10 in no particular order

1. Hiroshima
   by John Hersey

2. Walking Through a Clear Pool Painted Black
   by Cookie Muller

3. Post Office
   by Bukowski

4. Paper Boy
   by Peter Dexter

5. Race
   by Studs Terkel

6. The Shah of Shah's or Imperium
   by Ryzard Kapusinki

7. Down By The River: Drugs, Money, Murder, and Family
   or Blood Orchid: An Unnatural History of America by Charles Bowden

8. In the Lake of the Woods
   by Tim O'Brien

9. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
   by Malcocolm X and Alex Haley

10. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
    by Dee Brown

- Melinda Fries