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Teach me something new and oddly specific 💬

by endless_tbr_list
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146 books

Niche nonfiction, aka micro-histories!

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The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural WorldA History of the World in 6 GlassesWorn: A People's History of ClothingWaste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural WorldA History of the World in 6 Glasses

The Dark, Niche, and Weird Side of History

by Krispyy
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70 books

For when you want something more ominous, macabre, or mysterious in taste that also centers on a deeply specific subject. Ranging from the occult to the supernatural to just plain weird and interesting. Expand your knowledge by reading these narrow glimpses into the past.

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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining WomenDark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919Blitzed: Drugs in the Third ReichThe In-Betweens: The Spiritualists, Mediums, and Legends of Camp Etna
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining WomenDark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919

WTF?! (What The nonFiction)

by meganisnotokay
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40 books

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

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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human CadaversQuackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure EverythingOut Cold: A Chilling Descent into the Macabre, Controversial, Lifesaving History of HypothermiaPatient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human CadaversQuackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
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