what is the world's most interesting non-fiction book?

Question

what is really the best book to you??

Answer 1

Non-Fiction: Lies and the Lying Liars who tell them by Al Franken.

It's a funny political book. Very liberally based, it is worth a read for anyone - if you are a conservative, it educates you on your enemy, if you are a liberal, it is just real funny and enlightening.

Under The Banner of Heaven by Jon Krauker(sp?)

This book tells about the history of the Mormon religion in the United States, from Joseph Smith to the Lafferty Brothers and why Mormonism played a huge role in the murders they partook in. After reading it, it opened my eyes to what mormonism is about, and made me more accepting of the religion. It is the fundamentalist sects that scare the hell out of me - the fundamentalist sects are what convinced Dan and Ron Lafferty to kill their sister-in-law and their toddler niece...a suspenseful read.

The best book in the world, however, to me, is a fiction book. Unicorn Mountain by Michael Bishop. Written during the 1980's, it touches upon subjects that were considered taboo back then: AIDs, premarital sex, single mothers, single fathers, homosexuality, etc etc. It follows the life of Bo, a gay man who has AIDs. His cousin-in-law, Libby Quarrels, picks him up in Atlanta and takes him back to her Colorado cow ranch. Libby, now divorced from Bo's cousin, has one ranch hand - a Native American named Sam Coldpony. Together, the three of them discover a herd of unicorns living on the ranch, summoned by Bo's AIDs and the fact that Sam's estranged wife commited suicide and won't rest or let the unicorns rest until Sam finds his estranged daughter, Paisley Coldpony. It sounds dorky, but its actually really good.

Happy reading. :D

Answer 2

"The Elegant Universe" by Graham Browne. It's a really well-written essay on some of the physics theories of how the universe works. It talks about string theory, strong and weak matter, etc. It sounds like it might be boring or difficult to read if the reader does not have a background in physics, but Browne writes in such a way that a novice can enjoy it.

"The Shakespeare Wars" by Ron Rosenbaum.
It explores some of the ideas of what makes Shakespeare "Shakespearean." It deals with what a Shakespeare editor has to go through in order to separate the various editions of Hamlet. What did Shakespeare mean when he wrote something. Was it a spelling error or a typographical error. Some knowledge of Shakespeare's texts is required, but not a great deal. It is well written by someone who obviously loves "The Bard."

Answer 3

It must seem odd to the previous poster that the best seller lists have a non fiction category. Try Undaunted Courage, 1776 or Into Thin Air

Answer 4

Really liked Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose. I'd also recommend The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman - the definitive work of how WWI started.

Answer 5

Want to know a secret? Non-fiction doesn't exist, it's just something elementary school librarians made up to make it easier to explain the layout of a library. 'non-fiction could be self help, home improvement, a guide to collecting various items, programing manuals, consumer guides, scientific reports, as well as political commentaries, histories, biographies and anything else that isn't made up.

Answer 6

Correction to the post by jcboyle: "The Elegant Universe" is by Brian Greene. It is excellent.

"The Fabric of the Cosmos"" by the same author is also fascinating and educational if you'd like to read up on how the universe works.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

My favourite books are the ones of Remarque. He has such a remarkable and fascinating and in the same time so simple stile of writing, that the word you spell after finishing the book is: "...Wow!..." If you haven't read any of his books, than I strongly advise "the three comraders" or "the arch of triumph". Both exellent. And if you don't like them, than you don't like books...
Read and you won't regret. trust me. ;-)

Answer 9

Princess by
Jean P. Sasson

Answer 10

"On the Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin