71 Non-Fiction Book Recommendations.

[@arefinedsolitude5199]

finally someone who acknowledges my gorgeousness. and it comes from someone from NY, too. yeah, baby, yeah

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

baby, you're a firework

[@pallaviaggarwal1308]

You have to read 'why fish don't exist' by lulu miller, very unique in its subject matter and also how many things it manages to talk about, does defy genre within non fiction, one of my favourite reads this year!

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

I've only heard such positive things about it & people consistently say it's one of their favorites!

[@illchangemyusernamewhenith9130]

Wow im just preparing to go absolutely ham on my bookshelves reorganizing and decluttering. Now I have something bookish to put on in the background. Thanks babes 🫡

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

oh baby!!! how did the declutter go?? you know I love a good deep clean

[@TicM-yt4my]

Thank you for doing a video about nonfiction! I feel like it’s an underrated book genre. My favourite nonfiction book is “The Matryoshka Memoirs” by Sasha Colby. Thank you for this video, you’ve earned a new sub 😊

[@sophiethepegasus]

Ahhh, another absolute banger from you. I seriously have not experienced so much joy and anticipation from a KZbin channel... perhaps ever! I have hardly read any nonfiction aside from Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, which I completely loved. Your book tastes truly inspire me with new literature possibilities I had not considered before. I am also getting more and more interested in possibly picking up a Krakauer... the unfortunate side of my personality is that I tend to stick to singular "types" of book because I am more comfortable in picking one subject and becoming incredibly knowledgeable in that subject in particular... but the things that you share truly do prompt me to expand my search.

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

You make me smile--thank you so much! And nooo, not unfortunate! I think it's great to hone in on one particular subject and become proficient in it. I tend to do the same, but as I've gotten older I realize that sometimes my interests change as well.

[@nailea9950]

So excited for this video! My big goal for last year was to read atleast 1 nonfiction a month and I accomplished that but have been seriously slacking this year. Excited for these recs to get me back into nonfiction 💘

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

You can doooo it! Sometimes I listen to non-fiction on audiobook. Little cheat code, but it feels like a podcast

[@maddalena2529]

My favorite memoir of all times is "Smoke gets in your eyes" by Caitlin Doughty, it is sooo good and with lots of humor! Thank you for this amazing list of non fiction there are a couple I now want to read. 😉

[@batfacedgirl]

Have you read her other book From Here to Eternity? That one is my favourite 😍

[@maddalena2529]

@@batfacedgirl Yes I’ve read it but I still love her first one more. The tone and the writing in Smoke gets in your eyes are incredible and I couldn’t stop reading. But I also learned a lot from her second one. Thank you for your answer! ☺️

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

I am so intrigued by that book! What a wild field to work in. I think I'd learn so much

[@dilaraguney]

The book Butts… In the 69th spot… Is it a coincidence?

[@dilaraguney]

I am a child

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

LMAOOOO it's CRACKING me up

[@peter-hj5kb]

Blues All Around Me: The Autobiography of B.B. King

[@michaelkenney2857]

One nonfiction book I will never forget and that jolted me into adulthood is "The Autobiography of Malcolm X". I can say it truly changed my life. Thanks for the rundown, I've read a number of the books you mentioned.

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Would love to get to that book. Feel like it's so important!

[@jennymcevoy8961]

Oh my favourite!!!!! Non fiction and 44 minutes and 14 seconds of it 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

It's like a non-fiction movie, baby!!

[@Sthemingway]

I finished reading Liz Phair's Horror Stories today. I didn't actively listen to her music in the 90s, but I really enjoyed her memoir. My favorite chapters are seven and eleven, where she talks about the NYC blackout of 2003 and the huge blizzard of 2010.

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Oh WOAH! Liz Phair--haven't heard that name in a bit. If it takes place primarily in NYC, it's a book for me :)

[@kah3178]

Ok-I have to ask…what product do you use on your face? Your skin is BEAUTIFUL and has the best glow!!

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

omg thank you! I will say I have naturally oily skin, so that's the usual glow (in addition to great lighting), but right now I'm using Cerave moisturizer pretty consistently. I think I'll have a face routine by the end of this month.

[@heleneh.6055]

Thank you! Some of my favorites in nonfiction: Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain, Wild by Cheryl Strayed, Me Talk Pretty One Day by Sedaris, Into Thin Air by Krakauer, Just Kids by Smith, A Walk in the Woods by Bryson, The Unexpurgated Beaton, Shooting the Boh by Tracy Johnston, You’ll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again by Julia Phillips, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt.

