[ SECRET POST #6636 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6636 ⌋

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non horror book recs

[kaijinscendre]

I try to read 12 books a year and I am trying to read more non-horror this year. I'm looking for some suggestions of non-fiction or not horror (comedy/drama). Not a romance fan. Here are some non-horror books I've enjoyed.

Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Wasik
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Dr. Mutter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

Re: non horror book recs

[(Anonymous)]

You might try posting this to r/suggestmeabook because you’re more likely to reach people familiar with your list.

Re: non horror book recs

[kaijinscendre]

I just did! :p Hopefully I get some recs.

Re: non horror book recs

[(Anonymous)]

I enjoyed Mary Roach's astronaut/cosmonaut book, Packing for Mars!

Re: non horror book recs

[kaijinscendre]

Thanks! I've not tried anything else by her so I'll give this one a shot.

Re: non horror book recs

[(Anonymous)]

Inspector Hobbes and the Blood by Wilkie Martin is a funny urban fantasy book, first in a series so if you enjoy there are more.

Re: non horror book recs

[kaijinscendre]

Ooh, I'll check it out. Urban fantasy is the only kind of fantasy I like.

Re: non horror book recs

[randomdrops]

Not sure how you feel about memoirs/biographies or Trever Noah but his book Born A Crime was a fast and interesting read. I really liked how the writing really reflected his speaking - I could easily imagine him telling me this story as I read it.

Emergency Skin by NK Jemisin is a fun scifi short story I recently enjoyed. It felt cathartic for our current US/billionaire problems.

If you like British history I enjoyed The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World by Robert Lacey. I enjoyed the way it was organized following the Julius Work Calendar.

Re: non horror book recs

[kaijinscendre]

I've read a couple. I'll try to get the audiobook version of Born a Crime. It's on spotify.

I'll see if the other two are on libby. :D

Re: non horror book recs

[(Anonymous)]

I really loved Rabid and Stiff. Let me recommend The Demon Under the Microscope by Thomas Hager. It's about the development of the first antibiotic and the general history of infectious diseases and the prevention attempts against them before we had antibiotics. His other book, Alchemy of Air, about the invention of the Haber-Bosch process of turning atmospheric N2 into usable ammonia, is also awesome.

Sisters in Hate by Seyward Darby might not be to your taste but I love recommending it. It's about three women "on the front lines of white nationalism" and I think it's fascinating.

Re: non horror book recs

[kaijinscendre]

I love medical discovery books so definitely going to read those two. Will Sister's In Hate make me depressed?

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[(Anonymous)]

I don't know. Maybe it'll make you angry. Maybe it'll get you fired up. Maybe it'll make you anxious to see how easily folks can fall down the greased firepole that are far right movements.

Then again, there is a hopeful kind of vibe in that one of the three becomes an FBI informant.

But also these women are For Real bigots. And the book doesn't pull punches when describing the stuff they do/say/think. If you aren't interested in this stuff, or if you're brain doesn't squeeze out happy chemicals at the thought of Diversity Win! This skinhead is a middle aged lady!, it might not be for you. Good Reads is full of reviews talking about how rough it is and I don't understand them. (I found Jesus and John Wayne actually disturbing.) There's something to be said about the banality of evil, I guess.