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 Book of Why
Judea Pearl
The Book of Why
Judea Pearl
3.9·2018·425p
Maps of Meaning
Jordan B. Peterson
Maps of Meaning
Jordan B. Peterson
4.0·2002·604p
Axiomatic
Greg Egan
Axiomatic
Greg Egan
4.3·2004·320p
The Utopia of Rules
David Graeber
The Utopia of Rules
David Graeber
4.0·2015·272p
A Short History of Myth
Karen Armstrong
A Short History of Myth
Karen Armstrong
3.7·0·168p
What We Owe the Future
William MacAskill
What We Owe the Future
William MacAskill
3.8·2022·344p
Hitler
Ian Kershaw
Hitler
Ian Kershaw
4.4·2008·1029p
A World Without Email
Cal Newport
A World Without Email
Cal Newport
3.9·2021·304p
How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
Ryan North
How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
Ryan North
4.1·2018·464p
Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
John Koenig
Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
John Koenig
4.4·2021·145p
It Came from the Closet
Joe Vallese
It Came from the Closet
Joe Vallese
4.1·2022·320p
It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror
Joe Vallese
It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror
Joe Vallese
4.1·0·400p
Until the End of Time
Brian Greene
Until the End of Time
Brian Greene
4.0·2020·448p
Something Deeply Hidden
Sean M. Carroll
Something Deeply Hidden
Sean M. Carroll
4.1·2019·368p
The Sublime Object of Ideology
Slavoj Zizek
The Sublime Object of Ideology
Slavoj Zizek
4.1·2009·305p
ZeroZeroZero
Roberto Saviano
ZeroZeroZero
Roberto Saviano
3.8·2014·420p
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Carl Sagan
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Carl Sagan
4.3·1992·505p
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect
Roger Williams
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect
Roger Williams
4.0·2006·176p
Disfigured
Amanda Leduc
Disfigured
Amanda Leduc
4.1·2020·211p
The Road to Middle-Earth
Tom Shippey
The Road to Middle-Earth
Tom Shippey
4.0·2014·419p
Company of One
Paul Jarvis
Company of One
Paul Jarvis
3.9·2019·272p
The origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind
Julian Jaynes
The origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind
Julian Jaynes
4.3·1976·487p
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Robert Nozick
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Robert Nozick
3.7·1974·367p
Right Thing, Right Now
Ryan Holiday
Right Thing, Right Now
Ryan Holiday
4.1·2024·368p
We Do This 'Til We Free Us
Mariame Kaba
We Do This 'Til We Free Us
Mariame Kaba
4.6·2021·206p
The vital question
Nick Lane
The vital question
Nick Lane
4.2·2001·356p
Working
Studs Terkel
Working
Studs Terkel
4.2·1972·589p
Tracers in the Dark
Andy Greenberg
Tracers in the Dark
Andy Greenberg
4.5·2022·320p
Supremacy
Parmy Olson
Supremacy
Parmy Olson
4.0·2024·304p
Paying for it
Chester Brown
Paying for it
Chester Brown
3.6·2011·286p
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi
4.5·1993·928p
The discourses of Epictetus
Epictetus
The discourses of Epictetus
Epictetus
4.3·1800·452p
They thought they were free
Milton Mayer
They thought they were free
Milton Mayer
4.1·2017·378p
What's Our Problem?
Tim Urban
What's Our Problem?
Tim Urban
4.2·2023·320p
Green River killer
Jeff Jensen
Green River killer
Jeff Jensen
3.9·2011·240p
The Power Law
Sebastian Mallaby
The Power Law
Sebastian Mallaby
4.4·2022·376p
A pattern language
Christopher Alexander
A pattern language
Christopher Alexander
4.4·1977·1172p
Think
Simon Blackburn
Think
Simon Blackburn
3.7·1999·315p
Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
4.0·1997·192p
Work Won't Love You Back
Sarah Jaffe
Work Won't Love You Back
Sarah Jaffe
3.9·2021·448p
