Good History/Nonfiction Books

Any recommendations on nonfiction/history? I like nonfiction that reads like a novel -- strong voice, at least reasonably not dense. I really liked Jonathan Harr, Mark Steel, and John Carlin, but I couldn't stand David McCullough, not because he's a bad writer but because of the citations. They just disturbed my reading too much for me to like his work. So please, no in-text citations.

tl;dr: What is /book/'s favorite nonfiction and history?

>Go Ask Alice by /Anonymous/
>I didn't know you were into that, /Anon./

Go Ask Alice is a book about drug abuse published anonymously. Do you get it NOW?