Casual Readers discussion

What are your favorite Non-Fiction books? Subjects?

Religion not that I am particularly but the way all the religions are constructed and what people believe in

I like a lot of spiritual books myself. Religious is OK for me but I like to be inspired more than preached to. Not that there is anything wrong with religious literature. I have read quite a few.

I am dipping into the biography of Jerusalem at the moment it is amazing how many religions have claimed the city as their own.

I enjoy memoirs but not usually those of celebrities. I also enjoy history, books about organisation and more practical books like art and craft, gardening, health etc

Sam, I would love to read that book in the future just to gain a historical perspective if nothing else. Sounds fascinating.

Sharon, I don't like reading memoirs of celebrities as a general rule either. Unless you consider coaches celebrities. I do like reading some of their memoirs. Most of them are extremely positive and uplifting.

Okay, as lame as this sounds, I'm a huge horror movie fan, and have been my whole life. I love reading books about horror movies, the actors, and the people involved in their production. I also enjoy history, and the subject of 'books about books'.

Rick wrote: "Okay, as lame as this sounds, I'm a huge horror movie fan, and have been my whole life. I love reading books about horror movies, the actors, and the people involved in their production. I also enj..."

Rick, I've got a book that you'd probably love (and maybe have, given your comment) - The Nightmare Never Ends is an awesome guide to THE NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET series, probably not too hard to find on the used market. Tales from the Crypt: The Official Archives is a favorite of mine in this area, as is The Evil Dead Companion.

Evans wrote: "Rick wrote: "Okay, as lame as this sounds, I'm a huge horror movie fan, and have been my whole life. I love reading books about horror movies, the actors, and the people involved in their productio..."

It's strange, but for all the books on horror movies I have, the majority deal with the classic Universal films or films from other studios during that time. I'll have to poke around for the ones you mentioned, especially The Evil Dead Companion. I was told the Bruce Campbell autobiography Leading With My Chin, was pretty good too. Thanks for the suggestions!!

I am reading Half the Sky and am finding it fascinating, although it is not a book I would say I love.

Diane wrote: "I am reading Half the Sky and am finding it fascinating, although it is not a book I would say I love."

I was just looking for the book you mention and there are multiple books by this title. If you give me the author, I will check it out sometime.

I LOVE nonfiction. It's the kind of thing you can read over and over again. I really need a higher percentage of it in my reader's diet.

The last one I read was REALLY good: .


Some others I've read and really liked: Letter to a Christian Nation, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space, Into the Wild, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, The God Delusion, The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language, Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution, Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body, Kinds of Minds Towards an Understanding of Consciousness, The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window Into Human Nature, The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason, God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe, The Universe in a Nutshell, Marching Powder: A True Story of Friendship, Cocaine, and South America's Strangest Jail, River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life, Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible and Why We Don't Know About Them, God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question-Why We Suffer, Forged: Writing in the Name of God

Holy cow Chuck! And you need to add MORE to your diet? LOL

I definitely need to start reading more non-fiction.

Cindy wrote: "Holy cow Chuck! And you need to add MORE to your diet? LOL"

Yeah, I really do. I bet it's not even 10% of what I read. It kind of makes me feel bad.

A couple I know are in my future:

A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing

The Way of the Knife

too.

Oh yeah, and I am most assuredly going to read:

That is impressive! Wishing you a happy adventure into your further exploration of the non-fiction world.

Cindy wrote: "That is impressive! Wishing you a happy adventure into your further exploration of the non-fiction world."

Thanks Cindy!

I find the inner workings of any/all writers to be utterly fascinating! I'm also interested in musical biographies, particularly the Classic Rocks greats, such as No One Here Gets Out Alive, Grateful Dead: What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been..

I love anything Grateful Dead. What was that term they used to call us? Oh yes! Guess I'm just a Dead Head :-)

I just read Steven Adler's autobiography, My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N' Roses. I thought it was pretty interesting, about like a train wreck. I liked it, but I'm glad to be done with it.

was an excellent book! I've read it twice.

Brenda wrote: " was an excellent book! I've read it twice."

That's sounds pretty good.

Cindy wrote: "I love anything Grateful Dead. What was that term they used to call us? Oh yes! Guess I'm just a Dead Head :-)"

Yep, Dead Head's the correct term. I highly recommend the book.

Chuck wrote: "I just read Steven Adler's autobiography, My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N' Roses. I thought it was pretty interesting, about like a train wreck. I liked it, but I'm glad to ..."

I've read good things about Slash. Have you read that one?

Dustin wrote: "Chuck wrote: "I just read Steven Adler's autobiography, My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N' Roses. I thought it was pretty interesting, about like a train wreck. I liked it, bu..."

No, not yet.

I like medical, supernatural and nature non-fiction. I read biographies from time to time too.

I'm with you on the nature books Michelle. I also like non-fiction about natural disasters.

Michelle wrote: "I like medical, supernatural and nature non-fiction. I read biographies from time to time too."

Hi, Michelle!

How have you been?


It's great to have you here with us!:)

I'm about to go on a hardcore nonfiction spree-- Right after I finish these 17 fiction books I'm reading, lol. Hey, at least it's not paranormal romance, haha!

I need to get some non-fiction reading in soon myself Chuck.

We should read DEVIL'S KNOT, Cindy. LOL! Get it? The devil's not Cindy, lol. How could anyone think it? hehe

We could. LOL

I have a few president biographies that I'd love to get to. Also one about Benjamin Franklin.

I have a couple of Abraham Lincoln biographies I would like to eventually read.

I wanna read: .

I had to look that one up Chuck. After reading the synopsis, I don't recall hearing of this one. Sounds interesting.

Cindy wrote: "I have a couple of Abraham Lincoln biographies I would like to eventually read."

I have a few on him too Cindy. I hope to be able to get to them sometime next month.

If you remember, let me know a couple of days before you start and I'll see if we have any of the same books.

Okay, sounds like a plan.

I love biographies and travel books. But right now I'm actually writing a non fiction book for single parents, so parenting is my new fave genre!

I am reading mostly all NONFICTION. The biographies and autobiographies are a special feeling to have read. And if I read any other, nonfiction? It's for learning history about an area, and whatever is interesting.