Really interesting non fiction book?

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Examples of things I have enjoyed are Guy Deutscher and Richard Dawkins. In hospital and bored!

Merlin Sheldrake's book on fungi. Sounds weird but it's completely engrossing. Get well soon!

I enjoyed The Radium Girls

Unnatural Causes, by Richard Shepherd.

I was so surprised how interesting it was given the subject matter.

I thoroughly enjoyed James Blunt's recent autobiography.

I love reading accounts of people's travels.
Dervla Murphy, Paul Theroux, Levison Wood and Michael Palin are a few that spring to mind.

Dervla Murphy's The Ukimwi Road in particular has stayed with me.

Brilliant, thank you will look these up to add to Amazon order

Orlando Figes - The Story of Russia.

Honestly all his work is very good (I read the Peoples Tragedy for my A Level History exam and have been a huge fan since). His writing can be hard work (ee's an expert after all), but if you're interesting in current events (Russia/Ukraine), politics, or history, then his work hits the mark.

He's also been sanctioned by the Russian Government - so what's not to like?

If you're interested in autobiographies, "Educated" by Tara Westover is a cracking read.

Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
Outliers by Malcom Gladwell

The one about finding the coelacanth! Fascinating

Oh yes, Outliers is fascinating.

The Victorian City, Judith Flanders.

The Dictionary People by Sarah Ogilvie about the people who contributed to the first Oxford English Dictionary

Any of Gary Taube's books, or the one by Nina Teichholz.
Get well soon!

American Kingpin, about the Silk Road website.

Michelle Obama’s book.

Second Orlando Figes and The Radium Girls.

The last two non fiction books I read were The Lion House: The Rise of Suleiman the Magnificent by Christopher de Bellaigue, and Empress of The East by Leslie Pierce, about Hurrem Sultan.

https://www.waterstones.com/book/empress-of-the-east/leslie-peirce/9781785785603

I'm currently reading Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Larson. It is very well researched (author is an academic) and provides insight into the prevailing societal attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities at the time. It's a very absorbing read.

Three that I’ve recommended to anyone and everyone:
Unfollow, Meghan Phelps Roper
Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman
A Bit of a Stretch, Chris Atkins (audiobook is great)

What's not to like?

Did you miss the whole Amazon reviews debacle? He's a liar and a cheat, tried to sabotage the opposition and to then throw his wife under the bus for it all.

I loved his work but I threw his books away.

The Five: The Untold Sories Of The Women Killed By Jack The Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

Also Educated and Unfollow as per pp.

I hope you feep better soon!

Oh yes, Outliers is fascinating.

Absolutely. Also Blink. Gladwell is always good.

Steven Hawking- The universe in a nutshell

Graham Hancock- Underworld

The Hare With the Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal. It's about his great uncle's collection of netsuke (little japanese carved beads) which he inherited, but it's a family history, and really gently moving.

However if I was in hospital I'd be ripping into Britney's autobiography.

I am well aware. But, his works are accurate and used by several of my colleagues who specialise on Russia. Just because he's not a nice person doesn't mean he's not a good author and tbh, being sanctioned by Russia is enough for me to get over the rest of his mistakes.

Invisible Women written by Caroline Criado Perez.