Recs if you like Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II...

Niche nonfiction, aka micro-histories!

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Nonfiction about the history, development, and impact of books, literature, storytelling, knowledge, reading, archives, information, and related subjects. Always open to suggestions!

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

Microhistories and niche non-fiction to make you go… huh?

Suggestions welcome

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

Nonfiction featuring stories, mysteries and histories of librarians, archivists, booksellers, and antiquarian booksellers.

Proudly Canadian nonfiction to combat Americentrism. Authors must be Canadian but books' subjects don't have to be exclusively about Canada or Canadians. Suggestions welcome!

for Caitlin 💜 to be further refined self-help, manifestos, memiors, and general learning forget podcasts and random background shows, it's time for audiobooks! (I haven't read most of these so, sorry if they're bad!!)

Non-fiction books of all different types that I'm hoping to read to get inspired and learn new things.