2125 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.
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Every era of Nonfiction
From this year all the way back.
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On Writing Well
William Zinsser
On Writing Well
William Zinsser
4.2·1976·288p
The diary of a bookseller
Shaun Bythell
The diary of a bookseller
Shaun Bythell
3.7·2017·314p
Het drama van het begaafde kind
Alice Miller
Het drama van het begaafde kind
Alice Miller
4.0·2009·127p
Beyond Order
Jordan B. Peterson
Beyond Order
Jordan B. Peterson
4.1·2021·432p
The ascent of money
Niall Ferguson
The ascent of money
Niall Ferguson
3.9·2008·445p
We Were Eight Years in Power
Ta-Nehisi Coates
We Were Eight Years in Power
Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.4·2017·400p
Fuzz
Mary Roach
Fuzz
Mary Roach
3.8·2021·336p
A Universe from Nothing
Lawrence Maxwell Krauss
A Universe from Nothing
Lawrence Maxwell Krauss
3.9·2010·202p
The Laws of Human Nature
Robert Greene
The Laws of Human Nature
Robert Greene
4.3·2018·609p
The Nineties
Chuck Klosterman
The Nineties
Chuck Klosterman
3.9·2022·370p
Don't Make Me Think
Steve Krug
Don't Make Me Think
Steve Krug
4.2·2000·201p
We Were Dreamers
Simu Liu
We Were Dreamers
Simu Liu
4.3·2021·288p
Weird things customers say in bookshops
Jen Campbell
Weird things customers say in bookshops
Jen Campbell
3.7·2012·148p
Orientalism
Edward W. Said
Orientalism
Edward W. Said
4.1·1978·398p
Onward
Howard Schultz
Onward
Howard Schultz
3.9·2011·351p
Me and White Supremacy
Layla Saad
Me and White Supremacy
Layla Saad
4.3·2020·192p
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas S. Kuhn
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas S. Kuhn
4.0·1955·210p
Weapons of Math Destruction
Cathy O'Neil
Weapons of Math Destruction
Cathy O'Neil
3.9·2016·278p
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come
Jessica Pan
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come
Jessica Pan
3.9·2019·376p
The power broker: Robert Moses and the fall of New York
Robert A. Caro
The power broker: Robert Moses and the fall of New York
Robert A. Caro
4.5·1974·1263p
Heart berries
Terese Marie Mailhot
Heart berries
Terese Marie Mailhot
3.8·2018·142p
A Spy Among Friends Kim Philby And The Great Betrayal
Ben Macintyre
A Spy Among Friends Kim Philby And The Great Betrayal
Ben Macintyre
4.2·2014·384p
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Annie Dillard
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Annie Dillard
4.1·1974·288p
Poetics
Aristotle Circle Staff
Poetics
Aristotle Circle Staff
3.8·2013·128p
The Inner Game of Tennis
W. Timothy Gallwey
The Inner Game of Tennis
W. Timothy Gallwey
4.2·1834·141p
The coaching habit
Michael Bungay Stanier
The coaching habit
Michael Bungay Stanier
4.0·2016·227p
The Uninhabitable Earth
David Wallace-Wells
The Uninhabitable Earth
David Wallace-Wells
4.0·2019·386p
Slow days, fast company
Eve Babitz
Slow days, fast company
Eve Babitz
4.1·1977·162p
Undercover Economist
Tim Harford
Undercover Economist
Tim Harford
3.8·2006·288p
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Steven Pinker
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Steven Pinker
4.2·2011·1052p
The Art of Gathering
Priya Parker
The Art of Gathering
Priya Parker
3.9·2018·320p
Napoleon
Andrew Roberts
Napoleon
Andrew Roberts
4.3·2014·976p
And the Band Played on
Randy Shilts
And the Band Played on
Randy Shilts
4.4·1987·656p
Let my people go surfing
Yvon Chouinard
Let my people go surfing
Yvon Chouinard
4.2·2005·260p
Wordslut
Amanda Montell
Wordslut
Amanda Montell
4.2·2019·283p
Men We Reaped
Jesmyn Ward
Men We Reaped
Jesmyn Ward
4.3·2013·272p
Your inner fish
Neil Shubin
Your inner fish
Neil Shubin
4.0·2008·240p
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
Carol Tavris
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
Carol Tavris
4.0·2007·304p
The good neighbor
Maxwell King
The good neighbor
Maxwell King
4.0·2018·405p
March. Book Two
John Lewis
March. Book Two
John Lewis
4.5·2015·190p
