Siapi Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Hey! Summer is rapidly approaching and like every year, I'm compiling a list of books I want to read over the summer. I've recently started getting into a lot of non-fiction - mostly on the economics crisis and game theory and laws related to the internet/media. It's got my interest increasing in non-fiction. Do you guys have any non-fiction books that you would suggest I read? They can be about anything really. As long as you thought they were well-written and worth reading. Thanks!~ Sia Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingStar16 Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Uhh I suggest Red Scarf Girl. It's a memoir and it's a fantastic book. 2 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackcurrant Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 I'd like to add to Shooting Star's suggestion (I love memoirs) with * Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt (another memoir - Irish childhood this time)*Amusing Ourselves to Death* Neil Postman (social studies? More like a long interesting essay...on the effects of TV on our minds)*Blue Latitudes* (Travel: In Captain Cook's footsteps - funny and poignant, very vivid)*Nickle and Dimed* by Barbara Ehrenreich (reportage about working class life in the States- it's shockingly brill.) Check the categories and comments on Amazon.... You'll get some really good ideas from there. Doesn't mean you have to become a customer. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbTrojan Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackcurrant Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 (edited) When you walk into brick-and-mortar bookstore (where-ever they still exist on the high-street), it is hard not to notice how much space is given over to non-fiction. And in particular, to the novel. It has become "mono-culture". I guess this is what people want. How much of that is the result of our unvarying diet at school, I wonder? English A Lit. = novel (sometimes drama and even less poetry) ....So it's kinda interesting (and unusual) to see someone asking for ... non-fiction leisure reading. I'm not a big fan of novels as you can probably tell. Give me memoir, travel, history, anthropology, science, any day. And, when it's good, reportage and journalism. I suspect much of this predilection had something to do with what was in my parent's study-library. I guess you already have your reading list sorted out, but I can't help adding these two: ._The Future Eaters_ by Tim Flannery. Really well-written. If you like to read about Australia's megafauna, ecology and unsustainable future. _COSMOS_Carl Sagan. How could I have forgotten this ? A lovely mix of history, astronomy, biology written in a lyrical style that is distinctly Saganesque. Enjoy your summer reading Edited March 30, 2015 by Blackcurrant Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwork Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 (edited) Otto Dov Kulka's Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death, it's an extremely well written and emotional memoir. Edited April 8, 2015 by Clockwork Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox smith Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 I highly recommend David Foster Wallace's Consider the Lobster, a collection of essays on a variety of topics that is incredibly well written, fun, harsh, critical, everything. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida42 Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 I just recently started enjoying non-fiction as well. Before now, I've always stuck to novels and other fiction. I never realized how wonderful non-fiction can be! If you're in to biology, especially evolution, I definitely recommend Richard Dawkins. He's my favorite non-fiction author. His writing style may not appeal to everyone, but I absolutely love all of his books that I've read - which so far have been The God Delusion, The Blind Watchmaker, and The Selfish Gene. I also recommend Behind the Beautiful Forevers. I don't remember the author, but it takes place in a slum in India. I thought it was incredible. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrodinger's CAS Posted May 8, 2015 Report Share Posted May 8, 2015 May I recommend Night by Elie Wiesel. It is a memoir of his experiences during the holocaust. It is a truly touching story, and a pleasure to read. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zulu Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 (edited) I would recommend "The Glass castle" by Jeannette Walls. It is a story about a journalism who writes about her childhood and her dysfunctional family. I think they are making movie about it too. Edited May 9, 2015 by Zulu Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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