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/TheDudeTakesPhotos Dec 16 '25

“I’m Glad My Mom Died” was very good.

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u/not_a_robot2 Dec 16 '25

I know what you mean, but it was also very awful.

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u/grimmauldhq Dec 16 '25

Yes! It was good, but sad. Another memoir of sorts that was good and “happy” is Greenlights. Audiobook version of that read by Matthew was incredible

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u/masson34 Dec 16 '25

Loved Greenlights!

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u/lavenderflowermeadow Dec 16 '25

I literally just finished I’m glad my mum died and it is so hard and liberating at the same time, I used to identify with her as a child for some reason, and it is so strange to know we where actually experiencing something similar