So far in life I've been an avid reader, but also one of those people who runs the other way when non fiction books are mentioned, but I'd like to expand my horizons, and be more cultured. However I'm also scared if I pick one at random I'll get intimidated.
I know non fiction is a huge umbrella term, and not a genre, so I'll try to be more specific.
I absolutely DON'T want self-help books.
I mostly want to learn new things.
I want a book that's easy to get through
I'm interested, but not knowledgeable, on history, and issues like feminism, or LGBTQ+
I don't want anything too depressing. Nothing absolutely bleak, and if there's heavy topics I'd like a hopeful view on them. Most of all I don't want to suffer the experience, and feel sad and pessimistic about the world afterwards.
Perhaps this is a very hard request, I'm very lost on the topic, but I appreciate any help.
by Senior_Yellow_4507
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I found [How the Internet Happened](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/5a3e1adf-6e50-4dc6-9dca-140e3fcadc81) by Brian McCullough really interesting
Try Bill Bryson’s “A Walk In The Woods” which is humorous but also interesting.
*How far the light reaches* by Sabrina Imbler
*Braiding sweetgrass* by Robin Wall Kimmerer
*This is your mind on plants* by Michael Pollan
*Metropolis* by Ben Wilson
*The dawn of everything* by Davids Graeber and Wengrow
*Feminism for the 99%* by Cinzia Arruzza et al
Lady of the Army: The Life of Mrs. George S. Patton
“A masterpiece of seminal research, Lady of the Army is an extraordinary, detailed, and unique biography of a remarkable woman married to a now legendary American military leader in both World War I and World War II.”
I’m also a nonfiction novice, but *Hijab Butch Blues* by Lamya H ticked pretty much all of those boxes for me.
Don’t be scared! It’s ok to be intimidated at first, but don’t let that keep you from starting. Perhaps nonfiction on audio would help?
Here are some recs
How the Think Like a Woman by Regan Penaluna
Firebrands by Gioia Diliberto
Unfortunately, She was a Nymphomaniac by Joan Smith
Off With Her Head by Eleanor Herman
The Story of Art Without Men by Katy Hessel
Yale Needs Women by Anne Gardiner Perkins
Bitch: On the Female of the Species by Lucy Cooke
The Movement by Clara Bingham
Who’s Afraid of Gender by Judith Butler
Not All Dead White Men by Donna Zuckerberg
Maybe “It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight A Pandemic” by Jack Lowry!