Aussie Readers discussion

Over the last few years since I have discovered book depository I have bough a lot of interesting looking non-fiction books only to forget to read most of them. So I will post about 12 titles here to get through throughout the year and leaver room for 12 more as my lecturers and friends recommend them.

On TBR:
Brainstorm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex Differences by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young
Language and Symbolic Power by Pierre Bourdieu
Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times by Jasbir K. Puar
(I will add others I already have as I find them)

Recommended:
The End of Laissez-Faire? by Damien Cahill
(I will add others already recommended or as they are set for me)

I have to do one from each list a month if I can

Stef wrote: "I have to do one from each list a month if I can"

I reckon one-a-month is a good strategy, Stef. I've set myself some personal challenges for 2016, and I've decided to spread them out over the year. Goal is to read such-and-such by end January, then blah-blah by end Feb, etc, etc.

Heavy duty reading challenge Stef, but I guess if you are studying then it must be what you like eh? ;) Good Luck.

Good luck Stef!

Oddly enough although I didn;t record it here I did read more than 12 (more than 24) non-fiction books throughout the year. More than half of them were good

I find some non fiction books are exceptional Stef! I enjoyed and still do, quite a good number :)

Agreed! Sometimes non-fiction is an even better read than fiction

The old "fact is stranger than fiction" is sometimes quite true!

I think a lot depends on the writing skills of the author. If it is an academic treatise, like a PhD thesis that gets published, (usually by a university press) the writing style might be rather hard to swallow for an ordinary lay reader. For me, the best non-fiction is often written by journalists who have honed their skills in making stories, and who can write in accessible, plain English.

Fair enough. I tend to like the academic stuff if it is well written without the aim of confusing the lay reader.

I like a well backed up argument more than just a good story (which I can get from fiction)