2120 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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A Distant Mirror
Barbara Tuchman
A Distant Mirror
Barbara Tuchman
4.0·1600·691p
The Physicists
Friedrich Durrenmatt
The Physicists
Friedrich Durrenmatt
3.9·2010·112p
Last Days of Night
Graham Moore
Last Days of Night
Graham Moore
4.2·2016·384p
The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.5·2024·253p
Be Here Now
Ram Dass
Be Here Now
Ram Dass
4.3·1971·100p
The Mother Tongue
Bill Bryson
The Mother Tongue
Bill Bryson
3.9·1656·270p
Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong
Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong
4.2·2020·224p
Chip War
Chris Miller
Chip War
Chris Miller
4.4·2022·464p
Fever Pitch
Nick Hornby
Fever Pitch
Nick Hornby
3.8·1992·247p
The three stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
Philip K. Dick
The three stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
Philip K. Dick
4.0·1965·256p
She Said
Jodi Kantor
She Said
Jodi Kantor
4.3·2019·320p
On Liberty
John Stuart Mill
On Liberty
John Stuart Mill
4.0·1859·176p
The Ministry for the Future
Kim Stanley Robinson
The Ministry for the Future
Kim Stanley Robinson
3.9·2020·576p
Utopia for Realists
Rutger Bregman
Utopia for Realists
Rutger Bregman
4.2·2016·320p
Strong Female Character
Fern Brady
Strong Female Character
Fern Brady
4.4·2023·320p
Jesus and John Wayne
Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Jesus and John Wayne
Kristin Kobes Du Mez
4.2·2020·377p
Thomas Jefferson
Jon Meacham
Thomas Jefferson
Jon Meacham
4.0·2012·336p
Do No Harm
Marsh, Henry
Do No Harm
Marsh, Henry
4.3·2014·320p
The End of Faith
Sam Harris
The End of Faith
Sam Harris
3.9·2004·224p
A Briefer History of Time
Stephen Hawking
A Briefer History of Time
Stephen Hawking
4.3·2005·176p
The Art of Seduction
Robert Greene
The Art of Seduction
Robert Greene
3.9·2001·468p
The Premonition
Lewis, Michael
The Premonition
Lewis, Michael
4.3·2021·304p
Critique of Pure Reason (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant)
Immanuel Kant
Critique of Pure Reason (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant)
Immanuel Kant
4.0·1999·785p
THE BOY WHO WAS RAISED AS A DOG: AND OTHER STORIES FROM A CHILD PSYCHIATRIST'S NOTEBOOK--WHAT TRAUMATIZED CHILDREN CAN TEACH US ABOUT LOSS, LOVE, AND HEALING
Bruce D. Perry
THE BOY WHO WAS RAISED AS A DOG: AND OTHER STORIES FROM A CHILD PSYCHIATRIST'S NOTEBOOK--WHAT TRAUMATIZED CHILDREN CAN TEACH US ABOUT LOSS, LOVE, AND HEALING
Bruce D. Perry
4.6·2006·448p
The Glass Bead Game
Hermann Hesse
The Glass Bead Game
Hermann Hesse
4.1·1972·520p
Sunny side up
Jennifer L. Holm
Sunny side up
Jennifer L. Holm
4.1·2015·220p
Orthodoxy
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Orthodoxy
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
4.2·1874·156p
The Great Influenza
John M. Barry
The Great Influenza
John M. Barry
4.0·2004·590p
How to Know a Person
David Brooks
How to Know a Person
David Brooks
4.0·2023·432p
Letter to a Christian Nation
Sam Harris
Letter to a Christian Nation
Sam Harris
4.0·2006·96p
Better Than Before
Gretchen Rubin
Better Than Before
Gretchen Rubin
3.8·1758·317p
The World of Ice & Fire
George R. R. Martin
The World of Ice & Fire
George R. R. Martin
4.3·2014·331p
Tribes
Seth Godin
Tribes
Seth Godin
3.8·2008·160p
The Abolition of Man
C. S. Lewis
The Abolition of Man
C. S. Lewis
4.1·1943·117p
De opkomst en ondergang van de dinosaurus
Steve Brusatte
De opkomst en ondergang van de dinosaurus
Steve Brusatte
4.2·2018·352p
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Bill Watterson
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Bill Watterson
4.8·2005·1456p
The Federalist, or, The New Constitution
Alexander Hamilton
The Federalist, or, The New Constitution
Alexander Hamilton
4.1·1788·477p
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
Steve Brusatte
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
Steve Brusatte
4.2·2018·416p
Stalingrad
Antony Beevor
Stalingrad
Antony Beevor
4.3·1998·536p
Love Is a Mix Tape
Rob Sheffield
Love Is a Mix Tape
Rob Sheffield
3.9·2007·240p
