Untamed Food
    Gina Rae La Cerva
    Kindle Edition
    $11.91 $26.95
    86
  6. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
    Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
    Isabel Wilkerson
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99 $21.00
    46,632
  7. Vesper Flights
    Vesper Flights
    Helen Macdonald
    Kindle Edition
    $9.30 $17.99
    1,411
  8. A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom
    A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom
    Brittany K. Barnett
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $20.00
    1,770
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