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What nonfiction book turned out to be way better than you expected?Answer

Please no (auto)biographies. Those are great but imo kind of their own genre and shouldn't be lumped with more strictly informative nonfiction.

Isaac's Storm

Isaac's Storm
ByErik Larson

2000 • 67 Readers • 4.3

This Is Chance!: The Shaking of an All-American City, a Voice That Held It Together

This Is Chance!: The Shaking of an All-American City, a Voice That Held It Together
ByJon Mooallem

2020 • 9 Readers • 3.7

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
ByAdam Higginbotham

2019 • 159 Readers • 4.5