Like, I'm sure, many of you, my to-read list is long and expanding. But that's my fiction to-read list. I don't actually have a nonfiction one... But every time someone mentions a topic I'm not super familiar with, the first thing I do is go to my library's website and try to find books on it.
So please, help me build up a nonfiction to-read list. Please reply to this with your favorite nonfiction books, regardless of topic. Please tell me what it's about, what you learned (they're not always the same), and why you enjoyed reading it.
My personal favorite nonfiction is probably Freakonomics. It just teaches so much, and it teaches how to figure things out. Also The Duck That Won The Lottery, which is a book entirely about bad arguments that once you read you will never be able to stop seeing, especially on the internet. The third is The Haitian Vodou Handbook by Kenaz Filan, because I love learning about other cultures and religions, especially when religion is all tied up with culture. This one in particular is fascinating, because it's so similar and related to things I was already familiar with, and still so distinct.
So please, help me build up a nonfiction to-read list. Please reply to this with your favorite nonfiction books, regardless of topic. Please tell me what it's about, what you learned (they're not always the same), and why you enjoyed reading it.
My personal favorite nonfiction is probably Freakonomics. It just teaches so much, and it teaches how to figure things out. Also The Duck That Won The Lottery, which is a book entirely about bad arguments that once you read you will never be able to stop seeing, especially on the internet. The third is The Haitian Vodou Handbook by Kenaz Filan, because I love learning about other cultures and religions, especially when religion is all tied up with culture. This one in particular is fascinating, because it's so similar and related to things I was already familiar with, and still so distinct.