Hi! I have read 90% fiction my whole life and am trying to slowly get into non fiction. My biggest issue with it has been that people will recommend me classic theory books that contains language I honestly can't wrap my head around. So I'm basically looking for non fiction that's a bit easier to digest & maybe shorter.
Non fiction that I like includes: Educated by Tara Westover, I'm Glad My Mom Died, I also like graphic novel nonfiction like Maus, Fun Home, and Barefoot Gen. I'm on hold for Ace by Angela Chen right now. I bought Lies My Teacher Told Me forever ago but the complexity of it has spooked me lol.
I'm interested in history (especially history that humanizes people of the past), Queer literature, true crime, cults, & the study of mythology/religion/cultural tradition.
by Novel_Brain_7918
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If a pirate i must be… by Richard Sanders
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer got me into Non Fiction like no other book did!
How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We’re Going –Vaclav Smil
The Big Picture –Sean Carroll
Why We Sleep –Matthew Walker
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations that Transform the World –David Deutsch
The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution and the Origins of Life –Nick Lane
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World –Peter Wohllieben
I Contain Multitudes –Ed Yong
The Uninhabitable Earth –David Wallace Wells
Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will –Robert Sapolsky
The Greatest Show On Earth –Richard Dawkins
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity –David Graeber
The End of the World is Just the Beginning –Peter Zeihan
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession –MIchael Finkel
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History –SC Gwynne