My friends and I have a book club where we are randomly chosen at the end if each meeting and that person gets to pick the book. I mentioned recently that I’m excited for when I’m picked because I have some nonfiction books I want to read and think would be fun for the others. My friends made some faces and were pretty hard set on not wanting to really read non-fiction as they are all fiction only readers. They agreed that whenever I get picked they will read some but don’t seem happy about it. My original options were Cultish by Amanda Montell, I’m Glad My Mom Died, and Caste by Isabel Wilkerson, but now I’m worried they won’t find any interesting.
Do y’all have any recommendations for non-fiction books that fiction only readers may enjoy? I want to give them some variety, just in case they aren’t feeling the others.
Thank you so much!
by SelkieCoat0
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From Here to Eternity was a very interesting and dynamic book about unique cultural practices on how to care for the dead. There are some pictures too to break it up.
I’m not a fan of non-fiction but even I’d be interested in I’m Glad My Mom Died. It’s been everywhere and sounds like the kind of thing you’d find far fetched if it was fiction. If they’re thinking you’re going to be throwing text books at them maybe they’ll be pleasantly surprised by that one.
I almost exclusively read fiction, and my favorite nonfiction is [Bird by Bird](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6aedad6f-3f8e-4fc0-94ce-4cc74be14d61) by Anne Lamott
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I read fiction almost exclusively but these are nonfiction that were total page turners (at least for me):
The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner
American Kingpin by Nick Bilton
In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Stolen Lives by Malika Oufkir
Red Notice by Bill Browder
Under the Banner of Heaven was amazing.
Madhouse at the End of the Earth. Great nonfiction, reads like a fiction
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