2125 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 Plantagenets
Dan Jones
The Plantagenets
Dan Jones
4.3·2014·534p
't Hooge Nest
Roxane van Iperen
't Hooge Nest
Roxane van Iperen
4.4·0·275p
The making of the atomic bomb
Richard Rhodes
The making of the atomic bomb
Richard Rhodes
4.4·1986·886p
Hark! A Vargrant
Kate Beaton
Hark! A Vargrant
Kate Beaton
4.2·2011·153p
Poor Economics
Abhijit Banerjee
Poor Economics
Abhijit Banerjee
4.3·2011·320p
Witches
Stacy Schiff
Witches
Stacy Schiff
3.3·2015·400p
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
Gabor Maté
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
Gabor Maté
4.5·2008·488p
The Wisdom of Crowds:Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations
James Surowiecki
The Wisdom of Crowds:Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations
James Surowiecki
3.8·2004·328p
Chatter
Ethan Kross
Chatter
Ethan Kross
4.0·1900·272p
Homeland Elegies
Ayad Akhtar
Homeland Elegies
Ayad Akhtar
4.1·2020·376p
Business adventures
John Brooks
Business adventures
John Brooks
3.8·1969·400p
The Moral Landscape
Sam Harris
The Moral Landscape
Sam Harris
3.9·2010·338p
The Analects
Confucius
The Analects
Confucius
3.8·2001·304p
Zami
Audre Lorde
Zami
Audre Lorde
4.4·1982·256p
In Defence of Witches
Mona Chollet
In Defence of Witches
Mona Chollet
4.0·2022·272p
Ordinary Men
Christopher R. Browning
Ordinary Men
Christopher R. Browning
4.1·1992·304p
Thinking in bets
Annie Duke
Thinking in bets
Annie Duke
3.8·2018·276p
Anything you want
Derek Sivers
Anything you want
Derek Sivers
4.1·2011·96p
Genius
James Gleick
Genius
James Gleick
4.1·1992·532p
The state of affairs
Esther Perel
The state of affairs
Esther Perel
4.3·2017·319p
Stella Maris
Cormac McCarthy
Stella Maris
Cormac McCarthy
3.8·2022·176p
Abroad in Japan
Chris Broad
Abroad in Japan
Chris Broad
4.1·2023·320p
An Anthropologist on Mars
Oliver Sacks
An Anthropologist on Mars
Oliver Sacks
4.2·1995·351p
Misbehaving
Richard H. Thaler
Misbehaving
Richard H. Thaler
4.2·2015·522p
La Société du spectacle
Guy Debord
La Société du spectacle
Guy Debord
4.0·1967·157p
Spinning
Tillie Walden
Spinning
Tillie Walden
3.9·2017·400p
The executioner's song
Norman Mailer
The executioner's song
Norman Mailer
4.0·1979·1056p
Wide Wide Sea
Hampton Sides
Wide Wide Sea
Hampton Sides
4.5·2024·400p
Total Recall
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Total Recall
Arnold Schwarzenegger
4.2·2001·667p
How to Hide an Empire
Daniel Immerwahr
How to Hide an Empire
Daniel Immerwahr
4.5·2019·528p
Grunt
Mary Roach
Grunt
Mary Roach
3.9·2016·288p
The Way of Zen
Alan Watts
The Way of Zen
Alan Watts
4.2·1957·245p
Regarding the Pain of Others
Susan Sontag
Regarding the Pain of Others
Susan Sontag
4.1·2002·142p
Trading Game
Gary Stevenson
Trading Game
Gary Stevenson
4.1·2024·352p
Sprint
Jake Knapp
Sprint
Jake Knapp
4.2·2001·288p
Monsters
Claire Dederer
Monsters
Claire Dederer
3.7·2023·272p
Thinking in systems
Donella H. Meadows
Thinking in systems
Donella H. Meadows
4.2·2008·240p
The Third Policeman
Flann O'Brien
The Third Policeman
Flann O'Brien
4.0·1967·200p
How To
Randall Munroe
How To
Randall Munroe
4.2·2019·294p
The ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam
The ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam
4.2·1981·128p
