Really interesting non fiction book?

[SheepAndSword]

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

Unlawful Killings - its written by an retired Old Bailey Judge called Wendy Joseph about various cases she saw in court. It's so well written I couldn't put it down. Every case she describes has a twist.

Came on to recommend this. Absolutely riveting,I loved the audiobook.

Reading the Glass by an old sailor. I work part time in a bookshop and have read it myself. Not often I do that. Beautiful mix of weather forecasting oceanography and life on the open seas it's a lovely book

John Adams, by David McCullough, fascinating

We just gave my FIL Steeple Chasing, for his 90th birthday, @ASighMadeOfStone. I don’t think we will give him A Tomb with a View - it might be a bit tactless! 😂😂😂

@EineReiseDurchDieZeit
😅 Perhaps so.

@MissScarletInTheBallroom @FormerlySpeckledyHen that has been one of my standout reads this year too. Very interesting and well-written.

'The Body' by Bill Bryson. Full of fascinating things.

Second this, it’s amazing.

If you’re into biographies then anything by Claire Tomalin is awesome. I popped into Oxfam today and they had a copy of Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self which I haven’t read in an age so snapped it up. She is so suited to this type of writing. Also Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane by Andrew Graham-Dixon is awesome too. If anyone ever tells me history is boring I point them in the direction of books like these - they bloody got up to all sorts!

Hope you get well soon, by the way.

Stolen Focus by Johann Hari

Totally agree

Educated - Tara Westover. One of the best books I’ve ever read

Thank you for all of these suggestions! Plenty caught my eye but I had to bear in mind that I needed fast delivery so went for John Galbraith The Affluent Society in the end.

But there are certainly some I would like to buy for delivery to my home address.

Nice choice, I will probably get it too! Hope you aren't in hospital too long.