I’m open to all topics, themes, memoirs etc. I’m just looking for books that have good writing and will make me interested in whatever it is they’re about.
I’m new to non fiction and have only read Sapiens, First they killed my father, Zen and Japanese culture.
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Braiding Sweetgrass
I have a few:
– Investigative Journalism: “Twins” by Lawrence Wright. All his books are very well written. This one is a study of nature vs. nurture. It really makes one question existence of destiny and how it might be embedded into DNA. It’s a pretty small book if you don’t want to commit to a large volume.
– Memoir: “When Breath Becomes Air” by Paul Kalanithi. Very well written front to very back (make sure you read the prologue). A contemplation on life and death that is equally inspiring and heartbreaking. This one is on a smaller side too. A bestseller.
– Cross between spirituality, plant medicine, memoir, and Peruvian shamanic culture: “Shaman, Healer, Sage” by Alberto Villoldo. Magical, mind-blowing, and absolutely real (I swear I saw things in Peru that make me believe everything he wrote is true). If you want something that might make you question the reality as you see it, this is it. Well-written, especially the journal entries included before each chapter. A bestseller.
I just finished The Midnight Assassin by Skip Hollandsworth. It’s about America’s first serial killer in the 1880s. It does have gruesome parts, though.
I’m not a huge nonfiction fan, but I enjoyed Educated and Wavewalker in the last couple of years as well!
the only plane in the sky
Four thousand weeks: time management for mortals
When Breath Becomes Air, an emotional read.
King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild. This is the best nonfiction book ive read. He balances an easily read journalistic style with solid academic rigour. Also, did you know Belgium was among the worst of the european colonialist empires?
*The Jakarta method* by Vincent Bevins
*The dawn of everything* by Davids Graeber and Wengrow
*Kindred* by Rebecca Sykes
*Rise and reign of the mammals* by Steve Brusatte
*Astrobiology* by Plaxco and Gross
[Bird by Bird](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/e1f7b339-0088-4eb9-8ebb-259318aa6875) by Anne Lamott
Shoe dog by Phil Knight! There’s so much story behind Nike
Anything by Rose George, Mary Roach or Caitlyn Doughty.
Truman by David McCulloch
The Promised Land by Barack Obama
Under the banner of heaven by Jon krakauer is a peach 🍑
Charity & Sylvia
The Vertigo Years
Being Mortal
The Bronte Cabinet
Americas Women
Shadows at Dawn
New World Coming