Summer 2018 Nonfiction Book Haul

Let's take a look at all the nonfiction books I’ve picked up recently!
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They Have a Word for It by Howard Rheingold: amzn.to/2PDoT4N
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh by Carl Zimmer: amzn.to/32ZgUHj
Bonk by Mary Roach: amzn.to/3gChYEV
Diving for Seahorses by Hilde and Ylva Ostby: amzn.to/39xvF5m
An Alchemy of Mind by Diane Ackerman: amzn.to/31yzm7g
Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks: amzn.to/33IIhWw
Muses, Madmen and Prophets by Daniel B. Smith: amzn.to/2PDHsGg
Happiness: A History by Darrin M. McMahon: amzn.to/2DMK4ik
The Accidental Connoisseur by Lawrence Osborne: amzn.to/3fF3cvW
The Widow Clicquot by Tilar J Mazzeo: amzn.to/3gJl4XB
Bacchus & Me by Jay McInerney: amzn.to/3alxSkV
Immortal Milk by Eric LeMay: amzn.to/3imVWq1
Bunk by Kevin Young: amzn.to/31yUtGv
Love Songs by Ted Gioia: amzn.to/2Mh6GaT
All the Pieces Matter by Jonathan Abrams: amzn.to/30GRKM3
The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair: amzn.to/2PF0dJo
Oscar Wilde by Richard Ellman: amzn.to/3imfU4o
The Butchering Art by Lindsay Fitzharris: amzn.to/3ipqNlX
The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt: amzn.to/3gHKPYh
All the Devils are Here by Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera: amzn.to/3iptx2Q
Tattered Banners by Paul Radzianko: amzn.to/3kroTTz
The World on Fire by Anthony Read: amzn.to/2PFm977
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf: amzn.to/3hBGdUG
A Victorian Flower Dictionary by Mandy Kirkby: amzn.to/2XIXl2s
The Reason for Flowers by Stephen Buchmann: amzn.to/3gIXwlV
Chrysalis by Kim Todd: amzn.to/2DN9FaK
A Naturalist at Large by Bernd Heinrich: amzn.to/2XIZM4Y
The Naming of the Shrew by John Wright: amzn.to/30Hu1vi
Unseen City by Nathanael Johnson: amzn.to/3kCCqrM
The Evolution of Beauty by Richard Prum: amzn.to/33GqgYI
A Gathering of Birds by Donald Culross Peattie: amzn.to/2PCmYgT
Birdsong by Don Stap: amzn.to/3abLGxX
Flights of Fancy by Peter Tate: amzn.to/2XKDWy3
The Bird by Colin Tudge: amzn.to/3krINhs
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[@Essielove33]

I have never commented on a KZbin video before, but your channel has brought so much joy to my life and has ignited my love for nonfiction to the point that I literally screamed when I saw this video. So many new goodreads suggestion for me thanks to this video. Please never stop making videos about non fiction!!!

[@abookolive]

Thank you so much!!

[@saintdonoghue]

This magnificent haul reminds me that we're only a few months away from Nonfiction November!

[@RachelRae]

Steve Donoghue and I can’t wait!!

[@abookolive]

So excited!!!

[@literaryprints]

Me: Hmm I wish I had more nonfiction recs to go through. Olive: Summer Nonfiction Book Haul on *all the topics I could possibly want* THANK YOU MUCHLY.

[@tiffaniecolvin5545]

I found your channel about a month ago and I just can’t stop watching. You’ve fostered a desire to read more nonfiction and I’ve added so many books to my TBR! I also read I am I am I am recently and it was fantastic. I can’t stop thinking about that memoir since I read it a few weeks ago!

[@abookolive]

That is so wonderful to hear!! Thank you 😊

[@KatieReadsRants]

Nearly every nonfiction book you haul ends up on my TBR. You are bad for my wallet, but wonderful for my brain.

[@abookolive]

😁

[@MegBookishRamblings]

I love watching your hauls, I know I'll always find books to add to my TBR shelf and your excitement is catching . I am really curious about the Botany books you mentioned as they sound interesting. I have always found animals as well as plants interesting and there was a time when I thought about becoming a Botanist or Marine Biologist. Even though my career of being a Botanist or Marine Biologist didn't happen, I do still have a love of learning about plants and living vicariously through those who have made a successful go at those careers or just love sharing their understanding of plants and animals. Happy Reading!

