Recs if you like A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them...
books your pretentious friend has heard of
microhistories: βhow do you even know that??β
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"
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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Nonfiction books across varying interests. Excludes memoirs and self help books
Page & Perspective
Non-fiction centered around American History
Books that make me a better writer
nonfiction books i actually enjoyed
everything from science to memoirs to history
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