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

I absolutely agree with the books I've read from the list! Such good picks!

[@melissamybubbles6139]

Here are some books I like. As You Wish by Cary Elwes, Revolutionary Backlash by Rosemarie Zagarri, The Field of Blood by Joanne Freeman, The Soul of An Octopus by Sy Montgomery, Floating Coast by Bathsheba Demuth, The Russian Affair by David Walsh, Red Notice by Bill Browder, An Empire on the Edge by Nick Bunker, The Widow Washington by Martha Saxton, They Were Her Property by Stephanie Jones-Rodgers, Sons of The Waves by Stephen Taylor, The Book of Separation by Tova Mirvis, Witness Lessons From Elie Wiesel's Classroom by Ariel Burger

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Nice! Thank you so much for these! I always love to reference lists people comment so I can pick my next reads : )

[@Jonathan-B_]

Ana's videos always make me think maybe six feet ain't so far down...

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

lmaoooo HOLD ME NOW!

[@jobuckley2999]

This video was fun, smart and informative. I discovered some interesting books. Krakauer's books are amazing. Thanks for the shout out to us old people. We used to be you and you will be us. For non-fiction adventure the best read has got to be Endurance by Lansing. This survival story is so mind blowing it is almost unbelievable, but it is true. Also, Man's Search for Meaning by Frankl about a concentration camp or Educated by Westover about leaving the Mormon life. Both very good. Thanks for the non- fiction ideas.

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

❤️ Shackleton's voyage is such a fascinating tale to me. I'll check out Endurance. And I still need to get to Educated & Frankl! I know I'd love them.

[@monsteratreehouse]

Please read Jeannette walls!! She is my favorite author maybe. (She lives in NY!!) Lol but read the Glass Castle (her memoir) and Half Broke Horses (memoir about her grandmother, lily). I love the grit and determination in those books. I still think about the beautiful scenes that play out in half broke horses on their farm, a must read!!

[@suzannebousquet2710]

Another fantastic and entertaining video! Thanks Ana. I have three recommendations for you, based on your taste for certain books. 1-The Unlikely Thru -Hiker: An Appalachian Trail Journey by Derek Lugo 2- The Climb by Anatolia Bookreev (it's a different take on the 1996 Everest disaster) 3-The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown (love, love, love this). Think Olympics, Germany, Hitler, the Depression, competition,and a bunch of college boys that come through for the USA!

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

omg, someone after my heart. These are exactly the type of novels I'm into right now. Thankyou, THANKYOU

[@caitlinjohnson7161]

i was waiting all video for classic krakauer to come up. one of my all time favorites, non-fiction or otherwise

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

saved the best baby boy for the end

[@LienVNDL]

Two of my favorites are ‘Eating Animals’ and ‘The Lonely City’.

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Ooooh, two bangers in the house! (Haven't read them, but know people loooove them.)

[@Qoo888ywh]

I thought it was jordan peterson

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

Fun fact: According to a study conducted by Google Books, there have been 129,864,880 books published since the invention of Gutenberg's printing press in 1440. This means that even if a person read two books a day every day for their entire life, they wouldn't come close to reading every book.

[@matastrakova2179]

My favourites are Smoke gets into your eyes, Say nothing and Nothing holds back the night. I also really enjoyed some celebrity memoirs - especially The Storyteller by Dave Grohl, The Opposite of butterfly hunting by Evanna Lynch and shockingly Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton. Then I also love nonfiction about science: for example The God equation by Michio Kaku, The God delusion by Richard Dawkins and Hothouse Earth by Bill McGuire. And many more ofc, these are just on the top of my list.

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

I have Smoke Gets in your Eyes on hold at my library! I would love to snag the audiobook--I think it would be a great run companion. And I've heard the Paris Hilton memoir is surprisingly perfect!

