Rec | NON FICTION STARTING PLACES

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The 90s and what if we’re wrong are like easy reads general knowledge learn a bit about everything When we cease to understand the world touches on four major discoveries kind of you learn a lot about a couple of things The next American essay is a good collection / anthology of mostly non fiction I believe but I’m not positive Non fiction like essay memoir type stuff I like NB (nightmare brunette) by charlotte shane The Richard hell memoir

@pissbowling

Jul 5, 2024

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nonfiction

ok I love nonfiction (love to learn) some of my favorites are: - anything by mary roach — she writes books on different niche science fields & her books are so informative in an approachable way that doesn't feel condescending and her books are just so fun! and interesting! I don’t think I can pick a favorite - marilyn johnson — she writes books about different careers, my favorite of hers is dead beat (about obituary writers) but I also love this book is overdue! (about librarians) - mediocre by ijeoma oluo — looks at the historical patterns of white men grasping onto their power in american culture ,, truly incredible read - white trash by nancy isenberg — this one is DENSE but it looks at the history of white poor people and pulls back the curtain of classism in america and how it ties into racism, sexism, etc etc,, if you wanted more reasons to hate any historical american heroes this one is for you ! - odd girls and twilight lovers by lillian faderman — lillian faderman is an incredible lesbian historian and this book is such a beautiful humanizing ode to lesbian history in the US with a lot of interviews of older queer women and it holds suuuch an important place in my heart

@helenmae

Jan 22, 2025

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All things are too small, kind mirrors ugly ghosts, essays and fiction

All things are too small - Becca rothfeld Kind mirrors ugly ghosts - Claire donato Essays and fiction - Brad philips Tonight I’m someone else - Chelsea hodsen There’s a series called best American essays - they do one every year it’s a good place to read a bunch of different stuff and authors and then find more comprehensive collections of the ones you like most

@pissbowling

Aug 7, 2024

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these are some that i like/want to read

memoirs: finding me - viola davis - she's truly had such an interesting life wild - cheryl strayed - memoir about a women walking the pct and all about her crazy life that lef her to that point crying in h mart - michelle zauner - about a musician coping with her mother's death educated - tara westover - about a woman who grows up in fundamentalist mormon family i'm glad my mom died - jennette mccurdy - about her childhood as an actor and her relationship w/ her mother the glass castle - jeanette walls the anthropocene reviewed - john green - he reviews aspects of human life and shares parts of his own very interesting life just kids - patti smith - about her life as a musician in nyc kitchen confidential - anthony bourdain down the drain - julia fox engaging non fiction; - seconding the patrick radden keefe rec below - also his books empire of pain and the snakehead - cultish - amanda montell - about the language that cults use - so you've been publicly shamed - jon ronson - slouching towards bethlehem - joan didion - sharply written essays mostly about 60s culture books on art: - ways of seeing - john berger - funny weather: art in crisis - olivia laing - notes on 'camp' - susan sontag - the art thief - micharl finkel books on food: - small fires: an epic in the kitchen - rebecca may johnson - chop suey nation - ann hui - eating animals - jonathan safran foer