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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Calling Bullshit
Carl T. Bergstrom
Calling Bullshit
Carl T. Bergstrom
4.1·2020·336p
Radium Girls
Cyrielle Cy
Radium Girls
Cyrielle Cy
4.2·2020·136p
On Freedom
Timothy Snyder
On Freedom
Timothy Snyder
4.3·2024·288p
Creative Selection
Ken Kocienda
Creative Selection
Ken Kocienda
4.0·2018·291p
The Alignment Problem
Brian Christian
The Alignment Problem
Brian Christian
4.3·2020·356p
Darkwerks
Gerald Brom
Darkwerks
Gerald Brom
4.1·2000·128p
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
Saidiya Hartman
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
Saidiya Hartman
4.4·2019·403p
The Sea Around Us
Rachel Carson
The Sea Around Us
Rachel Carson
4.2·1950·244p
The hundred-year marathon
Michael Pillsbury
The hundred-year marathon
Michael Pillsbury
4.2·2015·319p
Longeneeslijk
Eva Hermans-Kroot
Longeneeslijk
Eva Hermans-Kroot
4.2·2024·182p
The Other Significant Others
Rhaina Cohen
The Other Significant Others
Rhaina Cohen
3.9·2024·320p
Dilla Time
Dan Charnas
Dilla Time
Dan Charnas
4.5·2022·480p
Human Compatible
Stuart J. Russell
Human Compatible
Stuart J. Russell
4.0·2019·349p
The Attention Merchants
Tim Wu
The Attention Merchants
Tim Wu
4.1·2016·416p
Tolkien On Fairy-stories
J.R.R. Tolkien
Tolkien On Fairy-stories
J.R.R. Tolkien
4.3·2008·320p
Just for fun
Linus Torvalds
Just for fun
Linus Torvalds
4.0·2001·275p
A gift from Bob
James Bowen
A gift from Bob
James Bowen
4.2·2015·172p
You Look Like a Thing and I Love You
Janelle Shane
You Look Like a Thing and I Love You
Janelle Shane
4.1·2019·272p
Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants
The Oatmeal
Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants
The Oatmeal
4.0·2013·160p
Saving Time
Jenny Odell
Saving Time
Jenny Odell
3.6·2023·400p
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP)
Harold Abelson
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP)
Harold Abelson
4.5·1985·542p
Hell Yeah or No
Derek Sivers
Hell Yeah or No
Derek Sivers
4.2·2020·144p
Letter from the Birmingham jail
Martin Luther King Jr.
Letter from the Birmingham jail
Martin Luther King Jr.
4.5·1963·35p
A World Appears
Michael Pollan
A World Appears
Michael Pollan
4.0·2026·321p
Down Girl
Kate Manne
Down Girl
Kate Manne
4.2·2018·368p
Underworld
Susan Casey
Underworld
Susan Casey
4.2·2023·440p
Age of Revolutions
Fareed Zakaria
Age of Revolutions
Fareed Zakaria
4.2·2024·400p
Maelstrom
Peter Watts
Maelstrom
Peter Watts
3.9·2001·378p
Histoire de la sexualité
Michel Foucault
Histoire de la sexualité
Michel Foucault
4.1·1976·188p
Consolations
David Whyte
Consolations
David Whyte
4.5·2015·245p
The WEIRDest People in the World
Joseph Patrick Henrich
The WEIRDest People in the World
Joseph Patrick Henrich
4.1·2020·704p
The collected works
Kahlil Gibran
The collected works
Kahlil Gibran
4.4·2007·880p
The Complete Works of Khalil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran
The Complete Works of Khalil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran
4.4·2008·554p
Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen
Johan Huizinga
Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen
Johan Huizinga
4.0·1919·368p
The sovereign individual
James Dale Davidson
The sovereign individual
James Dale Davidson
4.2·1997·416p
The Killer's Shadow
John E. Douglas
The Killer's Shadow
John E. Douglas
3.8·2020·277p
Greek tragedies
David Grene
Greek tragedies
David Grene
4.2·1991·300p
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction
Jeff VanderMeer
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction
Jeff VanderMeer
4.3·2013·384p
Sunday Pages 1985-1986
Bill Watterson
Sunday Pages 1985-1986
Bill Watterson
4.7·0·100p
Tristes Tropiques
Claude Levi-Strauss
Tristes Tropiques
Claude Levi-Strauss
4.1·2012·626p
