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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When You Are Engulfed in Flames
David Sedaris
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
David Sedaris
4.1·2007·320p
Hyperbole and a Half
Allie Brosh
Hyperbole and a Half
Allie Brosh
4.2·1900·384p
The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring
Gary Russell
The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring
Gary Russell
4.6·2002·192p
The House of My Mother
Shari Franke
The House of My Mother
Shari Franke
4.3·2025·304p
Orange is the new black
Piper Kerman
Orange is the new black
Piper Kerman
3.7·2010·298p
Fast Food Nation
Eric Schlosser
Fast Food Nation
Eric Schlosser
3.8·2005·574p
Walden
Henry David Thoreau
Walden
Henry David Thoreau
3.8·1854·268p
The Anxious Generation
Jonathan Haidt
The Anxious Generation
Jonathan Haidt
4.3·2024·401p
Crazy love
Francis Chan
Crazy love
Francis Chan
4.2·2008·255p
Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei
Karl Marx
Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei
Karl Marx
3.7·1848·89p
Factfulness
Hans Rosling
Factfulness
Hans Rosling
4.3·2018·352p
Team of Rivals
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Team of Rivals
Doris Kearns Goodwin
4.3·2003·916p
Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson
Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson
3.9·2012·390p
Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus
John Gray
Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus
John Gray
3.6·1992·321p
What If?
Randall Munroe
What If?
Randall Munroe
4.1·1980·309p
Nickel and Dimed
Barbara Ehrenreich
Nickel and Dimed
Barbara Ehrenreich
3.7·2001·242p
A Long Way Gone
Ishmael Beah
A Long Way Gone
Ishmael Beah
4.2·2007·240p
The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins
The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins
4.2·1976·352p
Deep Work
Cal Newport
Deep Work
Cal Newport
4.2·2016·303p
The radium girls
Kate Moore
The radium girls
Kate Moore
4.2·2016·480p
David and Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell
David and Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell
4.0·2013·305p
Finding Me
Viola Davis
Finding Me
Viola Davis
4.5·2022·358p
Modern Romance
Aziz Ansari
Modern Romance
Aziz Ansari
3.8·2015·288p
Quidditch Through the Ages
J. K. Rowling
Quidditch Through the Ages
J. K. Rowling
3.8·2001·96p
The Great Divorce
C. S. Lewis
The Great Divorce
C. S. Lewis
4.3·1945·128p
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
Robin Sharma
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
Robin Sharma
3.9·2020·200p
The Anthropocene Reviewed
John Green
The Anthropocene Reviewed
John Green
4.3·2019·328p
Paradise Lost
John Milton
Paradise Lost
John Milton
3.9·1667·333p
Tao te Ching
老子
Tao te Ching
老子
4.3·1842·124p
A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
Dave Eggers
A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
Dave Eggers
3.7·2000·437p
The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin
The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin
3.6·2010·320p
BRAIDING SWEETGRASS
Robin Wall Kimmerer
BRAIDING SWEETGRASS
Robin Wall Kimmerer
4.5·2013·409p
The Taming of the Shrew
William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew
William Shakespeare
3.7·1631·142p
Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe
Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe
4.5·2018·536p
Influence
Robert B. Cialdini
Influence
Robert B. Cialdini
4.2·1983·287p
Also sprach Zarathustra
Friedrich Nietzsche
Also sprach Zarathustra
Friedrich Nietzsche
4.1·1883·354p
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari
4.2·2018·400p
Mindset
Carol S. Dweck
Mindset
Carol S. Dweck
4.1·2006·288p
Furiously Happy
Jenny Lawson
Furiously Happy
Jenny Lawson
3.9·2015·329p
Rework
Jason Fried
Rework
Jason Fried
4.0·2010·279p
