Try searching narrative non- fiction and you should find a ton of recommendations
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I’m not a non-fiction reader at all but I really enjoyed I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy and The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
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Some really well done nonfiction:
All Thirteen
Born a Crime
Why Fish Don’t Exist
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
Grief Is for People
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Mary Roach has an anecdotal style that might lend itself well to this.
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The Radium Girls by Kate Moore
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Jim Lovell’s Apollo 13 book reads like a fiction book and you’ll learn about physics. I think it’s called “Lost Moon”
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When Heaven and Earth Changed Places – it’s the memoir of a Vietnamese woman during the Vietnam war.
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The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green has a bunch of bite sized essays, some more fun and some more thought provoking. His writing style is very easy to follow and conversational, while still being deep and profound
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DEAD BODIES:
MARY ROACH –
“Stiff : the curious lives of human cadavers”
CAITLIN DOUGHTY –
“ Will my cat eat my eyeballs? : big questions from tiny mortals about death”
“ From here to eternity : traveling the world to find the good death”
“ Smoke gets in your eyes : and other lessons from the crematory”
JUDY MELINEK –
“ Working stiff : two years, 262 bodies, and the making o
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Miracle in the Andes if that kind of riveting is what she’s into.
I was glued to it. I could not believe a single one of those people survived one second of that.
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Planet of Viruses by Carl Zimmer is a pretty short and compelling non fiction book about the biology of viruses and the history of our scientific understanding of viruses.
The Sediments of Time by Maeve Leakey follows a woman’s life as a paleoanthropologist working in East Africa, covering all of the major discoveries her team made, falling in love with her husband, raising her children in the field, and shows how our modern understanding of human evolution came to be.
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama follows a father in the West Bank as he tries to find out where his son is following a school bus crash. Tells you his life story, as well as that of other people involved in the accident. Gives insight into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on a more personal scale, instead of focusing on broad historical events like most books about the subject do, it puts a microscope on how people’s day to day lives are shaped by borders and conflict. Tragic, but gripping.
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Adventure/disaster stories can be super riveting even with a drier writing style. I’d recommend Into Thin Air, Endurance, or pretty much anything about the Donner Party.
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The Hot Zone by Richard Preston – it’s a medical mystery thriller about the very real outbreak of Ebola Reston in Reston, Virginia. It’s relatively short and extremely compelling.
Earl_I_Lark on
The Day the World Came to Town. About the town of Gander after 9/11 when all the planes were brought there and the people stepped up to help. The musical Come From Away is based in this
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Bill Bryson books are entertaining.
Ralph Leighton’s “[Tuva or Bust](http://feynman.com/fun/tuva/tuva-or-bust/)” is the charming account of Richard Feynman’s fascination with Tannu Tuva and eventual quest to have Tuvan musicians perform in the US.
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Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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This is a random assortment of humor and NOT humor! In no particular order:
A Year in Provence (soothing, will make you hungry)
The Boys in the Boat
Bill Bryson’s “at home” or his travel books
the oral history of Saturday Night Live (“Live From New York”)
Jeffrey Tobin’s “The Run of His Life” (about the OJ Simpson trial)
“The Best Land Under Heaven” is about the Donner Psrty, and rather upsetting, but if that’s your jam it is very good.
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Try searching narrative non- fiction and you should find a ton of recommendations
I’m not a non-fiction reader at all but I really enjoyed I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy and The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
Some really well done nonfiction:
All Thirteen
Born a Crime
Why Fish Don’t Exist
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
Grief Is for People
Mary Roach has an anecdotal style that might lend itself well to this.
The Radium Girls by Kate Moore
Jim Lovell’s Apollo 13 book reads like a fiction book and you’ll learn about physics. I think it’s called “Lost Moon”
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places – it’s the memoir of a Vietnamese woman during the Vietnam war.
The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green has a bunch of bite sized essays, some more fun and some more thought provoking. His writing style is very easy to follow and conversational, while still being deep and profound
DEAD BODIES:
MARY ROACH –
“Stiff : the curious lives of human cadavers”
CAITLIN DOUGHTY –
“ Will my cat eat my eyeballs? : big questions from tiny mortals about death”
“ From here to eternity : traveling the world to find the good death”
“ Smoke gets in your eyes : and other lessons from the crematory”
JUDY MELINEK –
“ Working stiff : two years, 262 bodies, and the making o
Miracle in the Andes if that kind of riveting is what she’s into.
I was glued to it. I could not believe a single one of those people survived one second of that.
Planet of Viruses by Carl Zimmer is a pretty short and compelling non fiction book about the biology of viruses and the history of our scientific understanding of viruses.
The Sediments of Time by Maeve Leakey follows a woman’s life as a paleoanthropologist working in East Africa, covering all of the major discoveries her team made, falling in love with her husband, raising her children in the field, and shows how our modern understanding of human evolution came to be.
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama follows a father in the West Bank as he tries to find out where his son is following a school bus crash. Tells you his life story, as well as that of other people involved in the accident. Gives insight into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on a more personal scale, instead of focusing on broad historical events like most books about the subject do, it puts a microscope on how people’s day to day lives are shaped by borders and conflict. Tragic, but gripping.
Adventure/disaster stories can be super riveting even with a drier writing style. I’d recommend Into Thin Air, Endurance, or pretty much anything about the Donner Party.
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston – it’s a medical mystery thriller about the very real outbreak of Ebola Reston in Reston, Virginia. It’s relatively short and extremely compelling.
The Day the World Came to Town. About the town of Gander after 9/11 when all the planes were brought there and the people stepped up to help. The musical Come From Away is based in this
Bill Bryson books are entertaining.
Ralph Leighton’s “[Tuva or Bust](http://feynman.com/fun/tuva/tuva-or-bust/)” is the charming account of Richard Feynman’s fascination with Tannu Tuva and eventual quest to have Tuvan musicians perform in the US.
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
This is a random assortment of humor and NOT humor! In no particular order:
A Year in Provence (soothing, will make you hungry)
The Boys in the Boat
Bill Bryson’s “at home” or his travel books
the oral history of Saturday Night Live (“Live From New York”)
Jeffrey Tobin’s “The Run of His Life” (about the OJ Simpson trial)
“The Best Land Under Heaven” is about the Donner Psrty, and rather upsetting, but if that’s your jam it is very good.