Recs if you like Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind...

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.

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.

how we keep them, how they happen, how they taste, how we think about them, and everything else in-between

Books that tackle death and dying.

Nonfiction that makes me think of The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir.

Nonfiction on a single, weirdly specific topic

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.

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

Books that (and I mean literally) dig up the past

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.

Books with skeletons on the cover.

and this list is not books about taxes.

non-fic about the end and after. taking any suggestions, as always!

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!! 🤠🌱

Science books that make learning interesting and accessible

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

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.

one of my best friends is a biologist. I am but a curious soul. and we buddy read nature nonfic. 10/10 would rec

For when music just won't cut it and you need a new weird hyperfixation.