Anonymous
Post 02/01/2023 12:56     Subject: Narrative nonfiction
Running With Scissors
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2023 12:55     Subject: Narrative nonfiction
Anonymous wrote:Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave

+1000
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2023 12:00     Subject: Re:Narrative nonfiction
Didn’t live Devil in the White City, though have liked this other books by Larsen.

I’d recommend two “oldies”: Undaunted and Boys in the Boat
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2023 00:20     Subject: Narrative nonfiction
You are Your Own Best Thing. It’s a collection of essays collected and commissioned by Tarana Burke and Brene Brown. The audiobook is phenomenal
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2023 13:02     Subject: Narrative nonfiction
I love this genre.

My Own Country by Abraham Verghese
When Broken Glass Floats by Chanrithy Him
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
No Biking in the House without a Helmet by Melissa Greene
The Nazi Officer's Wife by Editch Beer
I'm Just a Person by Tig Notaro
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley
Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire by Lizzie Johnson
Gulp and Stiff by Mary Roach
The Secret Life of Groceries by Benjamin Lorr
Empire of Pain by Patrick Keefe
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2023 13:00     Subject: Narrative nonfiction
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2023 12:54     Subject: Narrative nonfiction
Nine Lives by Dan Baum about New Orleans
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2023 21:59     Subject: Narrative nonfiction
^^Dugard
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2023 21:58     Subject: Narrative nonfiction
I found Jaycee Dugald's autobiography moving and compelling and I also felt that her voice should be heard / read given how long she was held captive and clearly unheard.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2023 17:49     Subject: Re:Narrative nonfiction
Anonymous wrote:Devil in the White City, which haunts me still. It’s about the Chicago World Fair and one of our country’s first known serial killers. Couldn’t believe it was non-fiction.


Yes! Really anything by that author (Erik Larsen).
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2023 17:42     Subject: Narrative nonfiction
Random Family is an amazing book about a family and neighborhood in the Bronx; riveting and novelistic and full of empathy.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2023 16:34     Subject: Re:Narrative nonfiction
Devil in the White City, which haunts me still. It’s about the Chicago World Fair and one of our country’s first known serial killers. Couldn’t believe it was non-fiction.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2023 16:28     Subject: Narrative nonfiction
Some of my faves:

Lost Girls by Robert Kolker
The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Gran
8 Ball Chicks by Ginny Sikes
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2023 15:03     Subject: Re:Narrative nonfiction
I like Nathaniel Philbrick's Mayflower, the Immortal Life of Harriet Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2022 15:25     Subject: Narrative nonfiction
Any recommendations?
I am currently reading "I'll be gone in the dark" and have read Dreamland about the opioid crisis. Both are really good.