Recs if you like Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, from Hagfish to Humans...

Niche nonfiction, aka micro-histories!

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Nonfiction about strange, outlandish, and/or macabre subjects (books that make you more or less go “wtf?!”)

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

Micro histories through fossils and bones - of animals, people, dinosaurs, and more.

Microhistory and PopSci books to find your newest hyperfixation.

Niche non-fiction to open your mind to a world in specifics

non-fiction books to read if you want to learn about an oddly specific topic

Books that look at the history of specific items, concepts, industries, etc.

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