Recs if you like The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir...

Nonfiction that's actually fun to read

These are some of my favorites and books I want to read--nonfiction that reads like fiction or is otherwise compelling. If you're intimidated by books on history, science, memoir, or other subgenres in nonfiction, start here.

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

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)

Queer Books Across America

by svmreads

184 books

Inspired by Autostraddle's Queer Books Across America list

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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

The One You Want to Marry [And Other Identities I've Had]

what to read between your podcasts.

by theangrycatmom

82 books

true crime and true crime adjacent.

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Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery

Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

Hunt for the Skinwalker: Science Confronts the Unexplained at a Remote Ranch in Utah

The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity

feminist or critical true crime narratives

Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

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