My Favorite Non-Fiction Books of all time
Discover my top non-fiction book recommendations of all time! Explore must-read titles across genres like history, science, and self-improvement for your next great read.
Book
Phantoms in the Brain
by V. S. Ramachandran
Neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran is internationally renowned for uncovering answers to the deep and quirky questions of human nature that few scientists have dared to address. …
Book
On Aggression
by Konrad Lorenz
"The subject of this book is aggression, that is to say the fighting instinct in beast and man which is direced against members of the …
Book
Labyrinths of Reason
by William Poundstone
This sharply intelligent, consistently provocative book takes the reader on an astonishing, thought-provoking voyage into the realm of delightful uncertainty--a world of paradox in which …
Book
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
One of the world’s most beloved writers and New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body takes his ultimate …
Book
The Algebra of Infinite Justice
by Arundhati Roy
A Few Weeks After India Detonated A Thermonuclear Device In 1998, Arundhati Roy Wrote The End Of Imagination . The Essay Attracted Worldwide Attention As …
Book
The Boilerplate Rhino
by David Quammen
In 1981 David Quammen began what might be every freelance writer's dream: a monthly column for Outside magazine in which he was given free rein …
Book
Selected Non-Fictions
by Jorge Luis Borges
This unique volume presents a Borges almost entirely unknown to American readers: his extraordinary non-fiction prose. Borges' unlimited curiosity and almost superhuman erudition become, in …
Book
Kant and the Platypus
by Umberto Eco
A collection of essays discusses such topics as the nature of perception, the semiotic links between cognition and language, and iconism, with imaginative fables featuring …
Book
Fargo Rock City
by Chuck Klosterman
Empirically proving that—no matter where you are—kids wanna rock, this is Chuck Klosterman's hilrious memoir of growing up as a shameless metalhead in Wyndmere, North …
Book
The Red Queen
by Matt Ridley
Referring to Lewis Carroll's Red Queen from Through the Looking-Glass, a character who has to keep running to stay in the same place, Matt Ridley …