Looking for some nonfiction!

Some of my nonfiction faves lately:

Wilmington’s Lie by David Zucchino (a coup in North Carolina in which white vigilantes overthrew a duly elected majority Black government)

An Immense World by Ed Yong (fascinating deep dive into animal senses and the perceptual world)

Bitch: On the Female of the Species by Lucy Cooke (a look at female sexual and social behavior in various species, and critique of how evolutionary biology has largely pigeonholed females in ways that aren’t accurate)

How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith (examining how we talk about racial history in America, both the true stories and the myths)

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (true crime involving the exploitation of the Osage people after they found oil on their land)

Caste: The Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson (examining social stratification that predates and informs racial biases and institutions)

Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (the saga of planning for the World’s Fair in Chicago at the time one of the first modern serial killers was active)

Dead Wake by Erik Larson (the last voyage of the Lusitania)

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe (a murderous sect of the IRA during The Troubles)

The Snakehead by Patrick Radden Keefe (regarding Chinese immigration rings in New York City)

Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe (the history of the Sackler family and their unethical pharma dealings that gave us the opioid crisis)

Eat the Buddha by Barbara Demick (life in a Tibetan town with a history of conquest and political protest)

Undoing Drugs by Maia Szalavitz (re-examining American attitudes and policies when it comes to substance use)

Dopesick by Beth Macy (a bird’s eye view primer on the opioid crisis)

A Promised Land by Barack Obama (memoirs of his first term as president)

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Khalanithi (memoirs of a doctor’s struggle with cancer)

Spare by Prince Harry (behind the scenes look at the royal family drama)