I’m on a big non-fiction kick right now, anyone else? What are your favorites?
I’m on a big non-fiction kick right now, anyone else? What are your favorites?
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I’m on a big non-fiction kick right now, anyone else? What are your favorites?
Just read “Hand to Mouth” today. It was amazing!
Sounds interesting!
It’s one woman’s thoughts and experiences with working poverty in the United States.
I really want to read Educated by Tara Westover. My favourite non-fictions are normally medical or history of science. Love it!
The Murder Room. The Monuments Men
I’ve been reading celebrity memoirs lately. Recently finished Lauren Graham’s, David Spade’s, and Anna Kendrick’s. All very funny and interesting.
Read Lauren Graham’s I’m sure the other two are hilarious ?
They definitely were. Anna Kendrick’s was super relatable because she talks a lot about the struggles of transitioning into adulthood. David Spade’s was a bit crude here and there, but really interesting, especially if you’re interested in SNL.
I loved “Not Dead Yet” – Phil Collins’ autobiography, which I read earlier this year, and, if you can get this one in the States, a book called “This Is Going To Hurt” by Adam Kay, which I read and loved last year. He was a doctor before he became a comedian and it’s his notes from when he was a medical professional. At times moving, at other times hilarious!
The Radium Girls, Rabid, and Sapiens are my favorites! Plus Ann Rule of course 😉
Catherine Gildner 3 books in order of age, “Too Close To The Falls”, “After The Falls”, and “Coming Ashore.”
“The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot.
Read many social work cases by Catthy Glass.
Absolute War by Chris Bellamy is my current read, great book.
My fave nonfiction books – anything by Malcolm Gladwell, Ruth Reichl, Bill Bryson, David Sedaris, or Brene Brown; Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks; Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy by Karen Abbott (who is a very generous author and Skyped with my Book Club when we read this!); Quiet by Susan Cain; Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes; Julie and Julia by Julie Powell; Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehreneich; Pronoia by Rob Brezsny and Goddesses in Everywoman by Jean Shinoda Bolen. And I love a good memoir, especially Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein; Shrill by Lindy West; Bossypants by Tina Fey; Yes Please by Amy Poehler; My Life in France by Julia Child; and Home by Julie Andrews Edwards.
Love Berne Brown!
Oh and right now I am reading both Mozart’s Starling by Lyanda Lynn Haupt and Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley, both of which are great so far, particularly the Jane Austen bio.
A Mother’s Reckoning by Sue Klebold is excellent. Columbine from Dave Cullen is so well written. I loved American Sniper by Chris Kyle. Granite Mountain by Brendan McDonough is fantastic.
Check out Erik Larson or Nathaniel Philbrick
I love reading about Bill Bryson’s travel adventures. Currently, I am reading a Paula Deen bio—AND a story about a couple who purchased a boat and sailed around America’s Great Loop… It’s been informative!
Stiff by Mary Roach. You have to have the stomach for it but it’s a must read about how our bodies decompose after death.
Bonk by her is excellent as well.
@Theresa yea have almost all her books on my shelf. Still need that one and the space one
@Cindy Space one is also good.
Me toooo!
Working Stiff! My favorite non fiction book ever
I have that one too! LOL I need to get strated on this one. It’s on my tbr for this year
Cindy James I just finished it a couple of weeks ago and I finished it in like a day. Happy reading!