I have read a lot of fiction and fantasy but since last year everytime I try to read like a fantasy novel or a murder mystery I just can't do it.
But now I want to give non fiction or self help a try which I have avoided my whole life.
I heard narrative non fiction is very interesting genre I am open to all suggestions if they are non fiction even history or self help.
I want to read something which gives me a real life account of something, something to understand myself. Just anything you think would break my slump.
by Not_a_Robot786
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Ok, here are some really good narrative non-fiction books:
* The Cuckoo’s Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage by Clifford Stoll
* Most Secret War by R. V. Jones
* The Scandalous Lady W: An eighteenth-century tale of sex, scandal and divorce by Hallie Rubenhold
Rebecca by Maurier got me out of a reading slump last year. The less you know about the book the better the reading experience imo. One of my favorite books is also Big little lies by Moriarty. The vanishing half was one of the best books I’ve read this year.
If you have audible try the crash dive series. You can get the whole set for one credit it’s eleventy seven years long but so good I couldn’t stop listening. People say the print version is just as good but I loved the audio so much I just can’t imagine it without. I’m not really even that big into military nonfiction history type stories but this one is a favorite I’ve gone back to a few times.
RemindMe! 1 Day “Checkout books…”
[Sapiens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapiens:_A_Brief_History_of_Humankind)
[The Demon-Haunted World](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Demon-Haunted_World)
[The Tiger](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7624594-the-tiger)
[Caesar’s Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us](https://samkean.com/books/caesars-last-breath/)
[ The Shipwreck Hunter](https://inkwellmanagement.com/books/the-shipwreck-hunter)
Agatha Christie got me back into reading
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Gratitude by Oliver Sacks
The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
Personally, any Katherine Rundell book gets me out of my reading slump. It may be aimed at younger audiences, but I love how she writes and its genuinely so much fun to read. Wolf Wilder and The Explorer are personally my favorites.
Killing Hope by William Blum
A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women – Emma Southron. I chose this for it’s bitesize quality. You could read one story, put it aside, pick it up again. Something which I find useful when I’m slumpy. The other reason is I feel like lots of people who enjoy fantasy also have an interest in history.
Top of the list: **factfullness.**
I don’t think it’s possible to read that book and not feel like it changes how you look at the world. But it’s very approachable. It’s a breeze to read ( or listen to)
List:
**The power broker:** the absolute crazy journey of how a man becomes the most influential man in new York and how he shaped it to fit his dream. And all that Without ever being elected to any governmental role.
Written by a man who spend 7 years investigating this story for the book and who has a writing style that always keeps you on the edge of your seat (It’s quite long so maybe don’t read it as the first one)
**The undoing project**: some people will probably bring up other books from Micheal Lewis and those might be more widely loved. But this book doesn’t get mention enough. It’s about The interesting and sometimes sad relationship of two psycoligist two opposites and how their work through their friendship changed the way we look at psychology. It explains many phsylogical concept in easy and very approachable ways.
**A promised land**: the memoir of obama, absolutely fascinating story of how he became the president of the us and what being the president is actually like (audio book is spoken by himself and very good)( becoming by Michelle Obama is equally good and it’s very interesting to see this story told from both their sides)
**I’m glad my mom died** the heartbreaking story of Jennette McCurry and how her mom mentally abused her and the effects it had on her. *But*, it’s not a downer story, her writing style never makes it feel like a dreadful or heavy to read book, she’s able to keep you reading while dealing with vey heavy topics that probably make your eyes water at some points.
If you are interested there are more I could recommend.
*Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs*. Shows a world a lot of people don’t know a lot about. References to Aztec mythology. Much politicking.