I enjoy reading about topics or themes I have 0 knowledge on. The more random the better.
I have for example read about the concept of color, deafness, etymology, the Egyptian book of the dead, history of insults and so on. But I haven’t reached my desired level of randomness, where I want to be able to pull out top 10 strategies for best golf swings.
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* The Man who mistook his wife for a hat – Oliver Sacks
This one is a collection of his essays based on neurological cases.
I suggest running through everything by Oliver Sacks, you are bound to find something of interest.
Girly Drink: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O’Meara
*The capital order* by Clara Mattei
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.
I like nonfiction about Nazis. Such drama. Such horror.
Destiny of the republic by Candace Millard
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Skeletons in the Zahara by Dean King
The wager by David Grann
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Bourbon: a history of the American spirit by Dane Huckelbridge
Raw Dog!
99 Ways to die: And How to Avoid Them by Ashley Alker. The author is an emergency medicine physician and she combines medical science with a bit of humor. It is fantastic!
Index, A History of the, by Dennis Duncan, is indeed a history of the index, and way more interesting-and funny-than you’d ever expect.
From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty—all about the funeral/death care practices by other cultures around the world.
The Golden Thread: The Cold War and the Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjöld by Ravi Saimaya.
A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman. A history of the 14th century in Western Europe through the lens of one French nobleman’s life
Swindled: A history of Food Adulteration
Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires: A History of Corpse Medicine by Richard Sugg
The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel by Douglas Brunt.
Wish You Were Here by Leslie Simon
It’s a road map of the 90s and 00s emo and punk music scenes of the continental united states