2119 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 God Delusion
Richard Dawkins
The God Delusion
Richard Dawkins
3.9·2001·433p
Bad Blood
John Carreyrou
Bad Blood
John Carreyrou
4.4·2018·352p
A Promised Land
Barack Obama
A Promised Land
Barack Obama
4.3·2020·928p
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Richard Bach
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Richard Bach
3.9·1973·126p
Start with why
Simon Sinek
Start with why
Simon Sinek
4.1·2009·247p
Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be
Rachel Hollis
Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be
Rachel Hollis
3.6·2018·240p
Naked
David Sedaris
Naked
David Sedaris
4.1·1997·319p
A Room of One's Own
Virginia Woolf
A Room of One's Own
Virginia Woolf
4.2·2025·109p
A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn
A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn
4.1·1980·688p
Lean In
Sheryl Sandberg
Lean In
Sheryl Sandberg
3.9·1799·292p
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara
4.1·2018·404p
Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson
Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson
4.6·1600·352p
Know My Name
Chanel Miller
Know My Name
Chanel Miller
4.7·2019·376p
A million little pieces
James Frey
A million little pieces
James Frey
3.7·2003·430p
Everything Is Tuberculosis
John Green
Everything Is Tuberculosis
John Green
4.3·2025·208p
Are You My Mother?
P. D. Eastman
Are You My Mother?
P. D. Eastman
4.2·1960·63p
1776
David McCullough
1776
David McCullough
4.1·2006·386p
The Man who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Oliver Sacks
The Man who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Oliver Sacks
4.0·2011·257p
Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy
Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy
4.5·2019·128p
Daring Greatly
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
Brené Brown
4.3·2012·166p
Stiff
Mary Roach
Stiff
Mary Roach
4.1·2003·304p
Οἰδίπους Τύραννος (Oidípous Týrannos)
Sophocles
Οἰδίπους Τύραννος (Oidípous Týrannos)
Sophocles
3.7·1715·110p
Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness
Susannah Cahalan
Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness
Susannah Cahalan
4.1·2012·282p
Big Magic
Elizabeth Gilbert
Big Magic
Elizabeth Gilbert
4.0·2014·312p
Born to Run
Christopher McDougall
Born to Run
Christopher McDougall
4.3·2009·287p
Wall and Piece
Banksy
Wall and Piece
Banksy
3.9·2005·207p
The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene
The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene
4.1·1998·452p
Persepolis 1 & 2
Marjane Satrapi
Persepolis 1 & 2
Marjane Satrapi
4.3·2003·160p
Why We Sleep
Matthew P. Walker
Why We Sleep
Matthew P. Walker
4.4·2017·360p
Dreams from My Father
Barack Obama
Dreams from My Father
Barack Obama
3.9·2009·464p
Republic
Plato
Republic
Plato
4.0·1998·562p
Under the Banner of Heaven
Jon Krakauer
Under the Banner of Heaven
Jon Krakauer
4.0·2003·399p
The Gifts of Imperfection
Brené Brown
The Gifts of Imperfection
Brené Brown
4.2·2010·202p
Why not me?
Mindy Kaling
Why not me?
Mindy Kaling
3.9·2015·240p
Wager
David Grann
Wager
David Grann
4.2·2023·432p
In the garden of beasts
Erik Larson
In the garden of beasts
Erik Larson
3.9·2011·481p
Being Mortal
Atul Gawande
Being Mortal
Atul Gawande
4.5·2014·283p
Der Steppenwolf
Hermann Hesse
Der Steppenwolf
Hermann Hesse
4.1·1927·224p
Never Split the Difference
Chris Voss
Never Split the Difference
Chris Voss
4.3·2016·288p
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman"
Richard Phillips Feynman
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman"
Richard Phillips Feynman
4.3·1984·352p
