In 2025 I really wanted to get more into reading and I ended up reading a lot of fiction which was awesome. However, in 2026 I want to read some more non fiction and would love your suggestions!
I’ve read Endurance and In Cold Blood and enjoyed both, but I’m really open to anything you thought was interesting or gripping!
by MathematicianNo9901
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Killers of the Flower Moon is excellent. You can skip the movie. It’s an extremely poor adaptation.
*The Jakarta method* by Vincent Bevins
Touching the void by Joe Simpson
Taking Hawai’i by Stephen Dando-Collins.
“Fire Weather: On The Front Lines of a Burning World”, by John Valiant
“Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster”, by Adam Higginbotham
“Spell of the Tiger: The Man-Eaters of Sundarbans”, by Sy Montgomery
“The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks”, by Susan Casey
*The Galleys at Lepanto* by Jack Beeching.
*Dark Horse: the Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield* [1881] by Kenneth D. Ackerman.
Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat. A Canadian naturalist studies wolves in the wilderness.
Say Nothing – Patrick Radden Keefe
John Valliant, Candace Miller, Ben MacIntyre and Patrick Radden Keeffe are some of my favourite non-fiction authors. I’d recommend any of their books! Other honourable mentions: *The Feather Thief* by Kirk Wallace Johnson, *Into the Raging Sea* by Rachel Dale, *The Perfect Storm* by Sebastian Junger
*The Killer Angels* by Michael Shaara
The Art Thief by Finkel.
Carl Sagan – Cosmos
Robert Zubrin – The Case for Mars
Mary Beard – SPQR
Parshall & Tully – Shattered Sword
David E. Hoffmann – The Billion dollar spy
Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward – All the presidents men
Bringing Down the Colonel: A Sex Scandal of the Gilded Age, and the “Powerless” Woman Who Took on Washington by Patricia Miller
The Gilded Edge: Two Audacious Women and the Cyanide Love Triangle That Shook America by Catherine Prendergast
Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O’Meara
Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? by Seamas O’Reilly
Pandora’s Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes
The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History by Nathalia Holt
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel
Team of Rivals by Goodwin
Forest Euphoria by Patricia Ononiwu Keishian
If you’re interested in sports, The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown.
Girt by David Hunt is a history of Australia and it is hilarious, the audio book is especially great.