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Ask HN: Non fiction books in English well-written?

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Hello! I would love to improve my writing in English, specially non-fiction writing. I think the best way to do that is reading a lot, and writing a lot. So I am looking into new sources of material for my reading time.

Can anyone recomend the best non fiction books they've read in English? Any topic is welcome. Thank you!

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jlc
Off the top of my head:

The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by D.F. Wallace

Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov

Anything by John McPhee

Edit: formatting

jlc
Oh! The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
david927
Guns, Germs, and Steel: Jared M. Diamond