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pop culture non-fiction

... or pop culture leaning.

House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films

Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live

I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution

You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation

House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films

Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live

Brain Food (from kale to popcorn)

by SheReadsAtMidnight

You Didn't Hear This From Me: (Mostly) True Notes on Gossip

Why Are People Into That?: A Cultural Investigation of Kink

Culture Creep: Notes on the Pop Apocalypse

That's How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor

You Didn't Hear This From Me: (Mostly) True Notes on Gossip

Why Are People Into That?: A Cultural Investigation of Kink

Here…Educate yourself!

by BookishWolfe

Nonfiction books across varying interests. Excludes memoirs and self help books

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

The Nineties

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Floriography: An Illustrated Guide to the Victorian Language of Flowers

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

The Nineties

B&N Picks

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

The Book Eaters

The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World

Tilt

Growing Home

The Book Eaters

The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World

learn something new!

niche nonfiction deep dives

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II

And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic

It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health (But Were Never Told)

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II

millennial ennui

by miathermopolis

books that are quintessentially about the millennial experience or are millennial coded

The Nineties

One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

Really Good, Actually

A Bit Much

The Nineties

One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

Noteworthy Nonfiction

Books to help me (and hopefully you) read more nonfiction

The Anthropocene Reviewed

The Madman's Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from History

Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

The Anthropocene Reviewed

The Madman's Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from History

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