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  1. 1The Yellow HouseSarah M. Broom · 2019 · 3 honors
  2. 2Between the World and MeTa-Nehisi Coates · 2015 · 3 honors
  3. 3A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and ShipwreckSophie Elmhirst · 2025 · 2 honors
  4. 4Mother Mary Comes to MeArundhati Roy · 2025 · 2 honors
  5. 5There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in AmericaBrian Goldstone · 2025 · 2 honors
  6. 6The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James CookHampton Sides · 2024 · 2 honors
  7. 7Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey From Slavery to FreedomIlyon Woo · 2023 · 2 honors
  8. 8Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make UsRachel Aviv · 2022 · 2 honors
  9. 9Under The Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our NationLinda Villarosa · 2022 · 2 honors
  10. 10On JuneteenthAnnette Gordon-Reed · 2021 · 2 honors
  11. 11The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood – Youth – DependencyTove Ditlevsen · 2021 · 2 honors
  12. 12A Promised LandBarack Obama · 2020 · 2 honors
  13. 13Hidden Valley Road: Inside The Mind Of An American FamilyRobert Kolker · 2020 · 2 honors
  14. 14Midnight In Chernobyl: The Untold Story Of The World's Greatest Nuclear DisasterAdam Higginbotham · 2019 · 2 honors
  15. 15How To Change Your Mind: What The New Science Of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, And TranscendenceMichael Pollan · 2018 · 2 honors
  16. 16Small FryLisa Brennan-Jobs · 2018 · 2 honors
  17. 17The Great BelieversRebecca Makkai · 2018 · 2 honors
  18. 18Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black AmericaJames Forman Jr. · 2017 · 2 honors
  19. 19H Is For HawkHelen Macdonald · 2015 · 2 honors
  20. 20All The Light We Cannot See: A NovelAnthony Doerr · 2014 · 2 honors
  21. 21EuphoriaLily King · 2014 · 2 honors
  22. 22The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural HistoryElizabeth Kolbert · 2014 · 2 honors
  23. 23Thirteen Days In September: Carter, Begin, And Sadat At Camp DavidLawrence Wright · 2014 · 2 honors
  24. 24Five Days At MemorialSheri Fink · 2013 · 2 honors
  25. 25Life After LifeKate Atkinson · 2013 · 2 honors
  26. 26Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai UndercityKatherine Boo · 2012 · 2 honors
  27. 27Mother EmanuelKevin Sack · 2025 · 1 honor
  28. 28Wild ThingSue Prideaux · 2025 · 1 honor
  29. 29Cold CrematoriumJózsef Debreczeni · 2024 · 1 honor
  30. 30Everyone Who Is Gone Is HereJonathan Blitzer · 2024 · 1 honor
  31. 31I Heard Her Call My NameLucy Sante · 2024 · 1 honor
  32. 32ReaganMax Boot · 2024 · 1 honor
  33. 33Bottoms Up and the Devil LaughsKerry Howley · 2023 · 1 honor
  34. 34Fire WeatherJohn Vaillant · 2023 · 1 honor
  35. 35Some People Need KillingPatricia Evangelista · 2023 · 1 honor
  36. 36The Best MindsJonathan Rosen · 2023 · 1 honor
  37. 37An Immense WorldEd Yong · 2022 · 1 honor
  38. 38Stay TrueHua Hsu · 2022 · 1 honor
  39. 39We Don't Know OurselvesFintan O'Toole · 2022 · 1 honor
  40. 40How the Word Is PassedClint Smith · 2021 · 1 honor
  41. 41Invisible ChildAndrea Elliott · 2021 · 1 honor
  42. 42Red CometHeather Clark · 2021 · 1 honor
  43. 43Shakespeare in a Divided AmericaJames Shapiro · 2020 · 1 honor
  44. 44Uncanny ValleyAnna Wiener · 2020 · 1 honor
