Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is a fun weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's theme: Love Freebie.

I've done a few love-themed posts in the past:  Favorite Stories of Love and Romance and Favorite Bookish Couples. So I wasn't sure what I wanted to do this time around. But then, as I was sorting through my bookshelves trying to make room for some new books, I realized I own a lot of nonfiction books that I REALLY love. They're books that made a big impression on me the first time I read them; unforgettable reads that took me from Paris to the Amazon to the deepest of caves, back in time to important moments in history, across a desert, and around the world. The only problem? Trying to narrow my list down to just ten. (I failed!) So, without further ado, here they are, 13 Amazing Nonfiction Reads that I Absolutely Adore:




1. The Lost City of Z 
by David Grann


2. Beyond the Deep 
by William Stone and Barbara am Ende






3. Maiden Voyage
by Tania Aebi



4. Tracks
by Robyn Davidson






5. Prime Obsession
by John Derbyshire



6. Between Silk and Cyanide
by Leo Marks





7. The Piano Shop on the Left Bank
by Thad Carhart



8. The Professor and the Madman
by Simon Winchester







9. Ghost Soldiers
by Hampton Sides


10. The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million
by Daniel Mendelsohn






11. In the Spirit of Crazy Horse
by Peter Matthiessen




12. Lost in the Amazon
by Stephen Kirkpatrick





13. In a Gilded Cage
by Marian Fowler




Happy Reading!

38 comments:

  1. I'm not a big non-fiction reader but it looks like you definitely have some great ones listed here!

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    1. I mostly read fiction myself, but I do love a good nonfiction book! :)

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  2. I do love getting my teeth into a good non fiction book. I haven't read any of these books but it's great to see a different love list this week!

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    1. I just couldn't the same old love lists that I've done before. ;D

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  3. Yay to more nonfiction! It makes me really happy to see TTT participants include these sorts of books. I adore nonfiction.

    My TTT .

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  4. I like nonfiction too. https://pmprescott.blogspot.com/2020/02/ttt-021120.html

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    1. I never read as much of it as I want to, but I do love good nonfiction books. Thanks for commenting! :)

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  5. I haven't read any of those but it looks like a nice collection of books.

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  6. I haven't read any of these, but there are some I would like to try, particularly The Professor and the Madman!

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    1. That's a good one! Especially if you love books and words like I do. :)

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  7. I love books that make me feel like I'm traveling to another part of the world. Lost in the Amazon looks amazing!

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    1. It's so good! But then I like almost anything that's set in the Amazon. :)

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  8. The Lost City of Z and Ghost Soldiers sound interesting to me!

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    1. I really loved both of those! They're so good. :)

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  9. Nice! I'm not a huge non-fiction reader, so I haven't read any of thee. I do love a good adventure/survival story, fiction or non, so I'm going to check out the mountain climbing ones you mentioned in previous posts.

    Happy TTT!

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    1. They're both really good, but of the two, The Ledge is probably my favorite. :)

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  10. I don't read nearly enough non-fiction, but a lot of these sound really good. The one that appeals to me the most is In a Gilded Cage. That era is so fascinating to me.

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    1. Hi, Ashley! The Gilded Age is one of my favorite time periods, too. :D

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  11. Nice list. We seem to have very similar tastes when it comes to nonfiction titles.

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  12. I don't read much non-fiction, but being lost in the Amazon would be terrifying! Now I wonder if they all made it.

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    1. You'll have to read the book to find out! ;D

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  13. The only one I've read is Between Silk and Cyanide--fascinating! One of my favorite WWII/espionage books of all time. Now, I need to jot down some of the other titles!

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    1. Isn't Between Silk and Cyanide a great read? It's one of my favs, too. :)

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  14. I haven't read any of those *eek* but I love what you did with this topic this week!

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  15. So many great sounding books! I haven't read any of these, but then, I don't read a lot of nonfiction. Between Silk and Cyanide fascinates me though. And Ghost Soldiers.

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  16. Great topic choice! I'm adding a few of these to my TBR, for sure.

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    1. Happy Reading! :D And thanks for commenting.

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  17. I've read he Piano Shop on the Left Bank and really enjoyed it. It made me wish I were more musical so I could have appreciated it more! :D

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    1. It's a great book, isn't it? It made me want to start playing the piano again. (And it made me want to go to paris again, too!) :D

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  18. What a great list. I don't read a lot of non-fiction so this is a good one to look through for suggestions. The only book I've read from these is the Professor and the Madman. That was excellent!

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