Nonfiction books
I would like to read more nonfiction books. Sometimes when I start one I don’t finish it, though. Here are the ones I’ve finished, mostly in the last 15 years or so (I’ll update the list when I have a chance).
Best of the best
- How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big – Scott Adams
- Reflections of Eden – Biruté M.F. Galdikas
- David and Goliath – Malcolm Gladwell
- Outliers – Malcolm Gladwell
- The Tipping Point – Malcolm Gladwell
- What the Dog Saw – Malcolm Gladwell
- Through a Window – Jane Goodall
- The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight – Thom Hartmann
- Manufacturing Consent – Edward S. Herman & Noam Chomsky
- The Last Lecture – Randy Pausch
- Beyond Civilization – Daniel Quinn
- Amusing Ourselves to Death – Neil Postman
- Why Do People Believe Weird Things – Michael Shermer
- Native Roots – Jack Weatherford
- What Would You Do? – John H. Yoder
Runner ups
- Gold – Isaac Asimov
- The Secrets of Star Trek: Insurrection – Terry J. Erdmann
- Moonwalking With Einstein – Josh Foer
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future – Michael J. Fox
- Why We Make Mistakes – Joseph T. Hallinan
- The Roswell UFO Crash – Karl K. Korff
- The Language of Night – Ursula K. Le Guin
- Adventures in a TV Nation – Michael Moore
- Technopoly – Neil Postman
- If They Give You Lined Paper, Write Sideways – Daniel Quinn
- In the Beginning… was the Command Line – Neal Stephenson
- Some Remarks – Neal Stephenson
- Eats, Shoots and Leaves – Lynne Truss
- Firefly: Still Flying – Joss Whedon et al
Best books on teaching
- The Excellent 11 – Ron Clark
- How to Talk So Kids Can Learn – Adele Faber et al
- Beyond Discipline – Alfie Kohn
Best autobiographies & biographies
- Star Trek Creator — David Alexander
- I. Asimov — Isaac Asimov
- Beam Me Up, Scotty — James Doohan & Peter David
- Gene Roddenberry — Joel Engel
- Warped Factors — Walter Koenig
- Beyond Uhura — Nichelle Nichols
- I Am Spock — Leonard Nimoy
- I Am Not Spock — Leonard Nimoy
- From Sawdust to Stardust — Terry Lee Rioux
- Star Trek Memories — William Shatner & Chris Kreski
- Star Trek Movie Memories — William Shatner & Chris Kreski
- To the Stars — George Takei