GHS 10 Best Non Fiction Books

 
The Diary of a Young Girl – Anne Frank
BIO FRA
A thirteen-year-old Dutch-Jewish girl records her impressions of the two years she and seven others spent hiding from the Nazis before they were discovered and taken to concentration camps.
 
All Creatures Great and Small – James Herriot
BIO HER
The first-person account of a young veterinarian starting his career in the Yorkshires.
 
In Cold Blood – Truman Capote
364.1 CAP
Recreates the slaying of the Clutter family of Kansas, and the capture, trial, and execution of their murderers.
 
Silent Spring – Rachel Carson
363.73 CAR
Presents Rachel Carson's 1962 environmental classic "Silent Spring," which identified the dangers of indiscriminate pesticide use.
 
In a Sunburned Country – Bill Bryson
919.40 BRY
Travel writer Bill Bryson chronicles the experiences he had and profiles the people and wildlife he encountered while traveling through Australia.
 
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: a Savannah Story – John Berendt
975.8 BER
An account of a 1981 landmark murder case in Savannah, Georgia.
 
In Search of the Double Helix: Quantam Physics and Life – John Gribbin
574.87 GRI
Controversial account of the double helix discovery in DNA.
 
Black Boy – Richard Wright
BIO WRI
The autobiography of an African-American writer, recounting his early years and the harrowing experiences he encountered drifting from Natchez to Chicago to Brooklyn.
 
The Guns of August – Barbara Tuchman
940.3 TUC
Military account of events which led to World War I and detailed analysis of the first month of the war.
 
The Right Stuff – Tom Wolfe
BIO WOL
Discusses the lives, ambitions, thoughts, and feelings of American astronauts before, during, and after their historic flights.