Yes, very intriguing. I study world history(ancient) as a means to understand the relativity of people from all nations. Example is the Indo-European and Austronesian family of languages.
Same as me. But i use history books as the basis of my study in anthro and socio. For example, History tells us that women, in terms of economic opportunities, in Guatemala had been oppressed for many years. I decided to know why, and found that anthropology offers case studies that gives the reasons for the latter question.
Unfortunately, a lot of history is not written well, but there are some exceptions. It’s also tough, because there’s often a slant to history, and it’s much more complex than is written. I got a book recently that I’m having a block with, because it’s another type of history book, but I suspect it could be fun if I just got over myself. “1000 Years of Annoying the French”
Also Grunt by Mary Roach was really good (and written with a bit of humor). It’s about the behind the scenes operations of the military. Things that no one ever thinks the military does but yet it’s vital to operations. I was in the military and I didn’t know almost all the things that went on that she talked about it was so fascinating. I couldn’t put it down. Then I re-read it to retain the information.
Also Murderers in Mausoleums by Jeffrey Tayler. It’s about describing the social-economic, cultural, political, and historical accounts of post-USSR territories.
“Napoleon: A Life,” “Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century,” “Operation Paperclip,” “The Last King of Poland,” and “DARPA, The Pentagon’s Brain.”
David Archuleta: Chords of Strength by David Archuleta I Am Jazz by Jazz Jennings Go Big or Go Home by Scotty McCreery This Star Won’t Go Out by Esther Earl
And my all time favorite: Anne Frank Diary of a Young Girl
Not many as yet.. few religious and self-help books I got gifted, one on the truth/myths of Robin Hood, one on Greek mythology, and a book of Canadian trivia. I -believe- that’s about it (though I may double-check when I’m home again to make sure this is an accurate list, since I have yet to make a list of books I have).
Oh, I was going to say, these are in progress or in my TBR pile: *Cooked, Michael Pollan *5 Quarts, Bill Hayes *The Marshmallow Test, Walter Mischel * The Knife Man, Wendy Moor * The Liars Club, Mary Karr *Trumpet, Jackie Kay *Hidden Figures, Margot Lee Shetterly
Oh, you have opened a hornet’s nest, @ᜃᜇᜒᜐ᜔. The older I get, the more non-fiction I acquire. Currently I’m plunging headlong into the American Civil War. Before that it was Hollywood biographies. Before that, the islands of Greece. Though my first love will always be fiction, I seem to realize more clearly every year that fiction cannot live a full life in a vacuum. It needs to be connected to the real world, the amazing people, places and events that surround us all the time. Oh, and then there’s that stack of about 50 issues of National Geographic I’m working on . . .??
Yeah if it catches my eye I read non-fiction I’ve got a lot about the Holocaust from the survivors and those who helped rescue victims point of view and I think it just depends on what gets my eye
I don’t have as much non-fiction as fiction, but still lots: Biographies, history books, books on science, linguistics, law, philosophy and so on. My next non-fiction project is The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by Shirer, but I also want to read A History of Reading by Manguel. The latter one might interest quite a few other people here, I already peeked in it and it seems good.
I just finished The 13th Valley by John M Del Vecchio. It’s not 100% non-fiction, but it’s based on actual events during the Vietnam War.
I’ve just started on The Fugu Plan: The Untold Story of the Japanese and the Jews During World War Two, by Marvin Tokayer. Apparently Japan had come up with a plan to resettle several thousand Jews within its boundaries, while anti-Semitism was raging across Europe. Who knew??
I also have a book that involves jews in it. It’s about the class and community in the men’s clothing business in Chicago. That book exposes a lot about how people from different ethnic groups and nationalities interacted with one another, forming a new culture and customs. The highlight of that book was the major strike that happened in the early 1910s. It has a bit touch of Socialist ideas because it emphasized on the disgruntled working class(proletariat) and the insensitve manufacturers(bourgeoisie).
History books.
care to let me know?
