What’s a good nonfiction, non biography/memoir book you’ve read recently? (Informational, history, humor, etc.)
What’s a good nonfiction, non biography/memoir book you’ve read recently? (Informational, history, humor, etc.)
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I just finished Too Late to Say Goodbye by Ann Rule.
Anything by Bill Bryson, especially his travel writing… dry, but very witty!
Looking Back to See by Maxine Brown
Also, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is essential, and Morningstar by Ann Hood was a quick charming read.
Agent Zigzag
The Omnivore’s Dilemma
This is on my TBR.,, can’t wait to read
Dead Wake by Erik Larson
Bad Blood
Anything by Mary Roach.
Storm of steel. I recommend it to everyone. It’s my favorite book by far
Here’s Looking at Euclid: A Surprising Excursion Through the Astonishing World of Math by Alex Bellos
I loved both of Alan Alda’s. It is not new, but both of them were excellent.
I was impressed with Killers of the Flower Moon.
I’m currently reading The Innocent Man by John Grisham and LOVING it
Busy Phillip’s , confessions of a prairie bitch.
I’m currently reading The Innocent Man by John Grisham and LOVING it
Educated, by Tara Westover.
The immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
I am currently reading a book on Mel Tillis
I love anything to do with the Kennedys, Jackie, family! Found a book I’d never heard of before (at a thrift store for $2!) called American Legacy-The Story of John and Caroline Kennedy, by C. David Heymann! It was published in 2007.
Look up books by Nora Ephron and her sister Delia Ephron.
Read The Boys in the Boat and LOVED IT. You wouldn’t think the story of the 1936 US Olympic rowing team would be interesting, but it was a GREAT book.
Totally agree! Chosen for book club and I wasn’t looking forward to it, but just loved it.
My book club read it too. We also read and loved The Man in Moscow. Have you read it yet?
yes, bit I think it’s The Gentleman. Very good.
Have you read the book ‘ Grandma Gatewood’s Walk by Ben Montgomery!!! Great book, phenomenal woman??
A Short Guide to the History of South Africa ?
“Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox (1882-1940)” James MacGregor Burns…
Erik Larsen writes fun/interesting nonfiction.
Greek to Me by Mary Norris.
Sally Field and Goldie Hawn each have one. Educated. Orange Is The New Black. Currently Reading Twenty Chickens For a Saddle by Robyn Scott
I read a fantastic graphic novel “The best we could do”300 pg. about a Vietnamese family from the perspective of several generations. Best book that I have read lately. History, love, children, destiny…everything. I have only begun to read GNs lately because children at my school enjoy them so much. This is a great genre!!!
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
thanks for the recommendations…writing them down and looking them up.
We Were the Lucky Ones
@Kathy excellent book!
The book by Tia Maria Torres…My Life Among the Underdogs….very good book
If You Ask Me ( and of Course You Won’t ) by Betty White and The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
Why Bob Dylan Matters!!!
I like harrowing tales of lost at sea, and there are several good ones!
The Painted Bird, by Jerzy Kosinski
Highly recommend Paw Prints Through History!
She wolves….takes you through history and women in power!
A walk through America…by Peter Jenkins!
@Carla great book
Into thin Ice…and a book on campus rape at Missoula Montana by Jon Krackhouer
Rabid – story of Rabies
Pandemics : a very short introduction / Christian W. McMillen. and
Outbreak! : 50 tales of epidemics that terrorized the world / Beth Skwarecki.
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Devil in the White City!
This was very good
“The water will come” Climate change is real
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
Girl Go Wash Your Face!
The Boy Man. Life if Lord Baden- Powell. He started the Boy Scouts and had a hand in starting Girl Scouts. He was a hero during the Boer War.
I also recommend Garbology. It will break your illusions and explain to you why and what the trash problem is and explore some ways to fix it.