For the non-physicist interested in understanding the universe around you, try The Universe in a Nutshell, by Stephen Hawking, or Death by Black Hole, by Neil Degrasse Tyson.
Becoming Nicole by Ann Ellis was a fascinating look at transgender issues using one such girl as a case study.
Edurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery by Scott Kelly was amazing, and made even better by reading An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield just a couple of months later. These two men came into NASA at around the same time and had a lot of the same jobs – Space Shuttle Pilot, NASA liason at the Baikonor Cosmodrome, ISS commander, etc – and yet their books are *dramatically* different.
Saladin by John Man.
Fiction?
Yeah, fiction for non-fiction readers, if you know what I mean?
Like historical or memoirs?
Both ?
Both my favourite genres
This was one of my favorites, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/540936.Ten_Green_Bottles
Biographies
Yup ?
‘When breath becomes air’ by Paul Kalanithi
Already read and liked it very much. Thank you ?
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson.
Big Bill Bryson fan! Read and loved this one too?
I was laughing out loud in it.
@Sally I hope you read down under too – a book about his travels in Australia
Loved it! Couldn’t stop laughing!
Quiet – Susan Cain
Awesome awesome book and read it twice ?
Thank you ?
LOVE this one!
The Pillars of the Earth – Ken Follett
Fiction based on non-fiction.
Noted. Will check it out?
We were soldiers once, and young
The Closing of the Western Mind– Charles Freeman
Charles Darwin’s autobiography,
Ok, my next book.
That was one of my faves on my Kindle.
Heaven’s Coast by Mark Doty, if you need to cleanse your soul and have some lessons on life.
Unbroken
The Wright Brothers
Boys in the Boat
Educated
Without you There is no Us
Dead Wake: the Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Story worthy by Mathew Dicks
I’ll cosign Quiet and Team of Rivals
Additionally, if you’re interested in books on food, Michael Pollan’s stuff is really good
“God’s Wolf, the story of Renald de Chattion & Saladin.” But then I’ve always been fascinated with the history of the Crusades.
“The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck” by Mark Manson.
Life changing!
Listened on audible: a great book. Thank you ?
Ann Rule books
For the non-physicist interested in understanding the universe around you, try The Universe in a Nutshell, by Stephen Hawking, or Death by Black Hole, by Neil Degrasse Tyson.
Loving Picasso by Fernande Olivier
Becoming Nicole by Ann Ellis was a fascinating look at transgender issues using one such girl as a case study.
Edurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery by Scott Kelly was amazing, and made even better by reading An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield just a couple of months later. These two men came into NASA at around the same time and had a lot of the same jobs – Space Shuttle Pilot, NASA liason at the Baikonor Cosmodrome, ISS commander, etc – and yet their books are *dramatically* different.
Sapiens, The Order of time, anything by Walter Issacson
Sapiens finished and loved it. Isaacson’s Leonardo da Vinci was mind blowing. Will check out the order of time though. Thank you ?
Glass Castle.
I second that one!
On The Road by Jack Kerouac
Sapiens
The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders is class if you like the Victorians ?
also Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari and Night by Elie Wiesel
Conversations With Tom Petty is an excellent insight into Tom’s life and views on the music he created.
Educated by Tara Westover