Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

Lawrence Wright

Courtesans

Katie Hickman

The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity

Nancy Gibbs

Support and Seduction: The History of Corsets and Bras

Béatrice Fontanel

Among the Thugs

Bill Buford

The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-and a Vision for Change

Annie Leonard

Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster

Dana Thomas

The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives

Leonard Mlodinow

The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression

Andrew Solomon

The History of the Snowman: From the Ice Age to the Flea Market

Bob Eckstein

Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich

Norman Ohler

Face Paint: The Story of Makeup

Lisa Eldridge

Under the Stars: How America Fell in Love with Camping

Dan White

Eels: An Exploration, from New Zealand to the Sargasso, of the World's Most Mysterious Fish

James Prosek

Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Laura Hillenbrand

Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall

Alexandra Lange

The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

Evan Friss

The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses But No One Reads

Ammon Shea

Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol

Iain Gately

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

Michael Pollan

The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story

Pagan Kennedy

The Secret History of Wonder Woman

Jill Lepore

The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks

Amy Stewart

An Edible History of Humanity

Tom Standage

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

Ed Yong

A Short History of Drunkenness

Mark Forsyth

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

A Curious History of Sex

Kate Lister

The Zen of Fish: The Story of Sushi, from Samurai to Supermarket

Trevor Corson

A Short History of the World According to Sheep

Sally Coulthard