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 Fire Next Time
James Baldwin
The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin
4.5·2013·129p
Twelve years a slave
Solomon Northup
Twelve years a slave
Solomon Northup
4.2·1853·233p
Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff
Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff
3.7·2010·441p
Down Under (In a Sunburned Country)
Bill Bryson
Down Under (In a Sunburned Country)
Bill Bryson
4.1·2000·348p
The Hot Zone
Richard Preston
The Hot Zone
Richard Preston
4.2·1994·365p
Cultish
Amanda Montell
Cultish
Amanda Montell
3.8·2021·320p
The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
4.0·2005·421p
The Professor and the Madman CD
Simon Winchester
The Professor and the Madman CD
Simon Winchester
3.8·1998·242p
Hunger
Roxane Gay
Hunger
Roxane Gay
4.2·2016·320p
The Artist's Way
Julia Cameron
The Artist's Way
Julia Cameron
4.0·1992·240p
The War of Art
Steven Pressfield
The War of Art
Steven Pressfield
4.0·2003·165p
In the Heart of the Sea
Nathaniel Philbrick
In the Heart of the Sea
Nathaniel Philbrick
4.2·2000·320p
Notes from a small island
Bill Bryson
Notes from a small island
Bill Bryson
3.9·1995·324p
The 5 a.m. Club
Robin S. Sharma
The 5 a.m. Club
Robin S. Sharma
3.7·2018·360p
Breath
James Nestor
Breath
James Nestor
4.1·2020·336p
How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi
How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi
4.4·2019·320p
In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan
In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan
4.1·2008·244p
The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson
The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson
4.5·2010·635p
The Perfect Storm
Sebastian Junger
The Perfect Storm
Sebastian Junger
4.1·1997·256p
Blue Like Jazz
Donald Miller
Blue Like Jazz
Donald Miller
3.9·2003·256p
Behind the beautiful forevers
Katherine Boo
Behind the beautiful forevers
Katherine Boo
4.0·2011·256p
Beyond Good and Evil
Friedrich Nietzsche
Beyond Good and Evil
Friedrich Nietzsche
4.0·2010·174p
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Dale Carnegie
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Dale Carnegie
4.2·1936·348p
The Emperor of All Maladies
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Emperor of All Maladies
Siddhartha Mukherjee
4.3·2010·613p
Evicted
Matthew Desmond
Evicted
Matthew Desmond
4.5·2016·450p
The Little Book of Hygge
Meik Wiking
The Little Book of Hygge
Meik Wiking
3.8·2016·288p
10% Happier
Dan Harris
10% Happier
Dan Harris
3.9·2014·237p
Sociopath
Patric Gagne
Sociopath
Patric Gagne
3.7·2024·368p
Exhalation
Ted Chiang
Exhalation
Ted Chiang
4.3·2014·338p
Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly
Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly
4.0·2016·314p
Maid
Stephanie Land
Maid
Stephanie Land
3.9·2019·336p
On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder
On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder
4.3·2017·128p
Reasons to Stay Alive
Matt Haig
Reasons to Stay Alive
Matt Haig
4.1·2015·221p
GOD IS NOT GREAT: THE CASE AGAINST RELIGION
Christopher Hitchens
GOD IS NOT GREAT: THE CASE AGAINST RELIGION
Christopher Hitchens
4.0·0·320p
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara Kingsolver
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara Kingsolver
4.0·2007·384p
The Stranger Beside Me
Ann Rule
The Stranger Beside Me
Ann Rule
4.1·1980·498p
The Lost City of Z
David Grann
The Lost City of Z
David Grann
3.9·2000·416p
Bird by Bird
Anne Lamott
Bird by Bird
Anne Lamott
4.2·1994·239p
What Happened to You?
Bruce D. Perry
What Happened to You?
Bruce D. Perry
4.4·2021·280p
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz
4.2·2014·145p
