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WORK IN PROGRESS. Nonfiction books I either enjoyed reading and/or learned something valuable from (not comprehensive). Each section is in alphabetical order by author's last name. Some books fit into multiple genre categories, so I picked one for th...
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Autobiography / Biography / Memoir
 
World Building
 
Spiritual
 
Personal Development
 
Skills Development
 
Health

Autobiography / Biography / Memoir

Books about events or people's lives.

 
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Daniel James Brown | The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
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Cary Elwes | As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
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Laura Gallagher | My Invisible Death: Rare Conditions
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Joe Glickman | Fearless: One Woman, One Kayak, One Continent
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James Herriot | All Creatures Great and Small: The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor
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Laura Hillenbrand | Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
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Jesse Itzler | Living with a Seal: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet
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Jesse Itzler | Living with the Monks: What Turning Off My Phone Taught Me about Happiness, Gratitude, and Focus
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Alfred Lansing | Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
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Vincent van Gogh | The Letters
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World Building

Thought-provoking books about the world and the systems we live in.

 
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Marc Lamont Hill | Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond
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William McDonough & Michael Braungart | Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
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Jane McGonigal | Reality Is Broken
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Garson O'Toole | Hemingway Didn't Say That: The Truth Behind Familiar Quotations
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Ed Yong | An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal
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Spiritual

Some of these books are fiction meant to focus on nonfiction spiritual concepts.

 
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Orthodox Study Bible OE & NKJV
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The Orthodox Bible Study Companion Series
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The Complete Works of the Church Fathers
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John Bunyan | The Pilgrim's Progress
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Scott Cairns | The End of Suffering: Finding Purpose in Pain
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Scott Cairns | Short Trip to the Edge: A Pilgrimage to Prayer
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Shusaku Endo | Silence
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Johnny Hart I Did It His Way: B.C. Comics
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Jonathan Jackson | The Mystery of Art: Becoming an Artist in the Image of God
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Thomas à Kempis | The Imitation of Christ
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Summer Kinard | Of Such Is the Kingdom: A Practical Theology of Disability
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Marty Makary | Mama Maggie: The Untold Story of One Woman's Mission to Love the Forgotten Children of Egypt's Garbage Slums
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Patricia McEachern | A Holy Life: The Writings of St. Bernadette
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Lorenzo Scupoli & Theophan the Recluse | Unseen Warfare
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Fr. Aidan Wilcoxson | Aidan's Song: A Year in the Life of a Parish Priest
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Personal Development

 
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Jim Brault | A Path of Mastery: Lessons on Wing Chun and Life from Sifu Francis Fong
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Mark Divine | Unbeatable Mind: Forge Resiliency and Mental Toughness to Succeed at an Elite Level
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Jason Eberl | The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy: You Must Unlearn What You Have Learned
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Eric Greitens | Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life
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Alexandra Horowitz | On Looking: A Walker's Guide to the Art of Observation
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Renos Papadopoulos | The Handbook of Jungian Psychology: Theory, Practice and Applications
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Jocko Willink & Leif Babin | The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win (Expanded Edition)
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Skills Development

Educational books about various types of skills (e.g.: writing, project management, etc.).

 
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Larry Brooks | Story Physics: Harnessing the Underlying Forces of Storytelling
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Larry Brooks | Story Engineering
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James Clear | Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
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Shawn Coyne | The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know
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Lisa Cron | Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
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Lisa Cron | Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel
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Eliyahu Goldratt | Theory of Constraints
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Atul Gawande | The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
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Akash Karia | TED Talks Storytelling: 23 Storytelling Techniques from the Best TED Talks
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Patricia Madson | Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Up
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Kate Murphy | You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters
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Health

Books related to physical and emotional health and healing. Not medical advice.

 
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Luc Bodin, Nathalie Bodin Lamboy, & Jean Graciet | The Book of Ho'oponopono: The Hawaiian Practice of Forgiveness and Healing
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Stephen Buhner | Herbal Antibiotics: Natural Alternatives for Treating Drug-Resistant Bacteria
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Stephen Buhner | Herbal Antivirals, 2nd Edition: Natural Remedies for Emerging & Resistant Viral Infections
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Stephen Buhner | Healing Lyme Disease Coinfections: Complementary and Holistic Treatments for Bartonella and Mycoplasma
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Stephen Buhner | Natural Treatments for Lyme Coinfections: Anaplasma, Babesia, and Ehrlichia
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Alaine D. Duncan | The Tao of Trauma: A Practitioner's Guide for Integrating Five Element Theory and Trauma Treatment
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Maya Dusenbery | Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick
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Clark Elliott | The Ghost in My Brain: How a Concussion Stole My Life and How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Helped Me Get It Back
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Ronald Epstein | Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity
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Moshe Feldenkrais | Awareness Through Movement: Easy-to-Do Health Exercises to Improve Your Posture, Vision, Imagination, and Personal Awareness
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Richard Horowitz | Why Can't I Get Better? Solving the Mystery of Lyme and Chronic Disease
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Richard Horowitz | How Can I Get Better?: An Action Plan for Treating Resistant Lyme & Chronic Disease
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Matt James | Ho'oponopono: Your Path to True Forgiveness
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Diana Jovin | Disjointed: Managing Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos
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Yang Jwing-Ming: Qigong Foundations Series
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Colin Klein | What the Body Commands: The Imperative Theory of Pain
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Susan McConnell | Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy: Awareness, Breath, Resonance, Movement, and Touch in Practice
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Karla McLaren | The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings Are Trying to Tell You: Revised and Updated
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Kevin Muldowney | Living Life to the Fullest with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Guide to Living a Better Quality of Life While Having EDS
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Sarah Myhill & Craig Robinson | The Infection Game Book
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Neil Nathan | Toxic 2nd Edition: Heal Your Body from Mold Toxicity, Lyme Disease, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, and Chronic Environmental Illness
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Danielle Ofri | What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear
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Judith Orloff | Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life
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Illen Ruhoy | Invisible No More: Embracing Your Road to Recovery from Long Covid and Other Complex Chronic Illnesses
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A. M. Runyan | Gifted and Sick: Life at the Intersection
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Elaine Scarry | The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking
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Connie Strasheim | Insights Into Lyme Disease Treatment: 13 Lyme-Literate Health Care Practitioners Share Their Healing Strategies
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Jenna Sundell | Peace with Pain: Your Guide to Life in a Malfunctioning Body
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Alfred A Tomatis | The Ear and the Voice
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Kate Wood | An Integrated Journey Back to Health and Happiness: With a Focus on Recovery from Lyme Disease, Its Co-infections and Other Mysterious Illnesses
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