Hi there! One of my favorite nonfiction books is Raw Dog by Jamie Loftus. I really enjoy reading books about niche subjects (this one is entirely about hot dogs). But any sort of subject that I could dive in a learn about would be fun.
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
The Great Beanie Baby Bubble
Bad Blood
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
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Mark Kurlansky and Simon Winchester are brilliant writers/researchers on numerous topics that many would consider niche, eg. Cod or the Oxford dictionary.
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Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O’Meara
The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris
Butts: A Backstory by Heather Radke
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Medical journalist Gary Taubes’ **The Case Against Sugar**.
An unapologetically biased investigation into the history, uses, and adverse effect sugar has on the human body. Woven through the book is Big Sugar’s manipulation of research and regulation.
Max Tegmark’s speculative **Life 3.0** presents the spectrum of futures mankind faces due to the ascent of artificial intelligence. He’s a physics professor and leans heavily into how it could occur.
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Underland by Robert Macfarlane
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This is basically 90% of what I read.
Check out John McPhee’s books, he wrote one called *Oranges* which is about, you guessed it… oranges. I just love his writing, *Annals of the Former World* is technically 4-5 books so you can look at those individually if you want. *Basin and Range* is my favorite book.
This year I’ve also read *Bad Blood* by Colm Tóibín (Troubles era Ireland nonfiction) and *Everything is Tuberculosis* by John Green, both were super interesting.
I started but didn’t finish *When China Ruled the Seas* by Louise Levathes last year or the year before, I will finish this eventually. Another I DNF’d last year was *Muppets in Moscow* by Natasha Lance Rogoff, interesting tale of bringing Sesame Street to Russia post USSR. I plan on revisiting this, too. It’s also part autobiography of the author, at least a she mentions quite a bit of her life and involvement in the situation.
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The Orchid Thief
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
The Great Beanie Baby Bubble
Bad Blood
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Mark Kurlansky and Simon Winchester are brilliant writers/researchers on numerous topics that many would consider niche, eg. Cod or the Oxford dictionary.
Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O’Meara
The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris
Butts: A Backstory by Heather Radke
Medical journalist Gary Taubes’ **The Case Against Sugar**.
An unapologetically biased investigation into the history, uses, and adverse effect sugar has on the human body. Woven through the book is Big Sugar’s manipulation of research and regulation.
Max Tegmark’s speculative **Life 3.0** presents the spectrum of futures mankind faces due to the ascent of artificial intelligence. He’s a physics professor and leans heavily into how it could occur.
Underland by Robert Macfarlane
This is basically 90% of what I read.
Check out John McPhee’s books, he wrote one called *Oranges* which is about, you guessed it… oranges. I just love his writing, *Annals of the Former World* is technically 4-5 books so you can look at those individually if you want. *Basin and Range* is my favorite book.
This year I’ve also read *Bad Blood* by Colm Tóibín (Troubles era Ireland nonfiction) and *Everything is Tuberculosis* by John Green, both were super interesting.
I started but didn’t finish *When China Ruled the Seas* by Louise Levathes last year or the year before, I will finish this eventually. Another I DNF’d last year was *Muppets in Moscow* by Natasha Lance Rogoff, interesting tale of bringing Sesame Street to Russia post USSR. I plan on revisiting this, too. It’s also part autobiography of the author, at least a she mentions quite a bit of her life and involvement in the situation.