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Nonfiction Books That Read Like Fiction (Reddit 2025) - Page 11

In February 2025, on the Reddit sub r/suggestmeabook someone posted a call for "Non fiction books that read like fiction. I love reading nonfiction books, but hate when they feel like I'm reading a textbook. I love mystery, history, health, autobiographies, and anything else you throw at me! Please send me your recs!"
And the sub provided. This is a list of the responses- deduped and curated to only include nonfiction - as classified. The variety of opinions and recommendations is what makes this a great list.
I did not include books: where someone said "anything by" a specific author; an entire series; or an author was not given and I could not reasonably verify.
If I missed anything else, I apologize, I'm human and I make mistakes and things could have been added since I looked at the list.
I see many new books to add to my list! Enjoy!
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Flawless (Scott Andrew Selby)
Flawless (Scott Andrew Selby)
402
The Perfect Storm (Sebastian Junger)
The Perfect Storm (Sebastian Junger)
403
The Panic Virus (Seth Mnookin)
The Panic Virus (Seth Mnookin)
404
A Forger's Tale (Shaun Greenhalgh)
A Forger's Tale (Shaun Greenhalgh)
405
Five Days at Memorial (Sheri Fink)
Five Days at Memorial (Sheri Fink)
406
Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh (Shrayana Bhattacharya)
Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh (Shrayana Bhattacharya)
407
The Emperor of All Maladies (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
408
Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country (Sierra Crane Murdoch)
Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country (Sierra Crane Murdoch)
409
The Professor and the Madman (Simon Winchester)
The Professor and the Madman (Simon Winchester)
410
A Very Easy Death (Simone De Beauvoir)
A Very Easy Death (Simone De Beauvoir)
411
12 Years a Slave (Solomon Northrup)
12 Years a Slave (Solomon Northrup)
412
A Woman of No Importance (Sonia Purnell)
A Woman of No Importance (Sonia Purnell)
413
A Girl and Five Brave Horses (Sonora Carver)
A Girl and Five Brave Horses (Sonora Carver)
414
Cleopatra (Stacy Schiff)
Cleopatra (Stacy Schiff)
415
Lady of the Army: The Life of Mrs. George S. Patton (Stefanie Van Steelandt)
Lady of the Army: The Life of Mrs. George S. Patton (Stefanie Van Steelandt)
416
What My Bones Know (Stephanie Foo)
What My Bones Know (Stephanie Foo)
417
Maid (Stephanie Land)
Maid (Stephanie Land)
418
Band of Brothers (Stephen Ambrose)
Band of Brothers (Stephen Ambrose)
419
Citizen Soldiers (Stephen Ambrose)
Citizen Soldiers (Stephen Ambrose)
420
The Last Viking (Stephen R.Brown)
The Last Viking (Stephen R.Brown)
421
The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century (Steve Coll)
The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century (Steve Coll)
422
The Ghost Map (Steven Johnson)
The Ghost Map (Steven Johnson)
423
Between Two Kingdoms (Suleika Jaouad)
Between Two Kingdoms (Suleika Jaouad)
424
Black Warrant (Sunil Gupta)
Black Warrant (Sunil Gupta)
425
The Library Book (Susan Orlean)
The Library Book (Susan Orlean)
426
Brain on Fire (Susannah Cahalan)
Brain on Fire (Susannah Cahalan)
427
Voices From Chernobyl (Svetlana Alexievich)
Voices From Chernobyl (Svetlana Alexievich)
428
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated (Tara Westover)
429
Refuge (Terry Tempest Williams)
Refuge (Terry Tempest Williams)
430
Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition, 1761-1767 (Thorkild Hansen)
Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition, 1761-1767 (Thorkild Hansen)
431
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Th (Timothy Egan)
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Th (Timothy Egan)
432
The Big Burn (Timothy Egan)
The Big Burn (Timothy Egan)
433
The Worst Hard Time (Timothy Egan)
The Worst Hard Time (Timothy Egan)
434
Bossypants (Tina Fey)
Bossypants (Tina Fey)
435
In Pharoah's Army (Tobias Wolff)
In Pharoah's Army (Tobias Wolff)
436
Chaos (Tom O'Neill)
Chaos (Tom O'Neill)
437
Black Count (Tom Reiss)
Black Count (Tom Reiss)
438
The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine (Tom Standage)
The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine (Tom Standage)
439
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe)
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe)
440
The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
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