This sub is so fiction focused and while I love fiction I would also like to talk about nonfiction. Share any nonfiction books youve read lately or are currently reading!
I just finished Brainwash: A Secret History of Mind Control. Its a super interesting book that covers MKultra, cults, the cold war, the satanic panic, etc. The ultimate conclusion is that “brainwashing” is not a real thing but a rationalization and oversimplification of why people act in ways that we think are irrational. The guy who coined the term was actually a journalist on the CIA payroll. Its a super interesting book although sometimes difficult to read due to graphic descriptions of torture. Highly recommended.
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‘The Great Post Office Scandal: The Fight to Expose a Multimillion Pound IT Disaster which Put Innocent People in Jail’ by Nick Wallis. I can’t recommend it enough! This book is amazing and has stirred more emotion in me than any fiction book I’ve read this year.
I highly recommend any of Patrick Radden Keefe’s books. My favorite is Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty which covers the family behind OxyContin and the horrific plot of the American opioid epidemic.
IBM and the holocaust by edwin black. fascinating book about how IBM made the holocaust possible by working closely with nazi germany