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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
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Catherine Gildiner
Know My Name (Chanel Miller)
Know My Name
82
Chanel Miller
Gods of the Upper Air (Charles King)
Gods of the Upper Air
83
Charles King
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild
84
Cheryl Strayed
Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of Cowboy West (Christopher Knowlton)
Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of Cowboy West
85
Christopher Knowlton
How the Word Is Passed (Clint Smith)
How the Word Is Passed
86
Clint Smith
Red Platoon (Clinton Romesha)
Red Platoon
87
Clinton Romesha
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
88
Constantine Pleshakov
Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black (Cookie Mueller)
Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black
89
Cookie Mueller
Wastelands (Corban Addison)
Wastelands
90
Corban Addison
The Hiding Place (Corrie Ten Boom)
The Hiding Place
91
Corrie Ten Boom
The Color of Everything (Cory Richards)
The Color of Everything
92
Cory Richards
Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle to Save the Florida Panther (Craig Pittman)
Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle to Save the Florida Panther
93
Craig Pittman
Dr. Mütter's Marvels (Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz)
Dr. Mütter's Marvels
94
Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz
The Year We Disappeared (Cylin Busby)
The Year We Disappeared
95
Cylin Busby
When You Find My Body (D. Dauphinee)
When You Find My Body
96
D. Dauphinee
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (Damien Lewis)
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
97
Damien Lewis
Henry V (Dan Jones)
Henry V
98
Dan Jones
The Plantagenets (Dan Jones)
The Plantagenets
99
Dan Jones
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
100
Daniel Allen Butler
The Brain in Love (Daniel G Amen)
The Brain in Love
101
Daniel G Amen
The Boys in the Boat (Daniel James Brown)
The Boys in the Boat
102
Daniel James Brown
The Indifferent Stars Above (Daniel James Brown)
The Indifferent Stars Above
103
Daniel James Brown
Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 (Daniel James Brown)
Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894
104
Daniel James Brown
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
105
Daniel Kahneman
The Lost (Daniel Mendelsohn)
The Lost
106
Daniel Mendelsohn
Uncultured: A Memoir (Daniella Mestyanek Young)
Uncultured: A Memoir
107
Daniella Mestyanek Young
Murder in Little Egypt (Darcy O'Brien)
Murder in Little Egypt
108
Darcy O'Brien
Longitude (Dava Sobel)
Longitude
109
Dava Sobel
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine
110
Dave Cullen
How Music Works (David Byrne)
How Music Works
111
David Byrne
The Billion Dollar Spy (David E. Hoffman)
The Billion Dollar Spy
112
David E. Hoffman
The 19th Wife (David Ebershoff)
The 19th Wife
113
David Ebershoff
Killers of the Flower Moon (David Grann)
Killers of the Flower Moon
114
David Grann
The Wager (David Grann)
The Wager
115
David Grann
1776 (David McCullough)
1776
116
David McCullough
John Adams (David McCullough)
John Adams
117
David McCullough
Monster of God (David Quammen)
Monster of God
118
David Quammen
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (David Sedaris)
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
119
David Sedaris
Naked (David Sedaris)
Naked
120
David Sedaris
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