Christian Science Monitor's Best Non-Fiction of 2005

1. 1. The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman Drag me to re-order

2. 2. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell Drag me to re-order

3. 3. When Computers Were Human by David Alan Grier Drag me to re-order

4. 4. Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe (Great Discoveries) by George Johnson Drag me to re-order

5. 5. His Oldest Friend: The Story of an Unlikely Bond by Sonny Kleinfield Drag me to re-order

6. 6. The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story of Sally Miller and Her Fight for Freedom in Old New Orleans by John Bailey Drag me to re-order

7. 7. 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel by Jane Smiley Drag me to re-order

8. 8. ? The Lady and the Panda: The First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal by Vicki Constantine Croke Drag me to re-order

9. 9. The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton by Jerome Karabel Drag me to re-order

10. 10. Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her by Melanie Rehak Drag me to re-order

11. 11. Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan Drag me to re-order

12. 12. When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt After the White House by Patricia O'Toole Drag me to re-order

13. 13. Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey by Linda Greenhouse Drag me to re-order

14. 14. The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House by John F. Harris Drag me to re-order

15. 15. Mark Twain: A Life by Ron Powers Drag me to re-order

16. 16. Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang Drag me to re-order

17. 17. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard Drag me to re-order

18. 18. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin Drag me to re-order

19. 19. 1776 by David McCullough Drag me to re-order

20. 20. Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Laws That Changed America by Nick Kotz Drag me to re-order

21. 21. Sarah's Long Walk: How the Free Blacks of Boston and their Struggle for Equality Changed America by Stephen Kendrick Drag me to re-order

22. 22. Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa Drag me to re-order

23. 23. The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence by Martin Meredith Drag me to re-order

24. 24. The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami? by David Bentley Hart Drag me to re-order

25. 25. Prayer: A History by Philip Zaleski Drag me to re-order

26. 26. Two Lives: A Memoir by Vikram Seth Drag me to re-order

27. 27. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Drag me to re-order

28. 28. Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev by Robert Dessaix Drag me to re-order

29. 29. The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa by Michael Kimmelman Drag me to re-order

30. 30. New Art City by Jed Perl Drag me to re-order

31. 31. Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads by Greil Marcus Drag me to re-order

32. 32. Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix by Charles R. Cross Drag me to re-order

33. 33. The Beatles: The Biography by Bob Spitz Drag me to re-order

34. 34. The Last Coach: A Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant by Allen Barra Drag me to re-order

35. 35. Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager by Buzz Bissinger Drag me to re-order