Recs if you like A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck...

All of his picks since 2008, both summer reading lists and yearly round-ups.

I got my swim trunks & my flippy floppies 🩳🩴

I was listening to the lonely island and the next thing you know, this list happened.

this list contains a variety of books that take place on a variety of boats, ships and vessels

as always, taking any and all suggestions

Books We Love from NPR began in 2013, always boasting over 200 books (almost 400 in recent years) featuring genres from memoirs, to cookbooks, to graphic novels, to children’s literature, to nonfiction, to novels. Check out NPR’s website to filter this massive list.

The list is in reverse alphabetical order directly from NPR.

tales of history's infamous ships and those who sailed them

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

Nominees and winners of every category of the Good Reads Choice Awards for the year of 2025. Some books overlap so they were only entered once.

Books that were/are Barnes & Noble Monthly Picks, Books of the year, Hot Coffee Hot Books, or Book Club picks.

according to read your color on substack | updated periodically

Nonfiction books from The New York Times' "100 Notable Books of 2025" list

Note: I will be deleting my PB account within the next two weeks, and I believe this list will be erased. Feel free to screenshot it if you see anything that interests you! ☺️ 3/17/2026

Nonfiction books about shipwrecks and survival.

For when you need to get off your phone and be immersed in the beauty of the world!

you know when you’ve got a few miles ahead of you but you’re taking it easy (or easy-ish) so your pump up playlist is not the vibe? yeah, that’s when you should try out these audiobooks 😌

genres that I love to run to:

• nonfiction that’s not too deep and keeps it interesting
• lots of action
• horror (ya know… something to run from)
• incredible narrators

genres I avoid while running (but love otherwise):

• very spicy romance
• anything deeply heartbreaking

happy running (or anything)!

Nonfiction (mostly 😺) that read like fiction

100 short books for when you need to break a reading slump or reach a reading goal.

come with me on a journey to read all the nonfic books piling up in our tbrs! september is going to be the month i go on a side quest to work through them all. books on the list are just personal areas of interest 👀 share your recs of your favorite non fic!

Books for an adult book club at your local library!

Some good looking books to discuss with a book club