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Teach me something new and oddly specific 💬

by endless_tbr_list
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150 books

Niche nonfiction, aka micro-histories!

This list was a winner of the Q2 2026 Community Voting event - if you'd like to participate in the Quest, a link is pinned in the comments.

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The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural WorldA History of the World in 6 GlassesWorn: A People's History of ClothingWaste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural WorldA History of the World in 6 Glasses

linguistics, language, and the wild world of words

by endless_tbr_list
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31 books
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Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious MindsFriends with Words: Adventures in LanguagelandThe Language-Lover's Lexipedia: An A-Z of Linguistic CuriositiesEnough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Eezier to Spell
Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious MindsFriends with Words: Adventures in Languageland

Niche Nonfiction to Get Your Dad

by clb2326
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130 books

Niche nonfiction books that dads are still likely to enjoy that either 1) are not military history at all or 2) a niche area of a war that is not military history

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The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and CommunicatingRising Tide: the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed AmericaThe Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating

meta-novels

by library.girl625
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36 books

books on books, writing, words, etc. fiction and non-fiction included

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On Writing: A Memoir of the CraftJust My Type: A Book About FontsBird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and LifeWriting on Empty: A Guide to Finding Your Voice
On Writing: A Memoir of the CraftJust My Type: A Book About Fonts

6 Books to Wake Up Your Brain

by jdarnold
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6 books

From The Atlantic

WHAT TO READ TO WAKE UP YOUR BRAIN These books can ease readers into a season of work and hard thinking.

By Sophia Stewart

AUGUST 30, 2026, 9 AM ET

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The Age of InnocencePracticeAny Person Is the Only Self: EssaysAvidly Reads Guilty Pleasures
The Age of InnocencePractice

nonfiction that's fun!

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Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural HistoryCultish: The Language of FanaticismParis: The MemoirShy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers
Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural HistoryCultish: The Language of Fanaticism
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