Because these books are about real events, along with the list I am included a brief overview on the topic (when needed, like when the title does not tell you) the book is about. Here is the list:

1. The Forever War by Dexter Filkins

   The War in Iraq and Afghanistan; Filkins has been covering this angle since before 9/11. So, there was a war long before we knew it.

2. The Thief at the End of the World by Joe Jackson

   Story of Henry Wickham, who was a thief of sorts. Kind of a twisted version of Robin Hood

3. The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder

4. The World Is What It Is by Patrick French

5. Authorized biography of Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul

6. The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale

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   This is a fascinating story about a murder that happened toward the end of the 1800s. This story really tells about the very early birth of forensic science.

7. Hurry Down Sunshine by Michael Greenberg

   Memoir by the father of someone, his daughter, who at the age of 15 has a mental breakdown and this is his story of her journey and his own

8. Factory Girls by Leslie T. Chang

9. John Lennon by Philip Norman

10. The Magician’s Book by Laura Miller

    A book that tries to make a book about magic, not appear as a threat to Christianity. Author tries to prove you can read a good book and the book be about magic and not evil

11. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

    Tries to use stats and whimsical wisdom to explain why some people succeed while others fail.

These may be the top 10, but while you are at the bookstore or library, how about picking up more than one book? When you get done with one, pick up another one and just keep reading. Reading can be very relaxing (except when reading Stephen King type novels of course) and reading non-fiction can be just as bad if one is reading about a murder or serial killer, but those types of stories are supposed to shake us to our core.

Can anyone name a non-fiction book that they read recently that they loved enough to share it with their friends? I bought a book entitled “Mixed Blessings” by William and Barbara Christopher (William Christopher played Father Mulcahy on M*A*S*H) and I loved it so much I gave it to my mother and she already has plans on sharing it with a friend of ours when she gets done with it.