[@marianamasbooks]

I’m so glad for that one person who suggested this video, I didn’t know I wanted it but I did 🔥 ...I know Woolgathering was in number 60 but I can’t ignore that title+cover combo lol, I’m for sure googling that one. But I also need to read Just Kids. (You were so calm about that centipede! I would’ve run away screaming 😂😭)

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Hahaha, I grew up in the country--so many critters everywhere. And Woolgathering is definitely good (I think hehehe)

[@AnaMariaBotoser]

Happy to say your videos encouraged me to read more non-fiction because it’s given me some brilliant gems😊 Some of my favourites are ‘American Prometheus’, ‘Night’ by Ellie Wiesel, ‘In Order to Live’ by Yeonmi Park and ‘Liquid Modernity’ by Zygmunt Bauman

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

I typed out a whole response and YT deleted it. Love ya first off. Second, how was American Prometheus? I feel like I'd absolutely love it.

[@AnaMariaBotoser]

@@AnaWallaceJohnson It’s AMAZING!! I 100% recommend to read it before watching the movie - there’s so much insight into who he was from so many different perspectives that it makes the movie experience a masterpiece of a visual interpretation! Either way, as much as it is very long and detailed, it poses very interesting conundrums Oppenheimer and everyone in his team had at the time, but written almost like a thriller - I think you’d find it interesting, to say the least, Ana😊

[@AnaMariaBotoser]

P.S: reading it with the audiobook (which is on YT) did make it more digestible😌

[@shonna_77]

can you do a makeup tutorial, or just tell us about how you glow? so pretty!

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

thank you! It is definitely some good lighting, but I think I'm going to post a makeup tutorial by the end of the month

[@NiNa-rt8xd]

Great video! I wrote down a couple of books, I want to read. Some of my favorites are The Unwinding by George Packer, Broke, USA by Gary Rivlin, Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenhalt (older but still relevant), Detroit by Charlie Leduff, Nomadland by Jessica Bruder and Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson...

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Love the list! Still thinking about getting around to Nomadland. Have put off seeing the movie until I formally read the book.

[@gilidominitz1842]

Oh wowww im that solitary comment, I'm so excited you went for it 🎉

[@gilidominitz1842]

Here are my recommendations 🌟 1. North of normal (cause you like an outdoors landscape and great storys) 2. Love lessons (an escapism diary during WW2 in london) 3. Educated 4. My body 5. The color of water 6. I belong here

[@RowanDreams]

I second North of normal and educated! Such great books!

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

You are the icon, the legend and the moment

[@gilidominitz1842]

@@AnaWallaceJohnsonYOU ARE 😍

[@nostalgicbear]

one non-fiction book i've read and loved and think you might enjoy as well is Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn. it's all about how nature moves back in and reclaims land that used to be populated by humans, and there's a chapter about Chernobyl and the life that is still there. it's a fascinating book in my opinion and i was googling and learning about so many places the whole way through. thank you for your videos! i find so many amazing recommendations through this channel :))

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Oh YES. OHH YES I would love that. Especially if it's exploring different destinations. Mhmmm currently looking it up on audiobook

[@My_trashtalking_account]

I like all five of the authors featured in this 71-book list!

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

lmaooo I'm branching out

[@cathy2142]

Recently i gave away follow the river about mary ingles. Not little house girl. And the childrens blizzard an account of a storm in 1888.

[@Al-ho1oo]

Nothing to do with the video, but, I have to say that you look stunning ❤

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Thank you so, so much. Glam!

[@jamiebbooks]

I loved a couple of Mark Kurlansky's history books, especially Paper: Paging Through History and Salt: A World History. I read Salt when it came out and was amazed that a history book could be so fun to read. I made my siblings read it and they loved it and made their friends read it, too. I read Paper more recently after having done printmaking for a few years so I found it especially interesting, but I think folks not involved in paper arts could still really enjoy it.

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

I literally picked up Salt for my grandma for Christmas because of this comment

[@insideout986]

I would definitely recommend to anyone Faith, Hope And Carnage by Nick Cave and Sean O'Hagan. And for the ones that can read about the sexual assault and the impact that trauma has on the body I Choose Elena by Lucia Osborne-Crowley. You don't have to know or be a fan of Cave or Osborne-Crowley to read those books. Huge huge recommendations!

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Have never heard of either of those novels, but wow, I Choose Elena looks so impactful and moving. Thank you for those!!

