I am open and interested in every any any theme/subject. It could be science, architecture, history, biographies, etc. if you could recommend a book that is good for beginners on the subject then others that are more advanced that would be even better, but not necessary. Advanced or beginner book, all are welcome.
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[Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/9ba94933-3607-42cb-9d8e-3aa65957e696) by Lulu Miller. One of my favorite nf reads in recent years. I rave about it to all readers!
From my 2024 reads, no prior knowledge necessary:
* Oral history of D-Day by Garrett M Graff, as well as the oral history of 9/11 by the same author
* Upstairs at the White House – My life with the first Ladies by J.B. West (who was (chief) usher for decades starting with Roosevelt)
* The cat’s Meow about evolution and behaviour in house cats, study based
* Nature’s nether regions by Menno Schilthuizen, about the evolution of sexual organs and behaviour in insects and spiders
* Darwin comes to town by the same author, about plants and animals adapting to life in cities and the evolution of new city bound species
freakonomics was a book that actually got me interested in economics
A Walk in the Woods – hiking and humor
I’ve enjoyed every Walter issacson book I’ve read (biography) – especially his Ben Franklin book and the book on doudna’s mRNA Covid vaccine.
The science of liberty – how scientific revolution led to American revolution
Animal, vegetable, miracle – eating locally grown food for a year
America’s women – founding mothers instead of fathers (American history)
I could post and post. Well written non-fiction is my favorite way to spend my reading time.
My current #1 is – The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddharth Mukherjee.
Hiding the Elephant by Jim Steinmeyer. It’s about the history of magic tricks and magicians
Matt Parker’s books are all entertaining. Perhaps I’d recommend Humble Pi first. Maths mistakes in real life.
medieval horizons and a time travellers guide to the medieval by ian mortimer! im thinking of going down a medieval route at uni at the moment and these are so so accessible and really helpful for learning more about it
Loved The Spy and The Traitor. It’s about a double agent during the cold war and even though you knew he survived (there were photos of him in old age in the middle of the book) there were moments I was on the edge of my seat convinced there was no way he would make it.
Absolutely Everything! A History of Earth, Dinosaurs, Rulers, Robots, and Other Things Too Numerous to Mention by Christoper Lloyd
They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore
The worst hard time
It is sooooo good!!!!
I love documentaries and survival stories here are a bunch:
Into the raging sea
The perfect Storm
Island of the lost
I’m glad my mom died
Hidden Valley Road
Alive
102 minutes
Anne Boleyn: 500 years of lies
Bitter Medicine: Two Doctors, Two Deaths, and a Small Town’s Search for Justice
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me
Midnight in Chernobyl
Manhattan Cult Story: My Unbelievable True Story of Sex, Crimes, Chaos, and Survival
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
Alligator Candy
Into the wild
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
Playing Dead: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud
If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer
438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
Sociopath: A Memoir
Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery
Any books by: John Douglass, Michael J Tougias, Alison Weir, David Sedaris
Mr.Nice
The Devil in the White City
Lost City of Z
The Gathering Storm., by Sir Winston Churchill
About the slow steady rise of fascism in Germany, and all the mistakes that were made that lead up to WW2
Absolutely riveting.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
All the praises and thanks be to Allah, the Lord[1] of the ‘alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists) [2].
ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
مَٰلِكِ يَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
The Only Owner (and the Only Ruling Judge) of the Day of Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
إِيَّاكَ نَعۡبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسۡتَعِينُ
You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything).
ٱهۡدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ
Guide us to the Straight Way [1].
صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غَيۡرِ ٱلۡمَغۡضُوبِ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace[1], not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger [2] (i.e. those who knew the Truth, but did not follow it) nor of those who went astray (i.e. those who did not follow the Truth out of ignorance and error). [3], [4].
-Quran