Here are The 10 Best Books: Nonfiction, list. (taken from Time Magazine December 24, 2007)
The 10 Best Books: Nonfiction
By Lev Grossman
#1 The World Without Us (By Alan Weisman)
A thought experiment: What would become of the earth if humanity were to softly and silently vanish away? What starts as a morbid parlor game becomes a mesmerizing and grandly entertaining meditation on our planet's fragility--and also its blithe resilience.
#2 A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years, 1917-1932 (By John Richardson)
Judgmental and very readable, it follows a genius from youth to fame.
#3 A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (By Ishmael Beah)
A child who is forced to kill unsparingly tells his horrific story.
#4 Legacy of Ashes: A History of the CIA (By Tim Weiner)
A fascinating, depressing litany of the mysterious agency's many mistakes.
#5 The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century (By Alex Ross)
The story of the century through its strange, challenging classical music.
#6 Born Standing Up (By Steve Martin)
A funny, moving, surprisingly frank memoir of the notoriously private comedian's 18 years doing stand-up.
#7 Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (By Barbara Kingsolver)
One family's quest to grow and eat local food for 12 months.
#8 The Nine: Inside the Secret World of Supreme Court (By Jeffrey Toobin)
A rare, revealing peek beneath the robes of the highest court in the U.S.
#9 The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness (By Elyn R. Saks)
A brilliant mind--Oxford, Yale--battles schizophrenia.
#10 Here If You Need Me (By Kate Braestrup)
What a new widow learned and did after she joined the Maine warden service as a chaplain.
*taken from Time Magazine December 24, 2007 Vol. 170, No. 25 | 2007, page 34-35
*books screenshot is taken from www.goodreads.com
