Recs if you like Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind...
Death Positivity
Death will unfailingly find every person to have ever lived, yet is treated as a taboo topic in some cultures, causing extreme, pervasive anxiety. This nonfiction list aims to broaden understanding of this inevitability, both to hopefully negate some of the anxiety as well as satisfy some of our more morbid curiosities. It also aims to show that death is another, still useful, stage in the life cycle, aiding those that remain by helping to advance medicine, solve crimes, or understand art.
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Morbid Curiosity
Nonfiction books to explore your morbid curiosity. Topics include death, pathogens, the paranormal, and more.
Check out my list horror nonfiction for books about horror media.
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none house, with left grief
Nonfiction that makes me think of The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir.
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Death Culture and Dying
Books that tackle death and dying.
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On Death and Dying ⚰️
This list will focus on death, dying, and grief in all aspects, as well as the value of human life. Concepts of death education, grief and coping. In addition, cultural and religious perspectives and traditions, plus accounts from moritians and death doulas.
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Weirdly Specific Nonfiction
Nonfiction on a single, weirdly specific topic
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the many faces of forensics
nonfiction works on the history and modern day applications of forensic science
examples: forensic anthropology forensic biology forensic ecology forensic entomology forensic medicine forensic pathology forensic psychology
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Archaeology
Books that (and I mean literally) dig up the past
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there are two certainties in life
and this list is not books about taxes.
non-fic about the end and after. taking any suggestions, as always!
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Morbid & Macabre
Inspired by the Morbidly Curious Book Club, these are nonfiction books that tackle topics often treated as taboo or seen as too grim and grisly to discuss.
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Spooky Scary Skeletons
Books with skeletons on the cover.
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Stories in STEM!
This list focuses on nonfiction books that describe different topics in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). This list tends to prioritize books that focus more on the whys/hows something works, but occasionally dive into the history of subjects too!
Happy reading! As always open to suggestions!! 🤠🌱
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Science is cool
Science books that make learning interesting and accessible
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did you know...
no? well, now you do Books about [niche subject] or [not so niche subject] that spam from the mysterious and the macabre to the weird and unsettling to just interesting and fun
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Women in STEM (for real)
These are books I have personally read and will add to this list as I make my way through my TBR. I'm a scientist myself so subject matter definitely has some bias.
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Science Nonfiction for Noobs
one of my best friends is a biologist. I am but a curious soul. and we buddy read nature nonfic. 10/10 would rec
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