Mostly world history, plus my native greek one. I find it very intriguing.
Yes, very intriguing. I study world history(ancient) as a means to understand the relativity of people from all nations. Example is the Indo-European and Austronesian family of languages.
Biographies
Numismatics, paleontology, marine biology, cacti, scuba diving, history.
True crime, true crime and more true crime!
wat. hahaha nice
Well, it had -better- be true crime, if these are non-fiction 😛
History (English, history of things like the invention of the telegraph), David Crystal’s books on the English language, geography and places
I’m a WW11 buff – my latest favorite is A Woman in Berlin – 8 weeks in the conquered city
I loved it also
@Ilona it was marvelous, so raw and full of truth
@Ilona I’m now reading The Book Thief, had to see what all the hype was about
I read that one as well.
It’s a fantastic book/story.
I really loved it
@Ilona it seems we have similar tastes – perhaps we could share recommendations ?
I’m right about in the middle – I especially love Hans
the only problem I have is that I read when I lay down to sleep, and the older I get, the more quickly I pass out lol.
My latest book was awesome
looks good!
You would love it
@Ilona I’ll put it on my list, thanks!
I like memoir books
Lots of history, all sorts of different stuff
History and biographies.
Currently reading Hamilton by Ron Chernow. Heavy, but very good and informative.
Anthropology and Sociology?
Love my non fiction! All over the place with it.
Me too.
Pretty much anything except history.
why not history?
Because it is dull. I don’t particularly care who did what when.
Having said that, I do enjoy understanding historical culture and context, therefore I like anthropology / sociology books about the past.
Same as me. But i use history books as the basis of my study in anthro and socio. For example, History tells us that women, in terms of economic opportunities, in Guatemala had been oppressed for many years. I decided to know why, and found that anthropology offers case studies that gives the reasons for the latter question.
Unfortunately, a lot of history is not written well, but there are some exceptions. It’s also tough, because there’s often a slant to history, and it’s much more complex than is written. I got a book recently that I’m having a block with, because it’s another type of history book, but I suspect it could be fun if I just got over myself. “1000 Years of Annoying the French”
I’ve recently been quite obsessed with Red Platoon. It was a fantastic read
what is it about?
Also Grunt by Mary Roach was really good (and written with a bit of humor). It’s about the behind the scenes operations of the military. Things that no one ever thinks the military does but yet it’s vital to operations. I was in the military and I didn’t know almost all the things that went on that she talked about it was so fascinating. I couldn’t put it down. Then I re-read it to retain the information.
You seem to enjoy narrative books
Try reading Thant Myint U’s Where China meets India
First person is easier to read than a third person narrative. But I read those too lol
It’s a first person view
I’ll have to look it up!
Also Murderers in Mausoleums by Jeffrey Tayler. It’s about describing the social-economic, cultural, political, and historical accounts of post-USSR territories.
Still reading Norse Mythology by Gaiman, it’s tremendous!
Try The Greeks by R.W. Southern
Cool!
hahhaha
“Napoleon: A Life,” “Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century,” “Operation Paperclip,” “The Last King of Poland,” and “DARPA, The Pentagon’s Brain.”
History , true crime, biographies of historical figures, philosophy.
Memoirs. Self help
Thomas Jefferson’s letters
I’ve got mostly writing books, art books, and a few biographies
David Archuleta: Chords of Strength by David Archuleta
I Am Jazz by Jazz Jennings
Go Big or Go Home by Scotty McCreery
This Star Won’t Go Out by Esther Earl
And my all time favorite: Anne Frank Diary of a Young Girl
Great!
all Graham Hancock’s and Gregg Bradon
Literary biographies: Blake Bailey has written two of my favorites (John Cheever & Richard Yates).
History books, Biographies and Memoirs, Spy novels ❤ and Physics
A couple of memoirs, some art history, writing craft books (like Stephen King’s On Writing)
On Writing is one of my favorites
Not many as yet.. few religious and self-help books I got gifted, one on the truth/myths of Robin Hood, one on Greek mythology, and a book of Canadian trivia. I -believe- that’s about it (though I may double-check when I’m home again to make sure this is an accurate list, since I have yet to make a list of books I have).
