Non fiction recommendations i've gathered by doomscrolling on instagram
created by Seaearthling
last updated October, 2026
Being You: A New Science of Consciousness
Professor Anil Seth
The Weird and the Eerie
Mark Fisher
Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves
Jaap de Roode
The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life
Suleika Jaouad
When It All Burns: Fighting Fire in a Transformed World
Jordan Thomas
Fatherhood: A History of Love and Power
Augustine Sedgewick
The Ocean's Menagerie: How Earth's Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life
Drew Harvell
Turning to Birds: The Power and Beauty of Noticing
Lili Taylor
The Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal
Yossi Yovel
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green
Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age
Jeff Goins
The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear
Ralph Keyes
Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders
Joshua Foer
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
Jordan Ellenberg
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World (1) (Politics of Place)
Tim Marshall
Frames Of Mind: The Theory Of Multiple Intelligences
Howard Gardner
Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error
Kathryn Schulz
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
Oliver Sacks
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Lynne Truss
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Frans de Waal
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
Mary Roach
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
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