Looking for popular non fic for a general audience. Hopefully something that’s as relevant and accurate today as it was then. by ElbieLG Related: Literaturre from Ireland/U.K. Books where unsettling/new/unexpected customs and tribal groups emerge Classics/contemporary fiction from the German speaking region Books with a ocean setting (beach town, elements of surfing/free diving/ whales would be cool! ) A book that will blow my mind
redrosebeetle on September 29, 2025 2:44 am Eichmann in Jerusalem: a Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt
rastab1023 on September 29, 2025 2:54 am Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (1929). I’m sure I read something in school, but those were clearly forgettable to me since I can’t recall any of them.
trytoholdon on September 29, 2025 2:56 am The Book of Palms. 10th Century BC. More along the lines of what you’re looking for, Endurance was written in 1959 and reads like a modern Erik Larson book. It’s fantastic.
KingBretwald on September 29, 2025 3:02 am The Heliand translated by G Ronald Murphy. It is a Christian Gospel written for Saxons in the 9th century.
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James Baldwin – The Fire Next Time
Walden
The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon
Meditations, Marcus Aurelius is excellent
Eichmann in Jerusalem: a Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt
The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (1929).
I’m sure I read something in school, but those were clearly forgettable to me since I can’t recall any of them.
The Book of Palms. 10th Century BC.
More along the lines of what you’re looking for, Endurance was written in 1959 and reads like a modern Erik Larson book. It’s fantastic.
The Heliand translated by G Ronald Murphy. It is a Christian Gospel written for Saxons in the 9th century.
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Two Years Before the Mast