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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
41
Barbara Mertz
Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs (Barbara Mertz)
Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs
42
Barbara Mertz
The Guns of August (Barbara W. Tuchman)
The Guns of August
43
Barbara W. Tuchman
The Proud Tower (Barbara W. Tuchman)
The Proud Tower
44
Barbara W. Tuchman
The Woman Who Fooled the World (Beau Donnelly and Nick Toscano)
The Woman Who Fooled the World
45
Beau Donnelly and Nick Toscano
A Spy Among Friends (Ben Macintyre)
A Spy Among Friends
46
Ben Macintyre
Agent Sonya (Ben Macintyre)
Agent Sonya
47
Ben Macintyre
Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle (Ben Macintyre)
Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle
48
Ben Macintyre
The Spy and the Traitor (Ben Macintyre)
The Spy and the Traitor
49
Ben Macintyre
When We Cease to Understand the World (Benjamin Labatut)
When We Cease to Understand the World
50
Benjamin Labatut
Freezing Order (Bill Browder)
Freezing Order
51
Bill Browder
Red Notice (Bill Browder)
Red Notice
52
Bill Browder
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
53
Bill Bryson
A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)
A Walk in the Woods
54
Bill Bryson
At Home (Bill Bryson)
At Home
55
Bill Bryson
In a Sunburned Country (Bill Bryson)
In a Sunburned Country
56
Bill Bryson
Neither Here nor There (Bill Bryson)
Neither Here nor There
57
Bill Bryson
Notes From a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
Notes From a Small Island
58
Bill Bryson
One Summer: America, 1927 (Bill Bryson)
One Summer: America, 1927
59
Bill Bryson
Among the Thugs (Bill Buford)
Among the Thugs
60
Bill Buford
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
61
Bill Dedman & Paul Clark Newell Jr.
Lady Sings the Blues (Billie Holiday)
Lady Sings the Blues
62
Billie Holiday
Goat Song (Brad Kessler)
Goat Song
63
Brad Kessler
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
64
Brendan I. Koerner
The Skies Belong to Us (Brendan I. Koerner)
The Skies Belong to Us
65
Brendan I. Koerner
George Washington's Secret Six (Brian Kilmeade)
George Washington's Secret Six
66
Brian Kilmeade
Fluke (Brian Klaas)
Fluke
67
Brian Klaas
Barbarians at the Gate (Bryan Burrough and John Helyer)
Barbarians at the Gate
68
Bryan Burrough and John Helyer
Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
Just Mercy
69
Bryan Stevenson
Conquistador (Buddy Levy)
Conquistador
70
Buddy Levy
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
71
Buddy Levy
The Black Jacobins (C.L.R. James)
The Black Jacobins
72
C.L.R. James
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Caitlin Doughty)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
73
Caitlin Doughty
Destiny of the Republic (Candace Millard)
Destiny of the Republic
74
Candace Millard
Hero of the Empire (Candice Millard)
Hero of the Empire
75
Candice Millard
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (Candice Millard)
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
76
Candice Millard
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein)
All the President's Men
77
Carl Bernstein
The Cheese & the Worms (Carlo Ginzburg)
The Cheese & the Worms
78
Carlo Ginzburg
In the Dream House (Carmen Maria Machado)
In the Dream House
79
Carmen Maria Machado
Eve (Cat Bohannon)
Eve
80
Cat Bohannon
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