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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Games People Play
Eric Berne
Games People Play
Eric Berne
3.7·1964·192p
The Blind Watchmaker
Richard Dawkins
The Blind Watchmaker
Richard Dawkins
4.1·1986·368p
Five Days at Memorial
Sherri Fink
Five Days at Memorial
Sherri Fink
3.9·2013·558p
Sister Outsider
Audre Lorde
Sister Outsider
Audre Lorde
4.5·2019·180p
Notes on Grief
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Notes on Grief
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4.2·2021·72p
A History of Western Philosophy
Bertrand Russell
A History of Western Philosophy
Bertrand Russell
4.1·1945·895p
Physics of the Impossible
Michio Kaku
Physics of the Impossible
Michio Kaku
4.1·2008·352p
Stillness Is the Key
Ryan Holiday
Stillness Is the Key
Ryan Holiday
4.2·2019·290p
The indifferent stars above
Daniel James Brown
The indifferent stars above
Daniel James Brown
4.3·2009·337p
Chaos
James Gleick
Chaos
James Gleick
4.0·1987·364p
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
William Finnegan
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
William Finnegan
4.3·2015·447p
One Up On Wall Street
Peter Lynch
One Up On Wall Street
Peter Lynch
4.3·1989·318p
How the Word Is Passed
Clint Smith III
How the Word Is Passed
Clint Smith III
4.7·2021·344p
The Fabric of the Cosmos
Brian Greene
The Fabric of the Cosmos
Brian Greene
4.1·2004·592p
The life-changing magic of not giving a f*ck
Knight, Sarah (Freelance editor)
The life-changing magic of not giving a f*ck
Knight, Sarah (Freelance editor)
3.4·2015·208p
The history of the Peleponnesian war
Thucydides
The history of the Peleponnesian war
Thucydides
4.0·1545·412p
Spook
Mary Roach
Spook
Mary Roach
3.6·2005·320p
Unreasonable Hospitality
Will Guidara
Unreasonable Hospitality
Will Guidara
4.4·2022·304p
The Best We Could Do
Thi Bui
The Best We Could Do
Thi Bui
4.3·2017·336p
The Brain That Changes Itself
Norman Doidge
The Brain That Changes Itself
Norman Doidge
4.2·2007·448p
It didn't start with you
Mark Wolynn
It didn't start with you
Mark Wolynn
3.5·2016·256p
Give and Take
Adam Grant
Give and Take
Adam Grant
4.1·2013·314p
Supercommunicators
Charles Duhigg
Supercommunicators
Charles Duhigg
4.0·2024·400p
The Miracle of Mindfulness
Thích Nhất Hạnh
The Miracle of Mindfulness
Thích Nhất Hạnh
4.2·1987·140p
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Neil Postman
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Neil Postman
4.2·1985·195p
The Shadowhunter's Codex
Cassandra Clare
The Shadowhunter's Codex
Cassandra Clare
3.9·2013·274p
The Innovators
Walter Isaacson
The Innovators
Walter Isaacson
4.1·2014·583p
Pale Blue Dot
Carl Sagan
Pale Blue Dot
Carl Sagan
4.3·1994·429p
The Comfort Crisis
Michael Easter
The Comfort Crisis
Michael Easter
4.2·2021·304p
Strange Planet
Nathan W. Pyle
Strange Planet
Nathan W. Pyle
4.3·2019·240p
Pedagogia do Oprimido
Paulo Freire
Pedagogia do Oprimido
Paulo Freire
4.3·1967·186p
How to talk so kids will listen & listen so kids will talk
Adele Faber
How to talk so kids will listen & listen so kids will talk
Adele Faber
4.3·1980·274p
L'ordine del tempo
Carlo Rovelli
L'ordine del tempo
Carlo Rovelli
4.1·2017·234p
Confessions of an economic hit man
Perkins, John
Confessions of an economic hit man
Perkins, John
3.9·2004·295p
Women & power
Mary Beard
Women & power
Mary Beard
4.0·2017·115p
The Daughter of Time
Josephine Tey
The Daughter of Time
Josephine Tey
3.9·1951·207p
This is water
David Foster Wallace
This is water
David Foster Wallace
4.5·2009·137p
Erinnerungen, Träume, Gedanken
Carl Gustav Jung
Erinnerungen, Träume, Gedanken
Carl Gustav Jung
4.2·1961·422p
Beautiful Country
Qian Julie Wang
Beautiful Country
Qian Julie Wang
4.2·2021·320p
Chaos
Tom O'Neill
Chaos
Tom O'Neill
4.0·2019·528p
