Recs if you like Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV...

Niche nonfiction, aka micro-histories!

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microhistory: the intensive historical investigation of a well defined smaller unit of research (such as an event, community, individual or a settlement); it aspires to "ask large questions in small places"

... or pop culture leaning.

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

Non-Fiction about film and tv productions.

Suggestions welcome

books that give you a peek into how some of the most popular television shows came to be

recommendations welcome!

or what would happen if the bravoverse met a philosophy class

Books mentioned on the EIKA pod that tickled my fancy