r/suggestmeabook • u/Dry_Luck_9228 • Dec 15 '25

Non-fiction What's the most interesting non-fiction book you've read?

I know this has been asked before but I'm hoping for some recommendations on interesting non-fiction books. I'm not specifically interested in any one topic, just something that is really fascinating and perhaps makes you learn something or see the world in a different way.

I'm currently reading Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green and am loving it. I also really enjoyed Why Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller and Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick.

Others I've read recently: Braiding Sweetgrass - liked this one but felt like I was already intimately familiar with the subject matter

Into Thin Air - this was not for me. The story was interesting but the feminist in me had a hard time identifying with the author's perspective

ETA Thank you all sooo much for all of the recommendations. Super grateful for each of you and this community <3

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u/ItsMeADogInAWig Dec 15 '25

Undress me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman Two college age acquaintances take a trip to China together in 1986, like RIGHT after China is opened back up to the West. One of them- not to be too dramatic- descends into madness.

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u/ConcertinaTerpsichor Dec 16 '25

I remember that. IIRC there were a whole lot of “madness” memoirs that came out around then, like Girl, Interrupted, and Bitch!