Well written and interesting non- fiction books

[BeverleyCleverley]

I've got a decent pile of fiction books to work through but I like to have some non fiction books on the go too and I'd love some recommendations! Particularly stuff about current affairs/politics etc but I also love geography/history/science books and open to wider suggestions

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'We want real food' by Graham Harvey about modern food and agriculture.

I haven't read the full thread but some suggestions from me are The Ratline and East West Street by Philippe Sands. He writes really well and the books are both compelling, though obviously upsetting at times (about the Holocaust).

And on a different note I really enjoyed Margaret Foster's non fiction books: Hidden Lives (interesting social history about the role of women in the early part of 20th century) and My Life in Houses.

Love that this thread is still going! My wish list of books keeps growing .

I am currently enjoying " a Short History of the World according to Sheep" by Sally Coulthard. It's fascinating and quite surprising too... I shall say no more

The Heat of the Moment - Sabrina Cohen-Hatton autobiography from homeless to senior fire officer
Invisible Women is I think best dipped into rather than ploughed through.

Supper with the Crippens by David James Smith

The mention of Margaret Forster (who I always mean to read more of) and My Life in Houses reminds me of Julie Myerson's Home: The Story of Everyone Who Ever Lived In Our House, which is a biography of her family home going back in time from the present day to when it was just a plot of land in Clapham, and trying to find all the people who lived in it. I was already interested in genealogy when I first read it, but it inspired to me to go census-hunting for addresses where I had lived rather than just for people.

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Want to add - Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert classic for overwhelmed mothers and simultaneously carers of aging parents who just want respite.

I would at best describe it as autofiction. Over the course of her adult gap year spent in equal parts in Italy- eat, India - pray, Indonesia - love, she recounts not one unpleasant incident. Unlikely, but great escapist reading, and maybe writing.

Baltic by Oliver Moody and Goodbye to Russia by Sarah Rainsford.

And for something a little lighter, but very interesting, A City on Mars by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith (the subtitle is "can we settle Mars, should we settle Mars and have we really thought this through")

The radium girls by Kate Moore.

Harrowing, emotional but gripping and interesting.
It delves into the lives of the women and young girls who used to work at the radium factories in America and the lies told to them by corrupt healthcare professionals and people in authority and how they fought for justice.