2120 titles · curated
Nonfiction
The world, told straight.
Reportage, science, history, the kitchen and the lab. Argued and well sourced.
This collection also includes Memoir, Biography, History, Science, Philosophy, Self-Help, and True Crime.
Time dial
Every era of Nonfiction
From this year all the way back.
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The Ghost Map
Steven Johnson
The Ghost Map
Steven Johnson
3.9·2006·299p
The Gene
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Gene
Siddhartha Mukherjee
4.3·2017·608p
How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell
How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell
3.6·2019·256p
Notes on a Nervous Planet
Matt Haig
Notes on a Nervous Planet
Matt Haig
3.9·2018·320p
The Greatest Show on Earth
Richard Dawkins
The Greatest Show on Earth
Richard Dawkins
4.2·2009·470p
Think Like a Freak
Steven D. Levitt
Think Like a Freak
Steven D. Levitt
3.9·2014·274p
The histories of Herodotus
Herodotus
The histories of Herodotus
Herodotus
4.0·1899·617p
Barrel Fever
David Sedaris
Barrel Fever
David Sedaris
3.8·1994·256p
The Right Stuff
Tom Wolfe
The Right Stuff
Tom Wolfe
4.2·1979·436p
Black Boy
Richard Wright
Black Boy
Richard Wright
4.1·1945·290p
The Rape of Nanking
Iris Chang
The Rape of Nanking
Iris Chang
4.3·2014·306p
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
4.1·1962·336p
They Called Us Enemy
George Takei
They Called Us Enemy
George Takei
4.4·2019·208p
Hell's Angels
Hunter S. Thompson
Hell's Angels
Hunter S. Thompson
4.0·1966·326p
Half the sky
Nicholas D. Kristof
Half the sky
Nicholas D. Kristof
4.3·2009·320p
American Kingpin
Nick Bilton
American Kingpin
Nick Bilton
4.4·2017·333p
First They Killed My Father
Loung Ung
First They Killed My Father
Loung Ung
4.4·2000·256p
PERCY JACKSON'S GREEK HEROES
RICK RIORDAN
PERCY JACKSON'S GREEK HEROES
RICK RIORDAN
4.4·2015·336p
Desert solitaire
Edward Abbey
Desert solitaire
Edward Abbey
4.2·1968·271p
I am, I am, I am
Maggie O'Farrell
I am, I am, I am
Maggie O'Farrell
4.0·2017·304p
Switch
Chip Heath
Switch
Chip Heath
4.0·2010·322p
One Summer
Bill Bryson
One Summer
Bill Bryson
4.1·2013·544p
The Shock Doctrine
Naomi Klein
The Shock Doctrine
Naomi Klein
4.3·2007·676p
Ikigai, little book of hygge and lagom the swedish art of balanced living 3 books collection set
Héctor García
Ikigai, little book of hygge and lagom the swedish art of balanced living 3 books collection set
Héctor García
3.9·2018·320p
The highly sensitive person
Elaine N. Aron
The highly sensitive person
Elaine N. Aron
3.8·1996·251p
Hamilton
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Hamilton
Lin-Manuel Miranda
4.5·2016·287p
Wherever You Go, There You Are
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Wherever You Go, There You Are
Jon Kabat-Zinn
4.1·1994·278p
Consider the lobster, and other essays
David Foster Wallace
Consider the lobster, and other essays
David Foster Wallace
4.2·2005·343p
Stamped
Jason Reynolds
Stamped
Jason Reynolds
4.5·2020·297p
The snowball
Alice Schroeder
The snowball
Alice Schroeder
4.2·2008·816p
Lysistrata
Aristophanes
Lysistrata
Aristophanes
3.9·1872·114p
The Power of Myth
Joseph Campbell
The Power of Myth
Joseph Campbell
4.3·1988·293p
Everything Happens for a Reason
Kate Bowler
Everything Happens for a Reason
Kate Bowler
3.8·2018·208p
Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes
Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes
3.7·1651·508p
The Daily Stoic
Ryan Holiday
The Daily Stoic
Ryan Holiday
4.4·2016·417p
Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake
Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake
4.3·2020·267p
Gödel, Escher, Bach
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Gödel, Escher, Bach
Douglas R. Hofstadter
4.3·1979·777p
Complications
Atul Gawande
Complications
Atul Gawande
4.3·2002·288p
A history of God
Karen Armstrong
A history of God
Karen Armstrong
3.9·1993·478p
The Opposite of Loneliness
Marina Keegan
The Opposite of Loneliness
Marina Keegan
3.8·2014·248p
