Hello, late reader here. I'm turning 22 in two weeks and I want to start a good habit. I've always liked the idea of reading but never could get into it. I guess it's because I didn't read much when I was a kid. I mostly read short stories back then and now, years later, i can't finish a book. Not even something as short as Animal Farm. I have finished A Study In Scarlet, and so far that's the only book I've picked up and finished (embarrassing). I have several books that I want to read, but haven't.
But that's not to say i don't like reading at all. I've been reading nosleep ever since I discovered reddit and i find it hard to put it down whenever I start. I also recently discovered my love for reading articles and opinions on news sites. I read a review for a book by Simon Kuper (Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century) on Guardian and I loved reading it. It was refreshing. So I figured it's probably fiction that I don't do too well with, and maybe some non-fiction can help me fix my reading habit (or non-habit).
All of this to say, please suggest some interesting non-fiction. Something like human history, ancient civilization, life in a city, or something. Something that feels like a documentary, but written down. (Or, alternatively, help me with some motivation).
Thank you
Edit: forgot to put "please" in the title. Can't change the title. So, please suggest interesting non-fiction.
by bukkake-bill
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Endurance by Alfred Lansing. The story of Ernest Shackleton’s doomed Antarctic expedition. It’s awesome.
Are there any specific journalists you like? Lots of journalists also have books, so that could be a way of discovering new non-fiction books about topics you’re interested in.
Radium Girls by Kate Moore
The Barbizon by Paulina Bren
From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty
Madhouse at the End of the Earth is a fantastic read
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer