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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
401
Scott Andrew Selby
The Perfect Storm (Sebastian Junger)
The Perfect Storm
402
Sebastian Junger
The Panic Virus (Seth Mnookin)
The Panic Virus
403
Seth Mnookin
A Forger's Tale (Shaun Greenhalgh)
A Forger's Tale
404
Shaun Greenhalgh
Five Days at Memorial (Sheri Fink)
Five Days at Memorial
405
Sheri Fink
Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh (Shrayana Bhattacharya)
Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh
406
Shrayana Bhattacharya
The Emperor of All Maladies (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies
407
Siddhartha Mukherjee
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
408
Sierra Crane Murdoch
The Professor and the Madman (Simon Winchester)
The Professor and the Madman
409
Simon Winchester
A Very Easy Death (Simone De Beauvoir)
A Very Easy Death
410
Simone De Beauvoir
12 Years a Slave (Solomon Northrup)
12 Years a Slave
411
Solomon Northrup
A Woman of No Importance (Sonia Purnell)
A Woman of No Importance
412
Sonia Purnell
A Girl and Five Brave Horses (Sonora Carver)
A Girl and Five Brave Horses
413
Sonora Carver
Cleopatra (Stacy Schiff)
Cleopatra
414
Stacy Schiff
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
415
Stefanie Van Steelandt
What My Bones Know (Stephanie Foo)
What My Bones Know
416
Stephanie Foo
Maid (Stephanie Land)
Maid
417
Stephanie Land
Band of Brothers (Stephen Ambrose)
Band of Brothers
418
Stephen Ambrose
Citizen Soldiers (Stephen Ambrose)
Citizen Soldiers
419
Stephen Ambrose
The Last Viking (Stephen R.Brown)
The Last Viking
420
Stephen R.Brown
The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century (Steve Coll)
The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century
421
Steve Coll
The Ghost Map (Steven Johnson)
The Ghost Map
422
Steven Johnson
Between Two Kingdoms (Suleika Jaouad)
Between Two Kingdoms
423
Suleika Jaouad
Black Warrant (Sunil Gupta)
Black Warrant
424
Sunil Gupta
The Library Book (Susan Orlean)
The Library Book
425
Susan Orlean
Brain on Fire (Susannah Cahalan)
Brain on Fire
426
Susannah Cahalan
Voices From Chernobyl (Svetlana Alexievich)
Voices From Chernobyl
427
Svetlana Alexievich
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
428
Tara Westover
Refuge (Terry Tempest Williams)
Refuge
429
Terry Tempest Williams
Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition, 1761-1767 (Thorkild Hansen)
Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition, 1761-1767
430
Thorkild Hansen
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
431
Timothy Egan
The Big Burn (Timothy Egan)
The Big Burn
432
Timothy Egan
The Worst Hard Time (Timothy Egan)
The Worst Hard Time
433
Timothy Egan
Bossypants (Tina Fey)
Bossypants
434
Tina Fey
In Pharoah's Army (Tobias Wolff)
In Pharoah's Army
435
Tobias Wolff
Chaos (Tom O'Neill)
Chaos
436
Tom O'Neill
Black Count (Tom Reiss)
Black Count
437
Tom Reiss
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
438
Tom Standage
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe)
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
439
Tom Wolfe
The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
The Right Stuff
440
Tom Wolfe
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