Oh, I was going to say, these are in progress or in my TBR pile: *Cooked, Michael Pollan
*5 Quarts, Bill Hayes
*The Marshmallow Test, Walter Mischel
* The Knife Man, Wendy Moor
* The Liars Club, Mary Karr
*Trumpet, Jackie Kay
*Hidden Figures, Margot Lee Shetterly
Paula by Isabell Allende.
Oh, you have opened a hornet’s nest, @ᜃᜇᜒᜐ᜔. The older I get, the more non-fiction I acquire. Currently I’m plunging headlong into the American Civil War. Before that it was Hollywood biographies. Before that, the islands of Greece. Though my first love will always be fiction, I seem to realize more clearly every year that fiction cannot live a full life in a vacuum. It needs to be connected to the real world, the amazing people, places and events that surround us all the time. Oh, and then there’s that stack of about 50 issues of National Geographic I’m working on . . .??
You are experienced in the field of non-fiction! hahaha
Many autobiographies.
Right now I’m reading Rubicon the last years of the Roman Republic and it is a great narrative.
Philosophy and history
I like that
Philosophy and history.
History, WW2, WW1, Jack The Ripper, Victorian Era.
i have been reading books about thyroid
Thomas Jefferson Letters
I have a lot of history reference books, autobiographies, and a set of presidential letters and correspondence books, plus a lot more.
Lone Survivor and The Heart and the Fist were 2 of my faves. Navy SEAL stories.
Yeah if it catches my eye I read non-fiction I’ve got a lot about the Holocaust from the survivors and those who helped rescue victims point of view and I think it just depends on what gets my eye
Like 1 and some cook books lmao
Memoirs: Furiously Happy, Let’s Pretend this Didn’t Happen, Sleepers, 12 Years a Slave, Anne Frank, Dick Van Dyke, Terry Pratchett…
History: Band of Brothers, The Pacific, James I and the English Witch-Hunts, Salem Witch-Hunts…
There’s a load more but I’m on my way to work and can’t quite remember them haha
I love Dick Van Dyke, didn’t know he wrote a memoir, so many of your reads are interesting!
It’s called My Lucky Life ??
Anything about South African crime – actually any true crime.
woah
The Mayflower.
His Bright Light: The story of Nick Traina by Danielle Steele
Two shelves of American Civil War, and two shelves of Biographies
I’m glad to see all you current reads on non-fiction! I’ll post later a photo of some of my non-fiction books… 🙂
Space program books
I don’t have as much non-fiction as fiction, but still lots: Biographies, history books, books on science, linguistics, law, philosophy and so on. My next non-fiction project is The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by Shirer, but I also want to read A History of Reading by Manguel. The latter one might interest quite a few other people here, I already peeked in it and it seems good.
I’ve got a collectors edition of the Shirer ?? … It’s not as objective as some but he still writes well
History, Science, and Philo 🙂 nice choices haha
I just finished The 13th Valley by John M Del Vecchio. It’s not 100% non-fiction, but it’s based on actual events during the Vietnam War.
I’ve just started on The Fugu Plan: The Untold Story of the Japanese and the Jews During World War Two, by Marvin Tokayer. Apparently Japan had come up with a plan to resettle several thousand Jews within its boundaries, while anti-Semitism was raging across Europe. Who knew??
Woah! I like the sound of that Fugu Plan… my type of read 🙂
I also have a book that involves jews in it. It’s about the class and community in the men’s clothing business in Chicago. That book exposes a lot about how people from different ethnic groups and nationalities interacted with one another, forming a new culture and customs. The highlight of that book was the major strike that happened in the early 1910s. It has a bit touch of Socialist ideas because it emphasized on the disgruntled working class(proletariat) and the insensitve manufacturers(bourgeoisie).