Have you read Determined by Sapolsky?

Yes keep saying weeks lfg!

That box set is so beautiful!!

so excited for your year of nonfiction! if you are interested in more nature and science based nonfiction, I cannot recommend The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben -- some really interesting insight into trees and their ecosystems, communities, and them as "individuals" that totally changed the way I view them. :) if you are interested in history (a la Patrick Keefe) then The Confidence Men by Margalit Fox is about a pair of WWI detainees in a Turkish prison and how they used con tactics and the ouija board to break out of prison, and The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre which is about cold war spying in the most James Bond-esque fashion ever.

The Chernobyl HBO series was SO well done. One of the best shows I have watched in recent years! Not wanting to beg, but I'd be super happy if u'd accept me on Goodreads. 😂🥹 Xenia

He didn't say the whole line...what happened to "-I am Nick"???

I read Endurance last year. It's absolutely incredible, one of my favourite reads. Into Thin Air is on my list as well.

Into the Wild was a great non fiction book. I know you’ve read it. I also enjoyed Friday Night Lights

Evicted is a great read -not fun but very good.

Some great non fiction: “Breath” by James Nestor is everything you were not aware you needed to know about our respiratory system, and how breathing controls everything. “The body keeps the score” by Bessel van der Kolk, about trauma and some possible therapies. “Mom & Me & Mom” one of the many volumes of Maya Angelou’s autobiography, it reads like fiction because her life and her relationship with her mom is just surreal. And last but definitely not least is “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” by Barbara Kingsolver. By now you know how beautiful her prose is. This book is about her moving to a farm, and it is written by herself, her husband and her daughter. I have no intention of moving to a farm, but I was fascinated by her description of different kinds of pumpkins and mushrooms, and the cute story about her daughter starting an egg business. It is like “slow reading”, it transported me to another life. And this is a perfect example of why books are sick. 😉

Wow, great stack of reads, I need to read a lot of those! Count of Monte Cristo is such a great read, read it last summer, highly recommend

The Stand and and Jurassic Park are both on my 10 books I want to read before I die list. Great video dude

Oh! Hey! That’s my name! Haha anyways vote MOT

Please read Into Thin Air next. Read it years ago and finished it in one night. What an amazing book. Can't wait to hear what you think of it.

Hey Nick, if you're into music biographies (which are non-fiction), here are some recommendations: Getting High: The Adventures of Oasis by Paolo Hewitt Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs by John "Johnny Rotten" Lydon Cash by Johnny Cash (obviously) Keep being your authentic self, you rock!

A great - short - non fiction recommendation (Actually I'll give two recommendations): On Tyranny, by Timothy Snyder, and On Bullshit by Harry Frankfurt. On Tyranny (128 pages) is how tyrants rose to power, and different elements which make up a dictator, and a potential dictator. On Bullshit (80 pages) is a philosophical examination of "bullshit" and how it differs from lying. there both really short (I think I made it through On Bullshit in an hour or something when I first read it. Frankfurt also wrote On Truth, but I enjoyed On Bullshit more.

Mate, been enjoying your take on things for a while now. Into Thin Air is an absolute page-turner. You'll finish it in a day!

“Ministry of time” is tied to “Endurance” in a great way.

I had yet to find a KZbinr with almost the exact same book taste as me until now. I am thrilled to find your channel

Not a book, but have you seen the movie They Came Together? Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd.

Cool stuff. It's not often here on YT that channels talk about non-fiction; glad to see it. I'm a voracious reader and at least 75% of my reads are non-fiction. As I get older I just can't seem to find good fiction authors... Glad you found the translation you like for Dostoevsky; I actually saw that one in my local Chapters... I can only abide Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky translations. I find them easier to read, as they're, as you noted, not altered for the modern ear. I guess it's preference but, I find the contemporary authorial 'voice' to be much too ephemeral and sloppy.

I just finished Ministry of Time and it was so disappointing. It was an easy read so I just kept reading it, didn’t DNF, but I kind of wish I had. Just…not good.

The power of reading wins above all I love it!!

Come and See is so good and so harrowing

Jurassic park all the way down at 8 is crazy, that's firmly in my top 5 all time

been there, feeling like no matter how hard i tried, i just didn’t stand out. then i picked up Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki, and honestly, it changed everything. chapter 3 opened my eyes to how energy works-it’s not about effort, it’s about alignment. people started noticing me in ways they never had before.

if you’ve ever felt like no one notices you, trust me, i get it. i felt like that for years, trying all the confidence hacks and advice out there. but nothing clicked until i read Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki. there’s something about chapter 3-it’s like the missing puzzle piece i didn’t know i needed.

i was just like you, wondering why some people effortlessly draw attention while i felt invisible. nothing i tried seemed to work. then i came across Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki, and it completely shifted my perspective. the way chapter 3 explains energy and presence? it’s like unlocking the secret to being noticed.

for the longest time, i thought being magnetic was something you either had or didn’t. i used to watch others shine while i felt stuck. then i found Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki, and it made me realize it’s all about the vibe you give off. chapter 3 especially changed the way i carry myself-it’s such a powerful shift.

ever feel like you’re the one no one notices, no matter what you do? i’ve been there. i tried all the advice out there, but nothing stuck until i read Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki. the insights in chapter 3 blew my mind-it taught me how to let my energy do the talking before i even say a word.

Into Thin Air and Chernobyl are both great! Chernobyl was such an eye opener.

I'm currently in the middle of Endurance based on your recommendation. Brilliant book. I may have to try Into Thin Air.

Your videos are honestly a highlight and brighten my day 😊

I've been watching the drama unfold from the sidelines, I casted my vote but I gotta say I'm loving this haha 😂

Midnight in Chernobyl is PHENOMENAL! The book and the HBO limited series that was adapted from it. It happened the year I graduated HS and I thought I knew enough about it but I was shocked at the level of detail that was in the book that probably wasn’t common knowledge thanks to the secrecy of the iron curtain.

Id say get to week 100. It would be pretty cool

The book club battle is what convinced me to sign up for your Patreon (my first ever!), that was truly hilarious!

The metamorphosis traumatized me lol I read it in high school and it still haunts me.

I don’t know if this is a thing in Canada (hopefully it is) but some libraries in the US have a service called Kanopy. It has a lot of criterion movies available on it.

The book is fantastic, and the HBO show is incredible!!

Into thin air is amazing - one of the most gripping non-fiction books I have ever read. I would recommend any biography by Walter Isaacson or anything by Thomas Sowell.

I’m not in the book club, but happy to hear ya’ll don’t have to read the hot garbage that is Normal People.

Which is your favorite Toni Morrison book?

Thank you for inspiring me to read again! I had 19 books read in 2024 and already read 4 in 2025!

You should do a 2nd Chance theme for the club one month and have the options be a lot of books that almost won but didn't quite make the cut.

I truly hated Ministry of Time, but I also understand that I am the minority. If it wins, I cannot wait to hear your opinion.

Have you read The Glass Cadtle by Jeanette Walls? Its worth a read.

I wonder how long it will be before he makes the, " I'm un-hauling a thousand books because I have no self control or space" video. So far he's on track for '26 or when the views decline! Once folks, "do KZbin fulltime" the decline begins!

My favorite non fiction that seems totally up your alley is Helter Skelter by Bugliosi

Currently reading Midnight in Chernobyl and it is so good! I can feel my brain expanding with every page. Also watched the HBO series a few years ago (it instigated me to get this book) and I find it helpful to have a bit of background understanding. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on it!