Piled next to the bed so I don’t have to get up, includes:
1. Tragedy and Time by Adam Cayton-Holland 2. Robin by Dave Itzkoff 3. Code Girls by Liza Mundy 4. Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall 5. The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair 6. Missoula by Jon Krakauer 7. I’m Just Happy to Be Here by Janelle Hanchett 8. The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers 9. We Crossed the Bridge and it Trembled by Wendy Pearlman 10. Betty Ford by Lisa McCubbin
And currently reading Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson which is amazing.
Haha…so many. OK…since I’m blessed with time, why not.
1. Thick Face, Black Heart by Chin Ning Chu 2. Satan’s Harvest by Ed Warren 3. In A Dark Place by Ed Warren 4. Where No Fear Was by Arthur Christopher Benson 5. The Haunted by Ed Warren 6. Wild by Cheryl Strayed 7. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanidhi 8. We were Going To Change The World by Stacy Russo
@Hk 1. Bury my heart at Wounded Knee 2. I am Malala 3. Working class boy 4. Working Class Man 5. Prose Edda 6. Civil Disobedience 7. The tree of Yoga 8. The reality Slap 9. The science of belief 10. Braving the Wilderness
1) Salt -a world history by Mark Kurlansky 2) I contain multitudes- Ed Yong 3) Behind the gates of Gomorrah-A year with the criminally insane – Stephen Seager 4) The monster of Florence – Douglas Preston 5) My mother a serial killer-Hazel Baron And a bunch more…
*All Over But the Shoutin’ -Rick Bragg *Hells Angel: the life and times of Sonny Barger and the Hells Angels *The Family- Ed Sanders *Pilgrims Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaskan Frontier-Tom Kizzia *The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row- Anthony Ray Hinton *American Gangster-Mark Jacobson *Fifth Avenue, 5:00am: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the Dawn of the Modern Woman- Sam Wasson *Walk On: the Spiritual Journey of U2 -Steve Stockman *U2: The Definitive Biography-John Jobling *The Never Ending Present: the Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip-Michael Barclay *Tweak- Nic Sheff
Here’s 10 on my priority TBR: By Permission of Heaven: The Story of the Great Fire of London by Adrian Tinniswood A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women’s Rights Movement by Sally McMillan At Day’s Close: Night in Times Past by A. Roger Ekirch The Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century by William Rosen Batavia’s Graveyard by Mike Dash Staying Up Much Too Late: Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks and the Dark Side of the American Psyche by Gordon Theisen A Fool and His Money: Life in a Partitioned Town in 14th Century France by Ann Wroe The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown
1. In The Heart Of The Sea 2. The Radium Girls 3. A River In Darkness 4. Fear 5. Eat Cake, Be Brave 6. The Aquariums Of Pyongyang 7. Geisha, A Life 8. Under The Same Sky 9. Locked In 10. Fascism, A Warning 11. Dear Leader 12. A Mother’s Reckoning 13. Columbine
Rosiland Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox. Fire In the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans In Vietnam by Frances Fitzgerald. The Wicked Boy: An Infamous Murder In Victorian London by Kate Summerscale. Corpse: Nature, Forensics, and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death by Jessica Snyder Sachs
The Celibate Seeker by Shawn Nevins The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan @Autumn Stone Age Economics by Marshall Sahlins Tea: The Drink that Changed the World by Laura C. Martin Kent State: What Happened and Why by James A. Michener
I have hundreds. Here are a few off the top of my head that I started in the past and didn’t finish but definitely plan to go back to: The Origin of Wealth; Gödel, Escher, Bach; The Righteous Mind.
And here are 25 more (not prioritized): Being Mortal Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes Where Mathemathics Comes From The Sciences of the Artificial The Empathic Civilization Moral Tribes Educated Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction A Universe of Consciousness Scienceblind Manufacturing Consent The Anatomy of Violence Nonviolent Communication Music, Language, and the Brain Waking the Spirit: A Musician’s Journey Healing Body, Mind, and Soul Excellent Sheep The Roots of Empathy The Science of Trust The True Believer The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human Where Song Began: Australia’s Birds and How They Changed the World Born Anxious: The Lifelong Impact of Early Life Adversity and How to Break the Cycle The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains A People’s History of the United States Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
JFK AND THE UNSPEAKABLE: Why He Died and Why It Matters by James W. Douglass; (2) The Kennedy Half Century: The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy by Larry J. Sabato; (3) The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein; (4) We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Nehisi Coates; (5) Prince of Darkness: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street’s First Black Millionaire by Shane White; (6) How the War was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II by Dr. Phillips Payson O’Brien; (7) Caribbean Volunteers at War: The Forgotten Story of the RAF’s ‘Tuskegee Airmen’ by Mark Johnson; (8) How to Know Higher Worlds: A Modern Path of Initiation by Rudolf Steiner; (9) Black September 1918: WWI’s Darkest Month in the Air by Norman Franks, Russell Guest, and Frank Bailey; and (10) The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
Educated by Tara Westover, Never Caught by On a Judge, the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, Hot Zone by Richard Preston, Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson
I read very little non-fiction, but a book at the top of that list is Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer. But, since the event is devastating, I’m going to really have to be in the mood to read it. Also, I want to read Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
I also have almost 100 on my list. Here’s a few: 1) Quiet – Susan Cain 2) Isaac’s Storm – Erik Larsen 3) Just Mercy – Bryan Stevenson 4) The Tipping Point – Malcolm Gladwell 5) Destiny of the Republic – Candice Millard 6) 1491 – Charles Mann 7) The Lost City of Z – David Grann 8 ) Nickel and Dimed – Barbara Ehrenreich 9) The Emperor of All Maladies – Siddhartha Mukherjee
Educated; Icebound by Jerri Nielsen; Damnation Island by Stacy Horn; Alexander Hamilton by Chernow; I Am Malala; Dead Wake by Eric Larson; Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick; The Great Bridge by David McCoulough.
Currently, I am reading Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng. She was imprisoned in solitary confinement during the Cultural Revolution under Mao without being convicted of specific charges. It’s a chilling story, but her spirit and will to survive are inspirational. I’m about half-way through.
I have recently read Black Klansman (undercover in the klan), Born Survivors (WWII), and QB: My Life Behind the Spiral (Steve Young) and I have read a few books by kidnapping survivors but it is really unusual for me to read so much non-fiction. I want to read Anne Frank and Fear and I have always wanted to read a biography of JP Morgan.
Uhhh, I have about 700 books on my nonfiction tbr list lol
Then mention atleast 10 of them, those you think are worthy to read first.
Piled next to the bed so I don’t have to get up, includes:
1. Tragedy and Time by Adam Cayton-Holland
2. Robin by Dave Itzkoff
3. Code Girls by Liza Mundy
4. Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
5. The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair
6. Missoula by Jon Krakauer
7. I’m Just Happy to Be Here by Janelle Hanchett
8. The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers
9. We Crossed the Bridge and it Trembled by Wendy Pearlman
10. Betty Ford by Lisa McCubbin
And currently reading Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson which is amazing.
Thanks! This is an amazing TBR list, i presume.
Haha…so many. OK…since I’m blessed with time, why not.
1. Thick Face, Black Heart by Chin Ning Chu
2. Satan’s Harvest by Ed Warren
3. In A Dark Place by Ed Warren
4. Where No Fear Was by Arthur Christopher Benson
5. The Haunted by Ed Warren
6. Wild by Cheryl Strayed
7. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanidhi
8. We were Going To Change The World by Stacy Russo
Hey number 7 is a wonderful book! Thank you by the way
@Hk most welcome!
Many many many many….
