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olive Junior Member Posts: 774 Likes: 797	Recommend your favourite non fiction Jan 27, 2015 8:48:53 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by olive on Jan 27, 2015 8:48:53 GMT -5 I need some good recommendations for non fiction. I'm looking for something light and easy to read for a beach vacay but if you have a great rec for something heavier, I'm also interested.
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Recommend your favourite non fiction Jan 27, 2015 8:54:55 GMT -5 via mobile olive and panicked like this

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Lighter: seabiscuit by Laura hillenbrand, anything by AJ Jacobs, Is everyone hanging out without me by Mindy Kaling, anything by Mary Roach.

Heavier: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, and Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo.

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lust2hart Full Member Posts: 4,117 Likes: 4,928	Recommend your favourite non fiction Jan 27, 2015 8:55:15 GMT -5 olive likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lust2hart on Jan 27, 2015 8:55:15 GMT -5 I wouldn't consider this a beach read, necessarily, but it's my very favorite nonfiction: Cane River by Lalita Tademy.
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jinkies Senior Member Posts: 9,151 Likes: 14,239	Recommend your favourite non fiction Jan 27, 2015 8:55:47 GMT -5 via mobile namasteak likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jinkies on Jan 27, 2015 8:55:47 GMT -5 I'd forgotten about Lets Pretend this never happened. I loved that one!
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Jan 27, 2015 8:51:28 GMT -5 namasteak said:

This is fascinating but a little heavy:
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape by Jenna Miscavige Hill

Or for some good laughs:
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jennifer Lawson

Both of these are super great.

I just finished "without You, There Is No Is" by Suki Kim, written about her time teaching English in North Korea.

Jen Lancaster is one of my favorite authors for light reading. She's hysterical!

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underwaterrhymes Elder Rainbow Jihadist in the Final Stages of Moral Decay Posts: 36,932 Likes: 72,836	Recommend your favourite non fiction Jan 27, 2015 9:02:41 GMT -5 via mobile olive likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by underwaterrhymes on Jan 27, 2015 9:02:41 GMT -5 Light: Me Talk Pretty One Day Heavy: Half the Sky, I Am Malala, Into Thin Air, mountains Beyond Mountains
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justemily Full Member Posts: 1,997 Likes: 1,208	Recommend your favourite non fiction Jan 27, 2015 9:46:59 GMT -5 olive likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by justemily on Jan 27, 2015 9:46:59 GMT -5 Another vote for "Let's Pretend This Never Happened" - SO funny. Her blog is The Bloggess and she's hilarious - especially her post about Beyonce the chicken.
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pantsparty Elder Posts: 35,487 Likes: 87,759	Recommend your favourite non fiction Jan 27, 2015 9:52:58 GMT -5 olive likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by pantsparty on Jan 27, 2015 9:52:58 GMT -5 Into Thin Air The Devil in the White City
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pantsparty Elder Posts: 35,487 Likes: 87,759	Recommend your favourite non fiction Jan 27, 2015 9:53:31 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by pantsparty on Jan 27, 2015 9:53:31 GMT -5 Oops, you said light and easy. Never mind. LOL.
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Post by ninjabridemom on Jan 27, 2015 9:54:07 GMT -5

OMG Beyond Belief was so good. I highly recommend that. I'd forgotten about it.

I don't read a ton of nonfiction but personal faith memoirs are my fav. Jesus Feminist, Book of Mormon Girl, Beyond Belief, etc.

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olive Junior Member Posts: 774 Likes: 797	Recommend your favourite non fiction Jan 27, 2015 9:54:33 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by olive on Jan 27, 2015 9:54:33 GMT -5 Jan 27, 2015 9:53:31 GMT -5 pantsparty said: Oops, you said light and easy. Never mind. LOL. Lol. I'll take dark and heavy too
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Jan 27, 2015 9:19:50 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

At Home, by Bill Bryson, is just fascinating. (non fiction, not heavy, just interesting). It's about the development of the home, as a place to live, in human society. He sort of outlines the history of how each room in a modern house came to be, and it's just fascinating. Stairs, halls, bathrooms, kitchens, you name it. He's really interesting.

The Mother Tongue is also really interesting. I adore Bill Bryson.

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captainobvious Full Member Posts: 3,882 Likes: 5,243	Recommend your favourite non fiction Jan 27, 2015 10:19:29 GMT -5 olive likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captainobvious on Jan 27, 2015 10:19:29 GMT -5 Super light and easy fluff: Yes Please! - Amy Poehler and both of Rob Lowe's books.
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