What is your favourite non-fiction?
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antoniaspano answered:
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
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faith72 answered:
memoirs
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somemoronicwolfyclaim answered:
heaven/hell
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whimsicaltuesday answered:
Wasted by Marya Hornbacher.
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ohgoodnesssweetpea answered:
Science-related stuff: textbooks, journals, etc. I also enjoy anything based on a true story.
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souzyandherbooks answered:
I wanted to answer this question but everything came to my mind are fiction :)
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view-from-nowhere answered:
‘Rubicon’ by Tom Holland
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latinisnotadeadlanguage answered:
I love science writing: Mary Roach and Jesse Bering are amazing!
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fargreencountryswiftsunrise answered:
Devil in the White City - Chilling but such a great glimpse of a time, place, and two very different men
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feelthemoonshine answered:
Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking, and In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens by Alice Walker
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heartofembers answered:
“the blitz” by juliet gardiner and “shake hands with the devil” by romeo dallaire.
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nymeth answered:
Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine
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musicgirl373 answered:
“Nickel and Dimed” by Barbara Ehrenreich
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overthinkingthingss answered:
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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toasttopiracy answered:
Complications by Atul Gawande!
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curiosity-of-pandora answered:
What Is History by E.H. Carr. Best book on historiography that I’ve read, and my collection is in the 30s, so… worth it.
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piratequeenatthehelm answered:
Mouse Tales: A Behind-the-Ears Look at Disneyland.
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sinceedsanine answered:
for one more day- mitch albom
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just-a-fading-shadowhunter answered:
Against Medical Advice by James Patterson and Hal Friedman
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wildeyedbibliophile answered:
Guns, Germs, and Steel. So fascinating!
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nemomedia answered:
Anything by Charles DeLint
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meghanlynnftw answered:
“Devil in the White City” by Erik Larson by far. He writes so fantastically that you would never know you were reading non fiction!
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horriblycheerful answered:
The Duchess by Amanda Foreman.
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letgoandgrabon answered:
Model: A Memoir by Cheryl Diamond; Baby Doctor by Perri Klass; Odd Girl Out by Rachel Simmons
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baalakavii answered:
baalakavii.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/my-top-100-nonfiction-books/
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slagolas answered:
LOST and Philosophy
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mr-augustus-waters answered:
HOW COULD ASK ME SUCH AN IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION?? Are you crazy?
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siriuslypottercrazy answered:
Open by Andre Agassi (it’s technically tennis memoir but it’s so much more than that)
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bookish-thoughts answered:
Angela’s Ashes
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daisypinwheel answered:
Bookworms: Great Writers Celebrate Reading! A truly wonderful book!
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b0otyliciousbilbo answered:
tuesdays with morrie by mitch albom!
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classicsreader answered:
Helen of Troy by Bettany Hughes or A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
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cameronnoland answered:
Scar Tissue
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losertakesall answered:
A Thousand Lives by Julia Scheeres.
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darnissist answered:
Walden thus (and by) far.
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dontbeacatdraco answered:
I don’t really read a lot of non-fiction but I really enjoyed The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson
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paguhwaguh answered:
The Boy In The Stiped Pajamas
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puggapotimus answered:
Merle’s Door. :-)
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cream-and-stars answered:
“the noonday demon” - andrew solomon, “trauma and recovery” - judith herman, “oaxaca journal” - oliver sacks, “mother tongue” - bill bryson.
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wisdomlockedin answered:
Salute
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sportsandbooks answered:
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand and John Adams by David McCollah (sp?)
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cadams answered:
The Color of Water
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theloonytuney answered:
Anything by Richard Dawkins. He’s incredibly arrogant but also interesting.
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porcelain-mirror answered:
Lord of the Rings
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