Non-fiction is sometimes assumed to be dull and boring. We’re here to tell you that it isn’t true! The characters, story lines, and information in non-fiction books can be just as compelling as a work of fiction. We hope that some of these will draw you in!
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson
In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences by Truman Capote
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Pilgrim’s Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier by Tom Kizzia
The Circus Fire by Stewart O’Nan
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