  45. 45WarMargaret MacMillan · 2020 · 1 honor
  46. 46No Visible BruisesRachel Louise Snyder · 2019 · 1 honor
  47. 47Say NothingPatrick Radden Keefe · 2019 · 1 honor
  48. 48The ClubLeo Damrosch · 2019 · 1 honor
  49. 49American PrisonShane Bauer · 2018 · 1 honor
  50. 50EducatedTara Westover · 2018 · 1 honor
  51. 51Frederick DouglassDavid W. Blight · 2018 · 1 honor
  52. 52GrantRon Chernow · 2017 · 1 honor
  53. 53Prairie FiresCaroline Fraser · 2017 · 1 honor
  54. 54PriestdaddyPatricia Lockwood · 2017 · 1 honor
  55. 55The Evolution of BeautyRichard O. Prum · 2017 · 1 honor
  56. 56At the Existentialist CaféSarah Bakewell · 2016 · 1 honor
  57. 57Dark MoneyJane Mayer · 2016 · 1 honor
  58. 58EvictedMatthew Desmond · 2016 · 1 honor
  59. 59In the DarkroomSusan Faludi · 2016 · 1 honor
  60. 60The ReturnHisham Matar · 2016 · 1 honor
  61. 61Empire of CottonSven Beckert · 2015 · 1 honor
  62. 62One of UsAsne Seierstad · 2015 · 1 honor
  63. 63The Invention of NatureAndrea Wulf · 2015 · 1 honor
  64. 64On ImmunityEula Biss · 2014 · 1 honor
  65. 65Penelope FitzgeraldHermione Lee · 2014 · 1 honor
  66. 66After the Music StoppedAlan S. Blinder · 2013 · 1 honor
  67. 67Days of FirePeter Baker · 2013 · 1 honor
  68. 68The SleepwalkersChristopher Clark · 2013 · 1 honor
  69. 69WaveSonali Deraniyagala · 2013 · 1 honor
  70. 70Far From the TreeAndrew Solomon · 2012 · 1 honor
  71. 71The Passage of PowerRobert A. Caro · 2012 · 1 honor
  72. 72The PatriarchDavid Nasaw · 2012 · 1 honor
  73. 73Why Does the World Exist? An Existential Detective StoryJim Holt · 2012 · 1 honor
  74. 74A World on FireAmanda Foreman · 2011 · 1 honor
  75. 75ArguablyChristopher Hitchens · 2011 · 1 honor
  76. 76Malcolm XManning Marable · 2011 · 1 honor
  77. 77The Boy in the MoonIan Brown · 2011 · 1 honor
  78. 78Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman · 2011 · 1 honor
  79. 79Apollo's AngelsJennifer Homans · 2010 · 1 honor
  80. 80CleopatraStacy Schiff · 2010 · 1 honor
  81. 81Finishing the HatStephen Sondheim · 2010 · 1 honor
  82. 82The Emperor of All MaladiesSiddhartha Mukherjee · 2010 · 1 honor
  83. 83The Warmth of Other SunsIsabel Wilkerson · 2010 · 1 honor
  84. 84LitMary Karr · 2009 · 1 honor
  85. 85Lords of FinanceLiaquat Ahamed · 2009 · 1 honor
  86. 86Raymond CarverCarol Sklenicka · 2009 · 1 honor
  87. 87The Age of WonderRichard Holmes · 2009 · 1 honor
  88. 88The Good SoldiersDavid Finkel · 2009 · 1 honor
  89. 89Nothing to Be Frightened OfJulian Barnes · 2008 · 1 honor
  90. 90The Dark SideJane Mayer · 2008 · 1 honor
  91. 91The Forever WarDexter Filkins · 2008 · 1 honor
  92. 92The World Is What It IsPatrick French · 2008 · 1 honor
  93. 93This Republic of SufferingDrew Gilpin Faust · 2008 · 1 honor
  94. 94Imperial Life in the Emerald CityRajiv Chandrasekaran · 2007 · 1 honor
  95. 95Little HeathensMildred Armstrong Kalish · 2007 · 1 honor
  96. 96The NineJeffrey Toobin · 2007 · 1 honor
  97. 97The Ordeal of Elizabeth MarshLinda Colley · 2007 · 1 honor
  98. 98The Rest Is NoiseAlex Ross · 2007 · 1 honor
  99. 99Falling Through the EarthDanielle Trussoni · 2006 · 1 honor
  100. 100MayflowerNathaniel Philbrick · 2006 · 1 honor
  101. 101The Looming TowerLawrence Wright · 2006 · 1 honor
  102. 102The Omnivore's DilemmaMichael Pollan · 2006 · 1 honor
  103. 103The Places in BetweenRory Stewart · 2006 · 1 honor