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Any recommendations for cool nonfiction books?

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  • Feb 9, 2023
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Any recommendations for cool nonfiction books? I like auto/biographies and survival stories the most but I’ll try pretty much anything

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Recommended by mimi Jelly Bean verdigrised and 2 others
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I'm Glad My Mom Died
  • by Jennette McCurdy
A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life. Jennette McCurdy was six years old
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mimi 3mos

i just read this recently and i second this !!!! instantly went on my fave books list :’)

Jelly Bean 3mos

Have you listened to I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy?

verdigrised 3mos

I don’t read much non fiction but I love memoirs so here’s my recs:

Seraphina 3mos

I really loved "I'm glad my Mom died" by Jeanette Mcurdy and "Miyazaki World" by Suzanne Napier. Both interesting biographies(?) Survival stories in such different ways 😎

Phineas Nutting 3mos

Jennette Mccurdy’s memoir “I’m glad my mom died” is one of the best books ive ever read. You should check it out.

Recommended by noya’s marlin Sonny verdigrised and 1 other
Book Feb 20, 2018
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Educated
  • by Tara Westover
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag". In
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noya’s marlin 3mos

Educated by Tara Westover is a great memoir IMO! it’s her story of growing up w extremely religious mormon parents who opposed public education to her eventually graduating from Cambridge University! it’s emotional and there’s some pretty gnarly stories in it too

Sonny 3mos

“Educated” by Tara Westover. A biography of a woman leaving her strict religious upbringing and becoming very successful. Pretty good if you ask me

verdigrised 3mos

I don’t read much non fiction but I love memoirs so here’s my recs:

Nat 3mos

These 2 stand out in my memory :)

Recommended by Beetle (B) itch (F) artman Jeb Three Caballero Stan she/her and 1 other
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The Glass Castle
  • by Jeannette Walls
A tender, moving tale of unconditional love in a family that, despite its profound flaws, gave the author the fiery determination to carve out a successful life on her own terms. Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation
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Beetle 3mos

Have to recommend Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls or UnSweetined by Jodie Sweetin. Theyre definitely some of my favorites!

(B) itch (F) artman 3mos

This is good

Jeb Three Caballero Stan she/her 3mos

Its fairly well known so you may have already read it, but The Glass Castle is an excellent memoir. The author's life growing up had some harrowing moments and its incredibly well written.

Nat 3mos

These 2 stand out in my memory :)

Recommended by maddi Ceslatoil citrathinker and 1 other
Book Nov 5, 2019
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In the Dream House
  • by Carmen Maria Machado
For years Carmen Maria Machado has struggled to articulate her experiences in an abusive same-sex relationship. In this extraordinarily candid and radically inventive memoir, Machado tackles a dark and difficult subject with wit, inventiveness and an inquiring spirit, as she uses a series of narrati
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Ceslatoil 3mos

Carmen Maria Machado’s “In The Dream House” has haunted me ever since I read it a few years ago; give it a whirl!

citrathinker 3mos

in the dream house by carmen maria machado. cant recommend it enough, i didn’t think i liked memoirs until i read this and jennette’s. as always check content warnings 🖤

jar jar binky 3mos

"in the dream house" is fantastic!

Recommended by K79 stella umbra and H.Rudd
Book May 1, 1997
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
  • by Jon Krakauer
When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still p
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K79 3mos

Into thin air is about a guy and his climb on Mount Everest

stella umbra 3mos

into thin air by jon krakauer is a great survival story that happened on mount everest, really good alive: the story of the andes survivors is fascinating, theres a movie too the unthinkable- who survives when disaster strikes and why is also super good

H.Rudd 3mos

Into Thin Air is a well known, well loved survival story that has stayed with me. It's about the 1996 Everest disaster, written by a survivor

Recommended by maddie teaandcooties and Adam Lott
Book Apr 28, 2009
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
  • by Daniel James Brown
In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois with her new husband, her parents, and eight siblings. Seven months later, after joining a party of emigrants led by George Donner, they reached the Sierra Nevada Mountains as the first heavy sn
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maddie 3mos

Have u read this! Highly recommend

teaandcooties 3mos

I’ve seen at least one person already suggest it but I can’t recommend it enough: “The Indifferent Stars Above”

Adam Lott 3mos

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party Is an extremely well researched book. It does such a good job establishing the historical setting and the extreme conditions the party endured.

Recommended by Wylder and alx is queer //
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
  • by Alfred Lansing and Ernest Shackleton
The harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole, one of the greatest adventure stories of the modern age. In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance became locked in an island of ice. Thus began the legendary ordeal of Shac
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Wylder 3mos

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage is really intense and awesome

alx is queer // 3mos

+1 for Endurance!

Recommended by verdigrised and Hákon the Throat-Torn
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Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
  • by Trevor Noah
The memoir of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed. Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a bla
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verdigrised 3mos

I don’t read much non fiction but I love memoirs so here’s my recs:

Hákon the Throat-Torn 3mos

Honestly @Trevornoah's Born a Crime is such a good read.

Recommended by Catherine and Peyvir
Book Sep 25, 2015
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In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
  • by Yeonmi Park and Maryanne Vollers
Human rights activist Park, who fled North Korea with her mother in 2007 at age 13 and eventually made it to South Korea two years later after a harrowing ordeal, recognized that in order to be "completely free," she had to confront the truth of her past. It is an ugly, shameful story of being sold
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Peyvir 3mos

I recommend 'In Order to Live' by Yeonmi Park. It's an autobiography about her escape from North Korea

Recommended by alex and lisa sinkway
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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
  • by Amanda Montell
The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power. What makes “cults” so intriguing and frightening? What makes them powerful? The
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alex 3mos

cultish is very good!

lisa sinkway 3mos

Cultish by Amanda Montell was really entertaining and gave me a lot to chew on. She also hosts a podcast with Isa Medina called Sounds Like A Cult that’s a good follow up.

Recommended by Trooth and Rachel Morrigan
Book Mar 7, 2017
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The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
  • by Michael Finkel
Many people dream of escaping modern life, but most will never act on it. This is the remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality--not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his own. In 1986, a shy and
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Trooth 3mos

Last year I read The Stranger in the Woods. It's about a guy who lived as a hermit in the woods in Maine for over 20 years. It was interesting reading about his general outlook on life, feeling out of place in society, and how oddly relatable it was at times.

Rachel Morrigan 3mos

the stranger in the woods, the extraordinary story of the last true hermit! In 1986 Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, and disappeared into the forest. He would not have a conversation with another human being until nearly three decades later upon his arrest

Recommended by L. Bruinsma and Briar Belltower
Book Oct 31, 2017
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The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
  • by Lindsey Fitzharris
In The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of nineteenth-century surgery on the eve of profound transformation. She conjures up early operating theaters--no place for the squeamish--and surgeons, working before anesthesia, who were lauded for their speed and b
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L. Bruinsma 3mos

I enjoyed A Butchering Art a lot, which is focused on Joseph Lister and Victorian Medicine, as well as The Faithful Executioner which talks about a sixteenth century executioner with his journals that they found

Briar Belltower 3mos

the butchering art by dr lindsay fitzharris is amazing! its a wacky woohoo history of the surgical revolution!

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