Top Ten Non-Fiction Books

A Listmania! list by R. P. Sedgwick "Grim Rob" (UK)
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A Million Little Pieces
1.  A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
The list author says:
  "Brilliantly written autobiographical narrative set in a treatment centre. Reads like a novel, although some bits of it have subsequently emerged as fiction!"
£5.12   Used & New from: £0.01
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (186 customer reviews)

All Played Out: The Full Story of Italia '90
2.  All Played Out: The Full Story of Italia '90 by Pete Davies
The list author says:
  "It was between this and A Season with Verona as the best football book but this got the nod simply because Pete Davies lived and breathed probably the best world cup in my lifetime."
Used & New from: £78.95
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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An Evil Cradling
3.  An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan
The list author says:
  "A remarkable tail of incredible stoicism in the face of completely unreasonable adversity,"
£6.39   Used & New from: £0.01
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)

Bravo Two Zero
4.  Bravo Two Zero by Andy McNab
The list author says:
  "A classic look at an SAS Operation in Iraq."
£6.29   Used & New from: £0.01
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (102 customer reviews)

Fermat's Last Theorem: The story of a riddle that confounded the world's greatest minds for 358 years
5.  Fermat's Last Theorem: The story of a riddle that confounded the world's greatest minds for 358 years by Simon Singh
The list author says:
  "I've read hundreds of popular science books and several by this author but this is one of the great stories of our times and very well written"
£6.39   Used & New from: £0.27
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (159 customer reviews)

High Tide: How Climate Crisis is Engulfing Our Planet: News from a Warming World
6.  High Tide: How Climate Crisis is Engulfing Our Planet: News from a Warming World by Mark Lynas
The list author says:
  "Read it and weep"
£7.19   Used & New from: £0.01
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

The Calendar: The 5000 Year Struggle To Align The Clock and the Heavens, and What Happened To The Missing Ten Days
7.  The Calendar: The 5000 Year Struggle To Align The Clock and the Heavens, and What Happened To The Missing Ten Days by David Ewing Duncan
The list author says:
  "Everyone should read this just to know what our calendar is all about. Utterly fascinating."
£10.79   Used & New from: £0.01
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)

The Common Thread
8.  The Common Thread by John Sulston
The list author says:
  "People will look back on this point in human history as one of its defining moments and this is a first hand account of a vital race to map the human genome and keep it in the public domain."
Used & New from: £0.47
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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The Newtonian Casino (Penguin Press Science)
9.  The Newtonian Casino (Penguin Press Science) by Thomas A. Bass
The list author says:
  "A wonderful tale of trying to beat the roulette wheel set in the dawn of the microchip age"
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4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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Touching The Void
10.  Touching The Void by Joe Simpson
The list author says:
  "Describes a situation that few of us can imagine, and if we ever experience anything like it, are very unlikely to tell the tale for the simple reason that we wouldn't live through it."
£6.29   Used & New from: £0.01
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (131 customer reviews)

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