Recommend me some non fiction if these are some of my favourites?

[EineReiseDurchDieZeit]

I am particularly looking for something that works as audio

So I liked

Bad Blood by John Carreyou
Say Nothing and London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe
The Only Plane In The Sky by Garrett Graff
A Woman Of No Importance by Sonia Purnell
Mrs. Jordan’s Profession by Clare Tomalin
Letters Between Six Sisters ed. Charlotte Mosley

among others!

@TerpsichoreI have Deep Sea and Foreign Going and one other by George I can’t remember. I didn’t get far but suspect it was my mood

I've put books aside so often because I wasn't feeling it - and she’s a very personal writer. Maybe it would click with you another time?

No, underwater exploration is a whole new world to me. Looks good. Thank you

I read the story of the Donner Party on Wikipedia during lockdown. I always wondered why a film was never made.

I'll be listening to this! Thanks.

She published a new one, Every Last Fish, late last year, but seems to be a bit despondent about it not getting much notice, going by her substack posts: https://substack.com/home/post/p-182960642

This thread has thrown me for a loop - so many suggestions I don’t know where to start

Ah, thanks @exexpat - I'd missed that. Will get hold of it asap!

I’ve just looked back at my Kindle to see which ones stand out - not sure about audio though as I don’t listen to audio books.

Black Diamonds by Catherine Bailey (about the family who owned the Wentworth Woodhouse estate).
Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee by John Bew
The Dinosaur Hunters by Deborah Cadbury (19th century fossil huntets)
The People: The Rise and Fall of the Working Class by Selina Todd
The Burgundians by Bart van Loo (or listen to him on The Rest is History podcast - there’s 2 episodes where he is interviewed)
Merchant Adventurers: The Voyage of Discovery by James Evans (16th century Arctic exploration)

Will be checking out some of the thread recommendations.

Oh my goodness! This thread is why I'm on MN! I'm a huge non fiction fan. I need to go to bed now but marking my place so I can have a proper look in the morning

Some more for you eine, some probably mentioned up thread already.

1. Bringing Columbia Home - Mike Leibenhart
2. The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse: The curious destinies of Queen Victoria's granddaughters - Frances Welch
3. Tunnel 86
4. Killing Thatcher - Rory Carroll
5. Who Dares Wins - Dominic Sandbrook
6. Into the Silence- Wade Davies.

In the Heat of the Moment is a fantastic one. Firefighter with a neuroscience degree describes experiences from her work, and uses each one to explain a different aspect of why people act in certain ways under pressure or during stressful events. Her knowledge has been used to create training exercises and protocols which are used all around the world, it's fascinating.

I have a google doc where I keep a list of books I want to read and then I put them all into ereaderIQ to track discounts. It means I read things in a bit of a random order but it stops me from buying 1000 books that I'll never get through, and it stops me from forgetting about things too.

Good plan @BertieBotts I have an Amazon wish list and I need to systematically go through and add everything

@BertieBotts that sounds ace I have added to my Amazon list

Sea Room
The Sea is not made of Water

both by Adam Nicholson.

Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan. I read the physical book but audio options are available.

I loved this book

I've only just found this thread and I love it! So many great recommendations. Most of my recent favourites have already been mentioned, my suggestions would be Place of Tides by James Rebank (see username!) and for people interested in American politics Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance. Yes it's 10 years old and I read it when it first came out as I suspect a lot of non fiction fans did but it's definitely worth rereading now he's vice president

@Placeoftides I very much liked Hillbilly Elegy, he’s done so well all things considered, I try and recommend it but most people won’t touch it, because JD Vance! He has sold his soul to be where he is now in fairness!

I've just been sat reading Into Thin Air by John Krakauer which has been mentioned, I'm not sure if Into The Wild, also by him has been suggested

Yes I’ve read it and i’ve also read Into Thin Air and Under The Banner Of Heaven

@EineReiseDurchDieZeit EineReiseDurchDieZeit he absolutely has sold his soul, I completely agree. I found I felt very different about the book reading it when he was vice president, compared to how I felt reading it when it first came out (I'm interested in obscure American politics and sociology)

I've just googled Under The Banner of Heaven. Thanks SO much! I somehow have never come across this before, I love MN sometimes

@Placeoftides There’s also a TV series of the same name with Andrew Garfield. It’s currently on Disney+ but might also be on ITV Player because they showed it as well.

@Placeoftides If you’re a keen reader consider joining us on 50 Book Challenge. Friendly bunch. All books all the time, getting to 50 not mandatory!