Lists of Bests: Shannon's "Best Nonfiction of 2000-2009" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/46728 This is my list of my favorite nonfiction books published in the first decade of the 21st century. I gave these books 4 or 5 stars. See also Best Fiction of 2000-2009: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/64409. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:01:52 GMT en-us 0 50 17 0 0 Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3542 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3542"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142000280.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Allen</div> Food Matters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3678386 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Bittman</div> A Short History of Nearly Everything http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22692 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22692"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/076790818X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Bryson</div> The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4767775 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4767775"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nNFmKnISL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kathleen Flinn</div> Housekeeping vs. the Dirt http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/434982 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/434982"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1932416595.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nick Hornby</div> The Polysyllabic Spree http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34565 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34565"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1932416242.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nick Hornby</div> On Writing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21457 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21457"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743455967.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> Z.B.A.: Zen of Business Administration - How Zen Practice Can Transform Your Work And Your Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2805050 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2805050"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/01B60B9GC9L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marc Lesser</div> The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9410 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9410"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375760393.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Pollan</div> The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2390211 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2390211"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143038583.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45217283_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Pollan</div> Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/803993 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/803993"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316013269.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julie Powell</div> Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/536095 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/536095"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143036610.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ruth Reichl</div> The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3410 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3410"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141001895.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Ruhlman</div> 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/534363 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/534363"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400033187.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Smiley</div> It Must've Been Something I Ate http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9294 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9294"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375727124.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Steingarten</div> Pot on the Fire: Further Confessions of a Renegade Cook http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/826833 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/826833"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0865476209.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Thorne</div> How I Learned to Cook: Culinary Educations from the World's Greatest Chefs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1466531 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1466531"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1596912472.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V65626378_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kimberly Witherspoon</div>