Mention 10 of them 🙂
@Hk 1. Bury my heart at Wounded Knee 2. I am Malala 3. Working class boy 4. Working Class Man 5. Prose Edda 6. Civil Disobedience 7. The tree of Yoga 8. The reality Slap 9. The science of belief 10. Braving the Wilderness
Thank you, Elizabeth!
Grita Pritzgerald tip of the iceberg. That’s just what I have here at my place. My non fiction collection is still at my ex husbands
Grita Pritzgerald oh I’m a collector I suppose.
Remember that’s just the non fiction. I have at least 100 books here I haven’t read. One day!
1) Salt -a world history by Mark Kurlansky
2) I contain multitudes- Ed Yong
3) Behind the gates of Gomorrah-A year with the criminally insane – Stephen Seager
4) The monster of Florence – Douglas Preston
5) My mother a serial killer-Hazel Baron
And a bunch more…
Hey Thanks! Number 5 is an amazing book tbh.
@Hk good to know!! Thanks!
I just looked up Behind the Gates of Gomorrah! I have got to read that!!!
I think you just helped me find a couple gifts for my husband’s birthday in November. Thank you!
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The Bleeding Society.
It’s hundreds of books long ?
*All Over But the Shoutin’ -Rick Bragg
*Hells Angel: the life and times of Sonny Barger and the Hells Angels
*The Family- Ed Sanders
*Pilgrims Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaskan Frontier-Tom Kizzia
*The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row- Anthony Ray Hinton
*American Gangster-Mark Jacobson
*Fifth Avenue, 5:00am: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the Dawn of the Modern Woman- Sam Wasson
*Walk On: the Spiritual Journey of U2 -Steve Stockman
*U2: The Definitive Biography-John Jobling
*The Never Ending Present: the Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip-Michael Barclay
*Tweak- Nic Sheff
Hey Thanks! I completed “American Gangster by Mark Jacobson” last month, it’s wonderful!
Here’s 10 on my priority TBR:
By Permission of Heaven: The Story of the Great Fire of London by Adrian Tinniswood
A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women’s Rights Movement by Sally McMillan
At Day’s Close: Night in Times Past by A. Roger Ekirch
The Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century by William Rosen
Batavia’s Graveyard by Mike Dash
Staying Up Much Too Late: Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks and the Dark Side of the American Psyche by Gordon Theisen
A Fool and His Money: Life in a Partitioned Town in 14th Century France by Ann Wroe
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown
Hello Nicole, Thanks! Famine of the 14th Century by William Rosen is a great read.
1. In The Heart Of The Sea
2. The Radium Girls
3. A River In Darkness
4. Fear
5. Eat Cake, Be Brave
6. The Aquariums Of Pyongyang
7. Geisha, A Life
8. Under The Same Sky
9. Locked In
10. Fascism, A Warning
11. Dear Leader
12. A Mother’s Reckoning
13. Columbine
Thank you Laura!
Rosiland Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox. Fire In the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans In Vietnam by Frances Fitzgerald. The Wicked Boy: An Infamous Murder In Victorian London by Kate Summerscale. Corpse: Nature, Forensics, and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death by Jessica Snyder Sachs
Thanks Will!
@Hk sure. enjoy!
Educated by Tara Westover
The Celibate Seeker by Shawn Nevins
The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan @Autumn
Stone Age Economics by Marshall Sahlins
Tea: The Drink that Changed the World by Laura C. Martin
Kent State: What Happened and Why by James A. Michener
Hey Conner, Thank you! I would love to read “stone age economics” first.
Lab Girl
Unbelievable-Katy Tur
Fire and Fury
We were eight years in power
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
Hey Thanks!
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I have hundreds. Here are a few off the top of my head that I started in the past and didn’t finish but definitely plan to go back to: The Origin of Wealth; Gödel, Escher, Bach; The Righteous Mind.
