Nonfiction Books

I have a couple good ones

• I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy is her memoir where she struggles with her relationship with her mother and with eating disorders. She's so open and vulnerable and your heart will break 5 times reading this
• The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Stephen Brusatte is pretty much what it says on the tin. This book really brought out a childlike fascination about dinosaurs that I forgot I had! Also Brusatte has a sequel to this about mammals that I haven't read yet
• Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe is about the Sackler family and how they contributed to the opioid crisis in the United States. Kinda depressing, but also illuminates the many problems with capitalism and healthcare in that country
• Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti is about a lot of stuff: fascism, capitalism, communism, democracy, etc. Even if you don't share my political inclinations, this is still a good read, and pretty short too

Sorry, my descriptions are bad, but I think all of these are worth reading

“Thinking fast and slow”: an introduction to the psychology of “intuition” versus “thinking through”. Really informative and engaging.

“Whistling Vivaldi”: a book on college education, its social aspect and the role of race in all this. Extremely enlightening on the state of education in US, but with a lot of material applicable anywhere.

I really like Homage To Catalonia, it might actually be my favourite Orwell book.

Also most Bill Bryson books. I read One Summer, America, 1927 recently and really enjoyed it, but A Short History Of Nearly Everything and At Home were also highlights.