Top 10 Best Non Fiction Books to Read

1. Untamed by Glennon Doyle

When you think of a book that has a plot that will keep readers on the edge of their seats, you think of the book “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle. On 10 March 2020, The Dial Press published this book.

Glennon Doyle is a well-known author who writes her three memoir books, and one of them is “Untamed”.  Her other two memoir books are “Love Warrior” and “Carry on, Warrior”.

The New York Times declared Untamed is a best seller nonfiction book. It was sold more than two million copies. Available in three formats, print, e-book, and audiobook.

2. Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

Greenlights:  A Memoir of Love, Family, and Dreams is a memoir written by American actor Matthew McConaughey. The book was released by the Crown Publishing Group on 20 October 2020. It is sold more than two million copies.

In 1993, Matthew McConaughey, then a struggling actor, met his fate in the unlikeliest of places—Austin, Texas. That’s where he met his wife, Camila Alves, and where soon after he landed his first big role, in Dazed and Confused. This book looks back at the major moments of his career, from the Texas stage to the big screen.

In this book, Matthew McConaughey discusses his life and career, including his time as an actor, his role in “Interstellar”, his change in diet, and his religion.

3. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is a nonfiction book. An American journalist Isabel Wilkerson has written this best seller nonfiction book. It is published in August 2020 by Random House.

The book discusses the caste system in India and the United States. The book also discusses the system of caste in Europe.

In Caste, journalist Isabel Wilkerson looks at the rise of the concept of caste in America and the obstacles faced by those who wish to eradicate it.

Ever since the social and political upheaval of the 1960s and 1970s, new data and insights on the phenomenon of caste have been appearing. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is a distillation of all that is known about caste today. It is an inquiry into the ethnicity, religion, and class of people we call “caste-members” and an exploration into their behavior, mindset, and outlook.

4. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, published in 1969, was the first of six autobiographical volumes by African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928-May 28, 2014). It details Angelou’s early life, including her childhood in the South, her failed marriage, her one grandson, two great-grandchildren, and her career as a performer and singer. The book is widely used in schools and universities across the world.

In this seminal work, beloved poet, novelist, and memoirist Maya Angelou shares her life story, from her childhood in the South through her years in San Francisco, New York, the South again, and Hawaii to her current home in North Carolina. A classic autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” is a vivid and powerful portrait of a woman’s coming of age and a stirring testament to the resilience of the human spirit.

The “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” is a moving and beautifully written account of the young poet’s life in the American South at the beginning of the 20th century. It follows her through the trauma of her childhood rape at the age of 8 and the subsequent prejudice and rejection of the community in which she lives. The book is written in the tone of a Southern-style oral history, with the language and rhythm of the stories Angelou.

5. A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

A Brief History of Time was originally published in 1988 by Bantam Dell Publishing Group. The book goes on to be a bestselling nonfiction book with over 25 million copies sold.

Hawking writes his own accessible version of A Brief History of Time, making the theories of the General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics understandable to general readers. He reveals the latest discovery and tackles the biggest mysteries, including the possible existence of a multiverse.

According to Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time, the universe was born between 10 and 20 billion years ago. And, in its infancy, was a small, hot, and dense object, about one hundred million times the size of the earth. Everything we see today was also compressed into this space. The universe has been expanding ever since. It will continue to expand for a long time to come and its energy will be gradually dissipated.

In this book, Professor Hawking grapples with the most fundamental question of all time: Why is the universe as we observe it so well ordered and seemingly so benign? What is the nature of the force that propels the universe into the future? How and why did it begin, and what will be its ultimate fate? He will guide us through the mysteries of such matters as curved space, black holes, the big bang, and singularities.

6. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

In Cold Blood, the bestseller nonfiction book is an account of a multiple murders in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas. It is the true story of the murder of a Kansas family. In November 1959 told from four points of view: the two murderers, Perry Smith and Dick Hickock, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation’s lead investigator, Alvin Dewey, and Capote himself.

Truman Capote’s masterpiece, a true crime story that remains a literary and cultural touchstone, tells the tale of the brutal murder of the Clutter family in rural Kansas. “In Cold Blood” is a work of literary non-fiction by Truman Capote published in 1966 by Random House.

Capote spent five years researching the book, traveling to Kansas, and interviewing almost all of the participants after the crime.

7. Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage is one of the must-read books non-fiction, written by Alfred Lansing. This book was first published in 1959 by Hodder & Stoughton.

In the summer of 1914, the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition set out from England to trek across the Antarctic. The ship, Endurance, was frozen in pack ice before the shore party had even landed; ten months later, Endurance sank. With no means of escape, Shackleton and his twenty-eight men were forced to take drastic measures. They rowed three small boats hundreds of miles to reach a remote island, where they spent a miserable winter before being rescued.

Captain Ernest Shackleton’s ship was trapped in the ice of the Weddell Sea, and the future looked bleak. But Shackleton didn’t give up. He and his crew of 27 men took to the lifeboats and rescued themselves. Their survival and the incredible journey is one of the most inspiring survival stories ever told.

8. Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America by Bill O’Reilly; Martin Dugard

“Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America” is the New York Times bestseller nonfiction book by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, published on May 4, 2021, by St. Martin’s Press. This book sold nearly 18 million copies worldwide.

In this searing expose, former television host, American journalist and bestselling author Bill O’Reilly exposes the corruption and criminal activity that have long characterized America’s mob families. Drawing on hundreds of interviews conducted over the past five years, O’Reilly traces the roots of organized crime from its inception in time from the 1930s to the 1980s to its widespread resurgence today.

Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard are two of the most successful authors in the world, and this is their most ambitious project to date. In Killing the Mob, they offer a riveting, true-life tale of the killing of the Mafia, a complex undertaking involving hundreds of characters that spans more than sixty years. O’Reilly and Dugard provide extensive on-the-scene reporting from all the major locations in this story.

9. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know by Adam Grant

Adam Grant is a renowned expert on human behavior. His first book, Give and Take, was a New York Times bestseller. In his latest book, he explains how we can teach our children to think differently about what they don’t know.

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know is one of the number-one New York Times Bestsellers by Adam Grant was published on 2 February 2021. And published by Viking.

10. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown

Dee Brown’s bestselling book about the destruction of the American Indian, which has never been out of print before 15 May 2007 (published by Picador) since its original publication in 1970.

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West is a nonfiction history book written by American author Dee Brown and published by New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. It relates to the history of the American West. It is the winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award in 1971.

The bloodiest years of the American West, from 1890 to many years, are best remembered as a time when the buffalo nearly disappeared, and the Indians were reduced to a pitiful remnant.

In Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Dee Brown presents a startlingly original view of the entire Indian-white relationship. He tells the tragic story of the American West in a manner it has never been told before. Brown explains how the white man imposed his civilization with its concomitant vices of greed.