Non-fiction that reads like fiction, something that’ll suck me into the story and doesn’t feel too factual
Can someone recommend me a book that’s non-fiction that will feel engaging. Something that doesn’t feel slow and factual. Not self help or anything like that.. a real story
I’m personally not a huge fan, but Barbara Kingsolver does this. She typically uses a memoir or journalistic point of view.
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Dopamine Nation. The case studies alone are captivating enough to read as if most the points are in short narrative format.
isadeladelki on
Devil in the White City
AffectionateSet9043 on
Hmm I would be remiss if I didn’t recommend Poundstone’s The Prisoner’s Dilemma, a mix of the essentials of game theory, Von Neumann bio and cold war history. It’s short and very good. But it is a bit dry in places.
CDubGma2835 on
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. True story that reads like a thriller.
kibbybud on
In Cold Blood, Capote.
NickyUpstairsandDown on
Alive by Piers Paul Read
Previous_Injury_8664 on
Memoirs by someone you are interested in are usually great. Feels like a friend telling you their story.
Disastrous_Chain7148 on
Killers of the flower moon! It reads like a suspense novel.
Texan-Trucker on
“West With the Night” by Beryl Markham. This is a beautifully written and compelling memoir that truly reads like an adventure novel. There’s a few great audiobook reading and I think one is still in Audible’s Plus catalog but Julie Harris’s reading is masterful.
imabaaaaaadguy on
*Destiny of the Republic* by Candice Millard
*A Chance in the World* by Steve Pemberton
Jetski95 on
In Pieces by Sally Field. It’s a poignant, vivid memoir.
Illustrious_Dan4728 on
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes. Really good book if you grew up on the movie like I did. I laughed. I cried, and I felt like a ghost on set. If you can, I really recommend the audiobook version. Elwes (westley) narrates it himself, and most of the cast comes back to do their own excerpts, so you hear almost everyone 20 years later. 5 stars
IrritatedAtma on
Nothing to envy by Barbara Demick.
KieselguhrKid13 on
The Professor and the Madman is a fascinating story that I really enjoyed reading.
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[*The Republic of Pirates*](https://www.amazon.com/Republic-Pirates-Surprising-Caribbean-Brought/dp/015603462X/), by Colin Woodard. It’s about the real-life pirates of the Carribean during the Golden Age of Piracy.
My favorite kind of book. Killers of the flower moon, outcasts united. The devil’s highway.
[The Feather Thief](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44153387-the-feather-thief?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13) is all that. It a very interesting non-fictional account of a heist at British Museum of Natural History. That may sound dull, but I didn’t find it boring at all.
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel.
I’m personally not a huge fan, but Barbara Kingsolver does this. She typically uses a memoir or journalistic point of view.
Dopamine Nation. The case studies alone are captivating enough to read as if most the points are in short narrative format.
Devil in the White City
Hmm I would be remiss if I didn’t recommend Poundstone’s The Prisoner’s Dilemma, a mix of the essentials of game theory, Von Neumann bio and cold war history. It’s short and very good. But it is a bit dry in places.
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. True story that reads like a thriller.
In Cold Blood, Capote.
Alive by Piers Paul Read
Memoirs by someone you are interested in are usually great. Feels like a friend telling you their story.
Killers of the flower moon! It reads like a suspense novel.
“West With the Night” by Beryl Markham. This is a beautifully written and compelling memoir that truly reads like an adventure novel. There’s a few great audiobook reading and I think one is still in Audible’s Plus catalog but Julie Harris’s reading is masterful.
*Destiny of the Republic* by Candice Millard
*A Chance in the World* by Steve Pemberton
In Pieces by Sally Field. It’s a poignant, vivid memoir.
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes. Really good book if you grew up on the movie like I did. I laughed. I cried, and I felt like a ghost on set. If you can, I really recommend the audiobook version. Elwes (westley) narrates it himself, and most of the cast comes back to do their own excerpts, so you hear almost everyone 20 years later. 5 stars
Nothing to envy by Barbara Demick.
The Professor and the Madman is a fascinating story that I really enjoyed reading.
Dad is Fat by Gaffigan?
*The Golden Spruce* by Jon Vaillant
Wild by Cheryl Strayed