Here are my favorite non-fiction books and authors (including biographies), in random order. For favorite writing, family/parenting, religious, or personality/behavior/cognition books, please see separate posts. I didn’t include homeschooling books, but if anyone is interested in that list, let me know & I’ll make a post.
Miscellaneous Books
Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction, by Tom Raabe
Bandersnatch: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings, by Diana Pavlac Glyer
The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, by Clair Davies
Foam Rolling Guru, by Jason van den Berg
The Naturally Clean Home: 101 Safe and Easy Herbal Formulas for Nontoxic Cleansers, by Karyn Siegel-Maier
Business, Careers, and Finance Books
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2009: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers, by Richard Nelson Bolles
Built to Last; Good to Great; and Good to Great & the Social Sectors, by James C. Collins
The Mormon Way of Doing Business: Leadership and Success Through Faith and Family, by Jeff Benedict
The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness, by Dave Ramsey
The Making of A Well – Designed Business: Turn Inspiration into Action, by LuAnn Nigara
The Young Entrepreneur’s Guide to Starting and Running a Business, by Steve Mariati
Start and Run a Profitable Home-Based Business: Your Step-by-Step, First-Year Guide, by Edna Sheedy
Start Your Own Business: The Only Start-Up Book You’ll Ever Need, by Rieva Lesonsky
AMA Complete Guide to Marketing Research for Small Business, by Holly Edmunds
Do-It-Yourself Direct Marketing: Secrets for Small Business, by Mark S. Bacon
Complete Idiot’s Guide to Starting an Online Business, by Frank Fiore
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business, by Barbara Weltman
Camping Books
Beyond Backpacking: Ray Jardine’s Guide to Lightweight Hiking
Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers’ Companion, by Leslie Mass
Backpacking: Essential Skills to Advanced Techniques, by Victoria Steele Logue
The Appalachian Trail Backpacker’s Planning Guide, by Victoria Steele Logue
Trail Safe: Averting Threatening Human Behavior in the Outdoors, by Michael Bane
Cookbooks
Pressure Perfect: Two Hour Taste in Twenty Minutes Using Your Pressure Cooker, by Lorna J. Sass
How to Repair Food, by Marina Bear (the only one of these cookbooks I actually own…)
What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained, by Robert L. Wolke
The Thru-Hiker’s Handbook: Georgia to Maine, by Dan Bruce
Backpack Gourmet: Good Hot Grub You Can Make at Home, Dehydrate, and Pack for Quick, Easy, and Healthy Eating on the Trail, by Linda Frederick Yaffe
Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking, by Jeff Hertzberg
Not Your Mother’s Food Storage: Store the Food You Use Every Day, by Kathy Bray
Science & History Books
And Then You’re Dead: What Really Happens If You Get Swallowed by a Whale, Are Shot from a Cannon, or Go Barreling Over Niagara, by Cody Cassidy
Packing for Mars, by Mary Roach
Animal Weapons: The Evolution of Battle, by Douglas J. Emlen
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions, by Randall Munroe
The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic – and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World, by Steven Johnson
Seven Miracles That Saved America: Why They Matter and Why We Should Have Hope, by Chris Stewart
The Miracle of Freedom: Seven Tipping Points That Saved the World, by Chris Stewart
Biographies
The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team’s Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics, by Daniel James Brown
Seven Women: And the Secret of Their Greatness, by Eric Metaxas
Richard Feynman
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth, by Chris Hadfield (which actually had a strong influence on my decision to be a “real” author)
The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom
Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery, by Eric Metaxas
Unlikely Heroes, by Ron Carter
To the Rescue: The Biography of Thomas S. Monson
A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park
Let It Go: A True Story of Tragedy and Forgiveness, by Chris Williams
Faith: Behind the Fences: A True Story of Survival in a Japanese Prison Camp, by Kelly Dispirito Taylor
What non-fiction books have made a difference to your life? Tell me in the comments.
M. C. Lee
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