Category: nonfiction
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Carson McCullers: A Life by Mary Dearborn
Carson McCullers wrote what she knew. That’s one of the saddest things I can imagine
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Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen
It’s a new take on The Day After, and I couldn’t put it down
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Happening by Annie Ernaux
It’s less than 100 pages long and shook me to the core. Absolutely essential and unforgettable.
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Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy
The prototype for the modern tech history. The influence and reach of this book can’t be overstated.
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Essential reading. Even if you have no interest in American history or the Civil War.
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Conscientious Objections by Neil Postman
This is a gateway drug for Neil Postman’s work. If you don’t know him, this is a good starting point.
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Chronicles Volume 1 by Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan’s book, read by someone who isn’t really a Dylan guy.
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Music is History by Questlove
Questlove’s history lessons fall pretty flat.
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Apeirogon by Colum McCann
This book tells the mostly true story of two dads who have each lost a child in the violence in Israel and Palestine.