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.
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Every era of Nonfiction
From this year all the way back.
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On the Savage Side
Tiffany McDaniel
On the Savage Side
Tiffany McDaniel
4.1·2023·466p
All the Shah's Men
Stephen Kinzer
All the Shah's Men
Stephen Kinzer
4.3·2003·320p
Discourses and Selected Writings
Epictetus
Discourses and Selected Writings
Epictetus
4.4·2010·320p
Who Rules the World?
Noam Chomsky
Who Rules the World?
Noam Chomsky
4.0·2012·368p
Testament Of Youth: Film Tie In (Virago Modern Classics)
Vera Brittain
Testament Of Youth: Film Tie In (Virago Modern Classics)
Vera Brittain
4.1·2014·576p
5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth
Matthew Inman
5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth
Matthew Inman
4.0·2011·160p
Thing Explainer
Randall Munroe
Thing Explainer
Randall Munroe
4.1·2015·65p
The Science of Discworld
Terry Pratchett
The Science of Discworld
Terry Pratchett
4.0·1999·400p
La biblioteca de babel
Jorge Luis Borges
La biblioteca de babel
Jorge Luis Borges
4.3·1963·44p
Trust Me, I'm Lying
Ryan Holiday
Trust Me, I'm Lying
Ryan Holiday
3.9·2012·336p
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
Adam Rutherford
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
Adam Rutherford
4.0·2016·377p
Pathogenesis
Jonathan Kennedy
Pathogenesis
Jonathan Kennedy
3.9·2023·432p
Ik ga leven
Lale Gül
Ik ga leven
Lale Gül
3.4·2021·304p
The Madman, His Parables and Poems
Kahlil Gibran
The Madman, His Parables and Poems
Kahlil Gibran
4.0·2022·48p
Bulfinch's Mythology
Thomas Bulfinch
Bulfinch's Mythology
Thomas Bulfinch
4.1·2012·455p
The future of humanity
Michio Kaku
The future of humanity
Michio Kaku
4.2·2018·368p
Hope in the Dark
Rebecca Solnit
Hope in the Dark
Rebecca Solnit
4.0·2004·192p
Of Boys and Men
Richard V. Reeves
Of Boys and Men
Richard V. Reeves
4.0·2022·320p
Paperbacks from Hell
Grady Hendrix
Paperbacks from Hell
Grady Hendrix
4.3·2017·128p
The True Believer:Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
Eric Hoffer
The True Believer:Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
Eric Hoffer
4.2·1951·176p
Erebus
Michael Palin
Erebus
Michael Palin
4.3·2018·352p
Console Wars
Blake J. Harris
Console Wars
Blake J. Harris
4.0·2014·429p
The Second Machine Age
Erik Brynjolfsson
The Second Machine Age
Erik Brynjolfsson
3.9·2014·306p
The Moral Animal
Robert Wright
The Moral Animal
Robert Wright
4.1·1994·473p
Hello world
Hannah Fry
Hello world
Hannah Fry
4.1·2018·256p
Gitanjali (song offerings)
Rabindranath Tagore
Gitanjali (song offerings)
Rabindranath Tagore
4.3·1910·94p
Alan Turing
Andrew Hodges
Alan Turing
Andrew Hodges
3.8·1983·592p
The Secret to Superhuman Strength
Alison Bechdel
The Secret to Superhuman Strength
Alison Bechdel
4.1·2021·256p
Design Patterns
Erich Gamma
Design Patterns
Erich Gamma
4.2·1995·395p
The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
Kevin Kelly
The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
Kevin Kelly
3.9·2017·336p
Out of Africa
Isak Dinesen
Out of Africa
Isak Dinesen
4.2·1937·389p
Zero
Charles Seife
Zero
Charles Seife
4.0·2000·256p
When Mckinsey Comes to Town
Walt Bogdanich
When Mckinsey Comes to Town
Walt Bogdanich
3.8·2022·624p
The discoverers
Daniel J. Boorstin
The discoverers
Daniel J. Boorstin
4.1·1983·732p
Divine Might
Natalie Haynes
Divine Might
Natalie Haynes
3.9·2023·400p
Upheaval
Jared M. Diamond
Upheaval
Jared M. Diamond
3.9·2019·512p
Running on empty
Jonice Webb
Running on empty
Jonice Webb
4.2·2012·228p
The suitcase
Sergeĭ Dovlatov
The suitcase
Sergeĭ Dovlatov
4.3·1990·128p
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends
Nicole Perlroth
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends
Nicole Perlroth
4.3·2021·528p
Enshittification
Cory Doctorow
Enshittification
Cory Doctorow
4.1·2025·352p
