Here is my list (from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/912138-alex-givant?read_at=2019" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/912138-alex-givant?rea...</a>):<p>Memoirs:<p>- Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Bourdain, Anthony, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33313.Kitchen_Confidential" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33313.Kitchen_Confidenti...</a><p>- Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Land, Stephanie, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39218350-maid" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39218350-maid</a><p>- Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Bourdain, Anthony, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40409969-medium-raw" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40409969-medium-raw</a><p>- Confessions of a Tax Collector: One Man's Tour of Duty Inside the IRS by Yancey, Rick, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196519.Confessions_of_a_Tax_Collector" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196519.Confessions_of_a_...</a><p>Politics:<p>- Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Desmond, Matthew, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25852784-evicted" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25852784-evicted</a><p>- Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America by Leovy, Jill, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13153693-ghettoside" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13153693-ghettoside</a><p>- American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment by Bauer, Shane, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38561954-american-prison" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38561954-american-prison</a><p>- Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom by Eban, Katherine, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42448266-bottle-of-lies" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42448266-bottle-of-lies</a><p>- A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America by Miller, T. Christian, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35805861-a-false-report" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35805861-a-false-report</a><p>- The New Silk Roads by Frankopan, Peter, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40921633-the-new-silk-roads" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40921633-the-new-silk-ro...</a><p>History:<p>- Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956 by Applebaum, Anne, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13531848-iron-curtain" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13531848-iron-curtain</a><p>- The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Montefiore, Simon Sebag, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26109020-the-romanovs" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26109020-the-romanovs</a><p>- The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Johnson, Steven,
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36086.The_Ghost_Map" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36086.The_Ghost_Map</a><p>- Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations by Bergman, Ronen, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33598223-rise-and-kill-first" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33598223-rise-and-kill-f...</a><p>- Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler by Olson, Lynne, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41739312-madame-fourcade-s-secret-war" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41739312-madame-fourcade...</a><p>- Argo: How the CIA & Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History by Méndez, Antonio J., <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13588425-argo" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13588425-argo</a><p>Crime:<p>- Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History by Selby, Scott Andrew, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7071759-flawless" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7071759-flawless</a><p>- American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road by Bilton, Nick, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31920777-american-kingpin" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31920777-american-kingpi...</a><p>- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by Carreyrou, John, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37976541-bad-blood" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37976541-bad-blood</a><p>- Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World by Wright, Tom, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38743564-billion-dollar-whale" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38743564-billion-dollar-...</a><p>- The Mastermind: Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal. by Ratliff, Evan, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41181600-the-mastermind" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41181600-the-mastermind</a><p>Technology:<p>- Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon by Zetter, Kim, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18465875-countdown-to-zero-day" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18465875-countdown-to-ze...</a><p>- Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World by Thompson, Clive, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40406806-coders" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40406806-coders</a><p>Fiction:<p>- Vengeful (Villains, #2) by Schwab, V.E., <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26856502-vengeful" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26856502-vengeful</a><p>- Senlin Ascends (The Books of Babel, #1) by Bancroft, Josiah, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17554595-senlin-ascends" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17554595-senlin-ascends</a><p>- Arm of the Sphinx (The Books of Babel, #2) by Bancroft, Josiah, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35959733-arm-of-the-sphinx" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35959733-arm-of-the-sphi...</a><p>- The Hod King (The Books of Babel, #3) by Bancroft, Josiah, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32998292-the-hod-king" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32998292-the-hod-king</a><p>- Recursion by Crouch, Blake, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42046112-recursion" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42046112-recursion</a><p>- Foundryside (Founders, #1) by Bennett, Robert Jackson, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37173847-foundryside" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37173847-foundryside</a><p>- The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past #1) by Liu, Cixin, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20518872-the-three-body-problem" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20518872-the-three-body-...</a><p>- The Guardians by Grisham, John, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43701061-the-guardians" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43701061-the-guardians</a>