i often have issues keeping up with non fiction books. i’d like one that reads easy, entertaining and informative. any recommendations? historical fiction also welcome.
I feel similarly. Memoirs usually work for me, The Glass Castle, Born a Crime, Muppets in Moscow, Educated, As You Wish, there are lots of good recommendations in this forum.
Overall, I think the key is going for great storytelling. True crime can work (I enjoyed Bad Blood about Theranos as I’m too squeamish for serial killers) as can survival stories such as Endurance by Alfred Lansing (one of my favorites). Krakauer generally fits into those two genres and is a very engaging writer, though he is sometimes more gonzo in his style than I like. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Likes is similar.
Unbroken, Boys in the Boat, are all interesting biographies.
Enjoy!
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Erik Larson’s books such as The Devil in the White City
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Jon Krakauer’s books
I feel similarly. Memoirs usually work for me, The Glass Castle, Born a Crime, Muppets in Moscow, Educated, As You Wish, there are lots of good recommendations in this forum.
Overall, I think the key is going for great storytelling. True crime can work (I enjoyed Bad Blood about Theranos as I’m too squeamish for serial killers) as can survival stories such as Endurance by Alfred Lansing (one of my favorites). Krakauer generally fits into those two genres and is a very engaging writer, though he is sometimes more gonzo in his style than I like. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Likes is similar.
Unbroken, Boys in the Boat, are all interesting biographies.
Enjoy!
Erik Larson’s books such as The Devil in the White City
Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
In the kingdom of ice by Hampton Sides