Recs if you like The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket...

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"

Was anyone else obsessed with Supermarket Sweep as a child? Just me? Anyway, born from that, here's a list of books that delve into supermarkets, grocery stores, and the produce and products on their shelves.

fiction and nonfiction titled "the secret life/lives of ____"

Authors and publishers just can't resist calling something "The secret life of..."

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