Top 5 Best Non-Fiction Books of 2016

Top 5 Best Non-Fiction Books 2016

Note before Reading:  The books of the earlier list are not included here, as they're already there. This list is a new and independent list with no real ties to the older one, meaning that these books aren't better than the last ones. These are all books I've read in 2016. A list for 2017 will come probably at the end of the year.This is a countdown from least to best, with a commentary on each.

5: Zodiac by Robert Graysmith

Zodiac is a non-fiction book written by Robert Graysmith about the unsolved serial murders committed by the "Zodiac Killer" in San Francisco in the late 1960s and early '70s.

Originally published: 1986

Genre: True crime

Adaptations: Zodiac (2007)

An excellent and in-depth account of the mysterious Zodiac killer, who terrorised San Francisco in the '60s and '70s with his brutal murders and taunting letters to the police, newspapers, and the public. I also watched the movie, which was also excellent, and both are very similar, but the movie left out important details from the book, while concentrating more on Graysmith himself, and on his private life, more than the book. So yes, a very good read.

4: El Narco by Ioan Grillo

El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency is a non-fiction book of the Mexican Drug War written by Ioan Grillo. 
Originally published: September 2011
Page count: 336
Genre: Non-fiction
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

A deeply researched analysis of the cartels and their trade, violence, culture, and tons of other things. It is brutal, but still entertaining, and a definite read.

3: Cocaine by Dominic Streatfeild

Cocaine: An Unauthorized Biography is a 2002 non-fiction book about the history of cocaine, written by Dominic Streatfeild and published by Diane Publishing Company. 
This book is about the history of Cocaine itself, starting from its roots at the time of the Spanish  Conquistadors, to its present problems in the world. Well written, with a touch of dry humor every now and then, Cocaine is for everyone who wants to know what cocaine actually is, and some crazy stories along the way.

2: Amexica by Ed Vulliamy

In the last three years more than 38,000 people have been murdered in Amexica - the area of land that forms the border between the US and Mexico. This is both the busiest and most deadly frontier in the world, studded with guard-posts, infra-red searchlights and heavily armed patrols.Across it unfolds a war that is scarcely reported - a war that's being fought, with thousands dying and millions of lives blighted, so that Europe and America can get high.In Amexica, acclaimed journalist Ed Vulliamy explores his own love-hate relationship with the place and its people, while investigating the causes and consequences of the war and its impact on the everyday life which somehow carries on around it.

This book, unlike El Narco doesn't concentrate so much on the trade as on the normal people and their experiences who live around it, and especially on the border. A poetical, beautiful, brutal, and compelling read.

1: The Autobiography of Malcolm X

One of the most, maybe the most impressive, deep, symbolic, deeply felt, and passionately written autobiography I've ever read or ever will read.

Malcolm's character, intelligence and faith is made clearer with every word he says. His amazingly inspiring story, from the deepest and filthiest ghettoes to his Pilgrimage to Mecca, is filled with symbolism and lessons for everyone. But be warned: this book is for marture audiences as it does have inappropriate material. For Further information, go to my parents guide of this truly wonderful true story.