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Nonfiction Books That Read Like Fiction (Reddit 2025) - Page 3

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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Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery (Catherine Gildiner)
Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery (Catherine Gildiner)
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Know My Name (Chanel Miller)
Know My Name (Chanel Miller)
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Gods of the Upper Air (Charles King)
Gods of the Upper Air (Charles King)
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Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
85
Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of Cowboy West (Christopher Knowlton)
Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of Cowboy West (Christopher Knowlton)
86
How the Word Is Passed (Clint Smith)
How the Word Is Passed (Clint Smith)
87
Red Platoon (Clinton Romesha)
Red Platoon (Clinton Romesha)
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The Tsar's Last Armada: The Epic Journey to the Battle of Tsushima (Constantine Pleshakov)
The Tsar's Last Armada: The Epic Journey to the Battle of Tsushima (Constantine Pleshakov)
89
Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black (Cookie Mueller)
Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black (Cookie Mueller)
90
Wastelands (Corban Addison)
Wastelands (Corban Addison)
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The Hiding Place (Corrie Ten Boom)
The Hiding Place (Corrie Ten Boom)
92
The Color of Everything (Cory Richards)
The Color of Everything (Cory Richards)
93
Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle to Save the Florida Panther (Craig Pittman)
Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle to Save the Florida Panther (Craig Pittman)
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Dr. Mütter's Marvels (Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz)
Dr. Mütter's Marvels (Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz)
95
The Year We Disappeared (Cylin Busby)
The Year We Disappeared (Cylin Busby)
96
When You Find My Body (D. Dauphinee)
When You Find My Body (D. Dauphinee)
97
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (Damien Lewis)
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (Damien Lewis)
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Henry V (Dan Jones)
Henry V (Dan Jones)
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The Plantagenets (Dan Jones)
The Plantagenets (Dan Jones)
100
The Other Side of the Night: The Carpathia, the Californian, and the Night the Titanic Was Lost (Daniel Allen Butler)
The Other Side of the Night: The Carpathia, the Californian, and the Night the Titanic Was Lost (Daniel Allen Butler)
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The Brain in Love (Daniel G Amen)
The Brain in Love (Daniel G Amen)
102
The Boys in the Boat (Daniel James Brown)
The Boys in the Boat (Daniel James Brown)
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The Indifferent Stars Above (Daniel James Brown)
The Indifferent Stars Above (Daniel James Brown)
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Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 (Daniel James Brown)
Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 (Daniel James Brown)
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Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
106
The Lost (Daniel Mendelsohn)
The Lost (Daniel Mendelsohn)
107
Uncultured: A Memoir (Daniella Mestyanek Young)
Uncultured: A Memoir (Daniella Mestyanek Young)
108
Murder in Little Egypt (Darcy O'Brien)
Murder in Little Egypt (Darcy O'Brien)
109
Longitude (Dava Sobel)
Longitude (Dava Sobel)
110
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
111
How Music Works (David Byrne)
How Music Works (David Byrne)
112
The Billion Dollar Spy (David E. Hoffman)
The Billion Dollar Spy (David E. Hoffman)
113
The 19th Wife (David Ebershoff)
The 19th Wife (David Ebershoff)
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Killers of the Flower Moon (David Grann)
Killers of the Flower Moon (David Grann)
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The Wager (David Grann)
The Wager (David Grann)
116
1776 (David McCullough)
1776 (David McCullough)
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John Adams (David McCullough)
John Adams (David McCullough)
118
Monster of God (David Quammen)
Monster of God (David Quammen)
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (David Sedaris)
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (David Sedaris)
120
Naked (David Sedaris)
Naked (David Sedaris)
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