[@cathyg.9996]

You are spot on about The Fran Lebowitz Reader. Love her and thought I would love this book but just couldn’t relate to most of it. I’m sure it’s because of the time period in which these essays were written. Also, I’ve been wanting to read Murakami but feel a little intimidated, any suggestions what to read first? Thank you! ❤

[@Eleonora-ul4mc]

Just added a bunch of books on my list!! Already bought “A walk in the woods”! I’ve recently read “Travels with Charley: In search of America” by John Steinbeck and I istantly fell in love with it. I also recommend “Spillover” by David Quammen (an eye-opener on how viruses develop) and “Reborn” the first volume of Susan Sontag’s diaries. PS I have to thank you for making me read “Theft by Finding”. One of the best books I read this year. Greetings from Italy!!!❤

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Amazing recommendations, especially Spillover--sounds to intriguing and pertinent! So happy you loved the Seders! What a uniquely manufactured mind he has--always chuckling with him :)))

[@RowanDreams]

So many great recs!! I bought classic Krakauer a couple days ago and am so excited to read it soon! I have loved all of his other books that I read of his. I was so sad to hear that he won’t be writing anymore books. I would recommend Dead Mountain by Donnie Eichar as something comparable to Krakauer’s Into Thin Air. I have also been hearing great things about Ed Viesturs books (he also writes about mountaineering and was on Everest on a lower camp when the storm hit).

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

I so hope you love it! It's a great bedside read. One story a night. He's got a great catalogue, so I know I'll revisit his books (even though there won't be any new). Noted on the other mountain recs! Thank you!

[@Skibidipurush]

Just found your KZbin handle Ana, Your Recos are very good but what made me happy is your personality and the way you talk.You are one of those genuine KZbinrs still left.Keep it up❤

[@lorenzoandrade6642]

25:32 you should check out “Chaos” by Tom O’Neill. Bugliosi lied a lot about a multitude of things in Helter Skelter. charles manson still a bad man tho. bad bad bad

[@weronikakuacz6919]

For me, one that always comes to mind is „How to Do Nothing” by Jenny Odell. And „Slouching Towards Betlehem” by queen Joan Didion

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

QUEEN Didion is right. Haven't read How to Do Nothing, but I know she was a favorite for lots of people

[@patreiser526]

#20?! How could you? One of my all time favorite books...Jon and I have an understanding. Very close. Also, if you haven't, check out Homemade Wanderlust as she traverses ALONE up the AT. In deed, she does the Pacific Rim as well as the trail from Mexico Canado. Balls is what she's got. On the tubes.

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Hahaha trust me, I could make a top 10 with just JK's books. Currently reading Wild by Cheryl Strayed about the PCT. LOVE these hiker stories, so Homemade Wanderlust sounds like my jam.

[@zamnordic8278]

I liked very much Murakami's Running too, my own not so much. It's all about willpower, I think Murakami has tremendous willpower. And buttmuscles. I think of you as an eccentric lecturer whose lecture the students listen to both mesmerized and a little scared. You never know what's gonna happen next.

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

hahaha willpower and butt muscles are the sign of a true runner. And I love that!! Thank you! big compliment

[@HitorMissHallmark]

Art Sex Music is at the top of my list! I was briefly obsessed with Throbbing Gristle, particularly Genesis P-Orridge. Such a fascinating person. Great list overall!

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Right!! I've been meaning to read Non-Binary, Genesis' memoir. Waiting for it to come out in paperback!

[@sofip6293]

so glad someone shares my views on uncanny valley

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

BLEH! vom. still makes me upset to think about

[@michellec7677]

You should check out Amanda Montell. Both of her books are very good - Wordslut (personal favorite) and Cultish. I also read Things I Learned From Falling by Claire Nelson and Unraveling by Peggy Orenstein this year and all were 5 stars! Non-fiction bay-beee! 🌟💫✨

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

I've listened to her podcast 'Sounds Like a Cult' many times. Love her voice! And Things I Learned from Falling is so intriguing to me!!!!

[@WesleyChamp-k5h]

When you rate books it’s according to your taste

[@natasha-lyonne-enthusiast8098]

Wonderful!!!!

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

You are!

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Woah, you read some great ones. How was American Prometheus? I feel like I would honestly love it.

[@johnhenry5835]

Ana, I enjoy your videos. By definition, a novel is a work of fiction. Just so you know. Love Krakauer also.

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

!!! Thank you! Makes sense!

[@MothsAreTheBest]

BUGS ARE FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also good video

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

I knoooooow. I love them... usually :)

[@knitnkitten]

recommendations: The Hidden Life of Trees, by Wohlleben & an oldie but goodie, The Descent of Woman, by Elaine Morgan

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Noted!!!!