And here are 25 more (not prioritized):
Being Mortal
Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes
Where Mathemathics Comes From
The Sciences of the Artificial
The Empathic Civilization
Moral Tribes
Educated
Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction
A Universe of Consciousness
Scienceblind
Manufacturing Consent
The Anatomy of Violence
Nonviolent Communication
Music, Language, and the Brain
Waking the Spirit: A Musician’s Journey Healing Body, Mind, and Soul
Excellent Sheep
The Roots of Empathy
The Science of Trust
The True Believer
The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human
Where Song Began: Australia’s Birds and How They Changed the World
Born Anxious: The Lifelong Impact of Early Life Adversity and How to Break the Cycle
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
A People’s History of the United States
Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
Thank you Tiffany for a beautiful comment! You have an amazing list. 🙂
Thank you!
JFK AND THE UNSPEAKABLE: Why He Died and Why It Matters by James W. Douglass; (2) The Kennedy Half Century: The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy by Larry J. Sabato; (3) The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein; (4) We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Nehisi Coates; (5) Prince of Darkness: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street’s First Black Millionaire by Shane White; (6) How the War was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II by Dr. Phillips Payson O’Brien; (7) Caribbean Volunteers at War: The Forgotten Story of the RAF’s ‘Tuskegee Airmen’ by Mark Johnson; (8) How to Know Higher Worlds: A Modern Path of Initiation by Rudolf Steiner; (9) Black September 1918: WWI’s Darkest Month in the Air by Norman Franks, Russell Guest, and Frank Bailey; and (10) The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
Thanks comet!
Educated by Tara Westover, Never Caught by On a Judge, the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, Hot Zone by Richard Preston, Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson
Also Radium Girls by Kate Moore
I read very little non-fiction, but a book at the top of that list is Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer. But, since the event is devastating, I’m going to really have to be in the mood to read it. Also, I want to read Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
I also have almost 100 on my list. Here’s a few:
1) Quiet – Susan Cain
2) Isaac’s Storm – Erik Larsen
3) Just Mercy – Bryan Stevenson
4) The Tipping Point – Malcolm Gladwell
5) Destiny of the Republic – Candice Millard
6) 1491 – Charles Mann
7) The Lost City of Z – David Grann
8 ) Nickel and Dimed – Barbara Ehrenreich
9) The Emperor of All Maladies – Siddhartha Mukherjee
I have read number 4, 7, and 9. I liked 7 the best!
Lost City is great!!
Isaac’s Storm is excellent, as are all of Larsen’s books.
@Jean I agree! I’ve read and enjoyed Dead Wake and Devil in the White City.
@Kristin I’ve read Devil in the White City twice. In the Garden of the Beasts is also good.
@Jean agreed. The garden of beasts is on my my favorites!
The Destiny of the Republic is my favorite.
Sociology by Anthony Giddens
The Apology by Plato
The Diary of Anne Frank
And more…
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover – excellent book
Mein Kampf, Complexity, Fear, off the top of my head
Educated; Icebound by Jerri Nielsen; Damnation Island by Stacy Horn; Alexander Hamilton by Chernow; I Am Malala; Dead Wake by Eric Larson; Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick; The Great Bridge by David McCoulough.
Currently, I am reading Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng. She was imprisoned in solitary confinement during the Cultural Revolution under Mao without being convicted of specific charges. It’s a chilling story, but her spirit and will to survive are inspirational. I’m about half-way through.
I kind of just happen across non-fiction titles. Educated is the only one I have on my list but I will pick up others as I browse
I have recently read Black Klansman (undercover in the klan), Born Survivors (WWII), and QB: My Life Behind the Spiral (Steve Young) and I have read a few books by kidnapping survivors but it is really unusual for me to read so much non-fiction. I want to read Anne Frank and Fear and I have always wanted to read a biography of JP Morgan.
Educated
I am Malala
Radium Girls
Fear
Why We Sleep
The Devil in the White City
Not a Good Day to Die
Reading Fear, The People vs Democracy, Why I’ve Stopped Talking to White People About Race.