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⌈ Secret Post #4029 ⌋

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Anyone got some non-fiction recs?

[kaijinscendre]

Two non-fiction books I've enjoyed are The Psychopath Test and Unbroken.

I enjoy true crime and weird/dark topics. For instance, I am waiting on a copy of Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy to be available on Overdrive.

I like learning about WWII. I listen to a lot of podcasts about current politics. I don't really like biographies.

Some podcasts I enjoy and wouldn't mind books similar to: You Must Remember This, Last Podcast On The Left, Pod Save America, Abe Lincoln's Top Hat, and Criminal.

Re: Anyone got some non-fiction recs?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not sure if it quite fits your interests or not, but I'll put in a plug for The Radium Girls by Kate Moore. IMO, a great non-fiction read that kept me up reading late almost every night. It's about women in the 1920s and 30s who worked in factories with radium-laced paint, their subsequent illnesses, and their uphill battle to get any recognition for their illness.

Engrossing story all on its own, with a lot of fascinating tidbits about science and marketing at the time, business responsibilities (or lack thereof). Really recommend it.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31409135-the-radium-girls

Re: Anyone got some non-fiction recs?

[kaijinscendre]

Thank you. Added to my bookshelf.

Re: Anyone got some non-fiction recs?

[bur]

A book I just got for Christmas is "Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World". I haven't finished it, but what I have is a bit... cool? I've read more exciting non-fiction, but lord knows I've read worse, and it's still a fascinating book so far. Doesn't reach the highs of "The Worst Hard Time" or "Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors", but it's not the intolerable slog of "Forgotten Lunatics of the Great War". I don't know how a book about insane asylums and the longterm affects of PTSD before there was officially PTSD could be so dang boring.

Re: Anyone got some non-fiction recs?

[kaijinscendre]

Thanks! Added them to my bookshelf on Overdrive. The Forgotten Lunatics one sounds like an interesting topic but not if it is boring to read. :(

Re: Anyone got some non-fiction recs?

[(Anonymous)]

Harold Schecter's Psycho USA: Famous American Killers You Never Heard Of is an interesting read and there's lots of short bits so it works especially well if you don't have big chunks of time for reading. I also recently read a few true crime books by Jerry Bledsoe that were pretty good.

Re: Anyone got some non-fiction recs?

[kaijinscendre]

Oh! That would be a good work book to read between stuff I have to do.

Re: Anyone got some non-fiction recs?

[ketita]

I really recommend "The Center Cannot Hold". It's an autobiography by a woman who suffers from psychosis, detailing her battles and experiences (and how she got her degree anyway). Really fascinating.

Re: Anyone got some non-fiction recs?

[kaijinscendre]

Thanks! Added it to my bookshelf. I will have to recommend it to the lending library. :D

Re: Anyone got some non-fiction recs?

[(Anonymous)]

I like books on science history.

Measuring Eternity by Martin Gorst is a favorite.

Definitely read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks if you haven't yet.

Re: Anyone got some non-fiction recs?

[kaijinscendre]

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is one I've seen but not read! I shall rectify that soon.