[@violetred1309]

2:48 Botanist?

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Definitely!

[@aamnahere6250]

Yuval Noah Harari has been seriously criticised for many of the inaccurate conclusions he reaches in his books. His books are famous because they're accessible for the layman, not because they're scientifically robust. He is one of those authors who reaches certain conclusions based on how he either perceives certain facts to be, rudimentary and inconclusive evidence or ideological biases and goes to great unsubstantiated lengths to prove them. There are many principled rebuttals of his unsubstantiated opinions and conclusions held as 'facts' by scientists and those with more knowledge of the subject than him.

[@electrology]

you've got beautiful eyes Ana 😍

[@lauradone9232]

The more I watch your videos the more I'm convinced we would really get along 😂 Sylvester ✌🏼 the first CD I ever bought.

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

!!!!! omg. No way. Sylvester is my dance inspo always

[@johnmooney9403]

Hi Ana another excellent video as always. Do you mainly read physical books, as opposed to ebooks?

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Definitely don't read ebooks--I only have my phone, so I try to get away from screen time when possible. I use audiobooks, though, in addition to primarily physical books.

[@myreadinglife8816]

What a fabulous list! Love Erik Larson. Love Cockroaches.

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Such goodies! So many worthy rereads!

[@mariasmiles68]

My goal is to read more non-fiction because I have been woefully short this year. I really want to read A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan after I heard him talk about it on a podcast. I would like to get to more Erik Larson as well. Today is Amelia Earhart day and now I want to find a good NF book about her. I guess this video is my nudge to get going with that.🙃📖

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

I've heard of the Egan book from multiple sources & all say it's fantastic. Didn't realize there was an Amelia Earhart day--learn something new everyday!

[@jackseney7906]

A horticulturist would also be someone who collects plants and flowers, I think. 😄😸 I now follow your friend Bibliosophie as well, she is just as intelligent and beautiful as you 👍

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Sophie is amazing! So iconic and great NYC content!!!!

[@nissasbookcorner]

ana i missed your beautiful face!! i will definitely be checking out some of these. also @ #66 great impression of natasha lyonne in russian doll

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

hahahah!! She's my life's inspiration. Everything I do, I am her

[@teneshaanderson4761]

I love Melissa broder so much, hidden valley road is an excellent book, I’m reading just kids now

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Melissy B's new book is going to make my October the best month of the year

[@erika8555]

I am not even close to done yet but I can already guess what number one is! (Not a centipede but a….)

[@erika8555]

#2! I’m shocked! Lol

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

oh, trust me, it was the hardest decision of my life trying to pick a proper #1

[@maryhough8041]

You’re a sex in the city character and I fkn LOVE it ❤️❤️❤️

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Omg BIG compliment. Those are my GIRLS

[@AthynVixen]

I also found the Fran very flat even though I adore her. I was lucky enough to see her onstage and meet her and she is an absolute scream. Sadly the book was not. I will still treasure my copy though because I had it signed.I will die on the hill that I maintain Three Women was fiction marketed as non fiction because nothing about that book was believeable and it really did read like fiction. Weirdly I picked up her fiction and it read like non fiction so why bother putting genres on things? LOL

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Hahaha RE the Taddeo bit. I think that Three Women was camouflaged as an erotic novel, tbh. Fran would be amazing to grab a coffee with & swap wit

[@AthynVixen]

@@AnaWallaceJohnson bless her she signed my book to a friend. I'll show you a pic sometime.shes a hoot. I laughed ti my ass was left in the seat

[@rishabhtripathi3859]

I want to read you.

[@bdwon]

too bad that so many of your reading preferences are so focussed on the same mainstream East Coast stuff. Read _Educated_ by Tara Westover. It addresses some of your same interests, but less focussed on East Coast myopia

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Hahah! I guess I just gravitate toward that. Interested in Educated for sure!

[@ralucaprepelita8428]

I gobbled this vid up! So so good - I now fully expect all your videos to be this long. Just sayin!

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

She's full!! And oh baby, can't promise, but I'll try!!!

[@vanillacupcake540]

I'm blessed, my crops have grown, my skin is clear and my gender dysphoria is gone because mother Ana have posted 😚 Slay mother!!

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

!!!!! the harvest is READY!!!

[@Popopopopopopipopipipip]

The rise and fall of the third reich. Great book

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

There ya go!