Anonymous wrote:Yes, a lot of these books are good but almost all are really depressing or stressful.

Yes, Oprah’s books are butt.

Yes, a lot of these books are good but almost all are really depressing or stressful.

25) The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson

One of the best books I’ve ever read. A masterpiece.

Thanks so much for posting this list. I've only read two -- The Glass Castle and Between the World and Me -- both of which were excellent and I would recommend them to anyone. I only got about 20 pages into Braiding Sweetgrass before I got bored and DNF, but I might try again; I've DNF'd many books and then tried again later and loved them.

I loved Maybe You Should Talk To Someone. I recently read Sociopath and thought it started off really fascinating but fizzled by the end.

OP here. Appreciate the recommendations.

Ones recommended here and from others that I'll put them on my list:
The Glass Castle
The Warmth of Other Suns
Braiding Sweetgrass

Ones I started that maybe I'll try again:
Evicted
The New Jim Crow

The Glass Castle is one of the best books I’ve ever read. Thanks for posting, will put others of these on my list.

Anonymous wrote:The Warmth of Other Suns might be the best book I’ve ever read. Certainly far and away the best nonfiction.

I loved The Warmth of other Suns as well but am surprised she didn’t also list Caste by the same author.

The Warmth of Other Suns might be the best book I’ve ever read. Certainly far and away the best nonfiction.

Random thoughts: The Glass Castle was really interesting and beautifully written.

Evicted should be required reading— it shows how horrific our housing crisis is. It’s probably one of the most important/impactful books I have read. Same with the New Jim Crow and the Warmth of Other Suns.

I liked Trick Mirror and generally think Tolentino is a good/interesting writer. I really like Lindy West too but did not read the one listed there. I want to read Braiding Sweetgrass.

I really disliked/was disturbed by the author of Sociopath in recent interviews I read with her (well, she is a literal sociopath) and chose not to read it. I almost felt like I didn’t want to give her the attention she’s seeking. Maybe someone can prove me wrong.

https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/g26414388/best-nonfiction-books/

I don't read a lot of nonfiction, but from this list, the ones that I've read and that I would recommend:

When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi
Know My Name, by Chanel Miller
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, by Lori Gottlieb

I'm looking forward to checking out some of the others listed. Any that others really enjoyed?

1) The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls
2) Evicted, by Matthew Desmond
3) We Are the Weather, by Jonathan Safran Foer
4) When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi
5) Behind the Beautiful Forevers, by Katherine Boo
6) Heavy, by Kiese Laymon
7) South to America, by Imani Perry
8) Know My Name, by Chanel Miller
9) The 1619 Project, created by Nicole Hannah-Jones
10) Survival Math, by Mitchell S. Jackson
11) Three Women, by Lisa Taddeo
12) Strangers to Ourselves, by Rachel Aviv
13) Intimations, by Zadie Smith
14) Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, by Lori Gottlieb
15) Trick Mirror, by Jia Tolentino
16) Owner of a Lonely Heart, by Beth Nguyen
17) Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls, by T Kira Madden
18) The Witches Are Coming, by Lindy West
19) Sociopath, by Patric Gagne, PhD
20) Monsters, by Claire Derderer
21) Lost & Found, by Kathryn Schulz
22) Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
23) What My Mother and I Don't Talk About, edited by Michele Filgate
24) How to Say Babylon, by Safiya Sinclair
25) The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson
26) The Invisible Kingdom, by Meghan O'Rourke
27) In Love, by Amy Bloom
28) The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander
29) A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib
30) Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
31) The Hard Crowd, by Rachel Kushner
32) How to Change Your Mind, by Michael Pollan
33) A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, by George Saunders