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Nonfiction Books That Read Like Fiction (Reddit 2025) - Page 2

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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Red Land, Black Land (Barbara Mertz)
Red Land, Black Land (Barbara Mertz)
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Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs (Barbara Mertz)
Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs (Barbara Mertz)
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The Guns of August (Barbara W. Tuchman)
The Guns of August (Barbara W. Tuchman)
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The Proud Tower (Barbara W. Tuchman)
The Proud Tower (Barbara W. Tuchman)
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The Woman Who Fooled the World (Beau Donnelly and Nick Toscano)
The Woman Who Fooled the World (Beau Donnelly and Nick Toscano)
46
A Spy Among Friends (Ben Macintyre)
A Spy Among Friends (Ben Macintyre)
47
Agent Sonya (Ben Macintyre)
Agent Sonya (Ben Macintyre)
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Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle (Ben Macintyre)
Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle (Ben Macintyre)
49
The Spy and the Traitor (Ben Macintyre)
The Spy and the Traitor (Ben Macintyre)
50
When We Cease to Understand the World (Benjamin Labatut)
When We Cease to Understand the World (Benjamin Labatut)
51
Freezing Order (Bill Browder)
Freezing Order (Bill Browder)
52
Red Notice (Bill Browder)
Red Notice (Bill Browder)
53
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
54
A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)
A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)
55
At Home (Bill Bryson)
At Home (Bill Bryson)
56
In a Sunburned Country (Bill Bryson)
In a Sunburned Country (Bill Bryson)
57
Neither Here nor There (Bill Bryson)
Neither Here nor There (Bill Bryson)
58
Notes From a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
Notes From a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
59
One Summer: America, 1927 (Bill Bryson)
One Summer: America, 1927 (Bill Bryson)
60
Among the Thugs (Bill Buford)
Among the Thugs (Bill Buford)
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Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune (Bill Dedman & Paul Clark Newell Jr.)
Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune (Bill Dedman & Paul Clark Newell Jr.)
62
Lady Sings the Blues (Billie Holiday)
Lady Sings the Blues (Billie Holiday)
63
Goat Song (Brad Kessler)
Goat Song (Brad Kessler)
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Now the Hell Will Start: One Soldier's Flight From the Greatest Manhunt of World War II (Brendan I. Koerner)
Now the Hell Will Start: One Soldier's Flight From the Greatest Manhunt of World War II (Brendan I. Koerner)
65
The Skies Belong to Us (Brendan I. Koerner)
The Skies Belong to Us (Brendan I. Koerner)
66
George Washington's Secret Six (Brian Kilmeade)
George Washington's Secret Six (Brian Kilmeade)
67
Fluke (Brian Klaas)
Fluke (Brian Klaas)
68
Barbarians at the Gate (Bryan Burrough and John Helyer)
Barbarians at the Gate (Bryan Burrough and John Helyer)
69
Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
70
Conquistador (Buddy Levy)
Conquistador (Buddy Levy)
71
River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon (Buddy Levy)
River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon (Buddy Levy)
72
The Black Jacobins (C.L.R. James)
The Black Jacobins (C.L.R. James)
73
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Caitlin Doughty)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Caitlin Doughty)
74
Destiny of the Republic (Candace Millard)
Destiny of the Republic (Candace Millard)
75
Hero of the Empire (Candice Millard)
Hero of the Empire (Candice Millard)
76
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (Candice Millard)
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (Candice Millard)
77
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein)
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein)
78
The Cheese & the Worms (Carlo Ginzburg)
The Cheese & the Worms (Carlo Ginzburg)
79
In the Dream House (Carmen Maria Machado)
In the Dream House (Carmen Maria Machado)
80
Eve (Cat Bohannon)
Eve (Cat Bohannon)
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