[@thelitmalaysian4163]

HOLY HAUL, BATMAN! What a gold mine! I'm a little bit jealous and very much in awe.

[@amusicalbookworm]

I want to buy ALL of these.... 🙃 you have such interesting nonfiction hauls!

[@redbluemoon4169]

I added, once more, so many books to my TBR watching your videos! You really rekindled my love for non fiction! Thank you so much!!

[@majruess63]

The Butchering Art was absolutely amazing, so interesting. I think you’ll really enjoy it

[@CookieR1272]

The best haul ever. Oliver Sacks in particular, I have enjoyed almost every book of his I’ve ever read.

[@infinittrob9409]

Bunk and All the Devils Are Here have just made my TBR. Love your hauls since there's always something for everyone.

[@LouiseReader]

So many interesting books there! I bought The Secret Lives of Colour recently on a trip to the Art Gallery of New South Wales. I flipped through it on the train on the way home but haven’t settled down to reading it properly. I couldn’t resist that spotty textured cover.

[@abookolive]

It's so pretty!

[@josmith5992]

Did I hear the phrase "I'm attached to reality like a baby sloth?" 😆 The book that's a companion to The Language of Flowers sounds rather good, that was a really enjoyable book.

[@bookwalk1]

John Berendt has written a book about birds called My Baby Blue Jays. It appears to be a photo essay of a nest of blue jays outside his window! Would be an obscure addition to your bird book collection! Lots of interesting titles in this haul. Will join in for October’s NF read!

[@RashmikaLikesBooks]

Olive, you have excellent taste. This haul stands as a reminder that nonfiction is amazing!

[@vivrelivre]

This amazing haul will most certainly have an impact on my budget. Wonderful picks, Olive! Bravo!

[@fairypenguin214]

I liked the Butchering Art quite a bit, it does a really good job of showing what a huge leap it was to get doctors to consider sanitation as a relevant and necessary part of surgery. It's pretty gory (but I guess that's obvious).

[@myreadinglife8816]

My favorite Mary Roach is Stiff. Fantastic haul!

[@michelea2326]

Bonk is a very interesting, educational and funny book. Easily one of my top 5 books of 2017. Stiff by Mary Roach is brilliant as well and I highly recommend it! I’ve had The Secret Lives of Color since it released so I clearly need to get reading...

[@CherryBlossom84904]

Great book haul! I've read and loved The Evolution of Beauty, She Has Her Mother's Laugh and A Room of One's Own. And yay, more bird books for my TBR! I can never have too many of those.

[@missOhdrey]

Here is my struggle. Nothing excites me more than discovering new non-fiction books and deciding which ones to read. Knowledge is so appealing to me, I want it all! But, non-fiction can be pretty dense and I hate that I need a break in between books (during which I read fiction). There is simply not enough time. I wish 36 hour days were a thing.

[@abookolive]

I do have to admit, nonfiction does take me longer to read as well. I'd also appreciate a few more hours in the day...too much of my time is dedicated to work - I need more reading time!

[@arp711]

BRB adding a dozen books to my TBR

[@abookolive]

😁😁😁

[@annapotpot]

Your segues to the next book are really witty :D Interesting books!

[@KW-vy1rf]

As always, a lovely mix of books here. I love how you indulge your interest in nature. The book about the natural world in urban centers sounds really interesting and cute. I'm also curious about Chrysalis as I once saw a fantastic TedxEd video about her. I read Bonk a few years ago and it's still my favourite Mary Roach book. It's hilarious and informative. And Tattered Banners sounds like a good follow-up to the first Russian non-fiction book I read and loved recently, The Secret Lives of the Tsars.

[@AmyPool]

So many books, so much potential! Hope you enjoy them!

[@TheNovelSanctuary]

So many interesting topics!

[@BaileeWalsh]

Whenever you talk about seahorses I think of this release of 23 short films by Jean Painlevé. They are from the 20s through to the 80s. But the specific release from Criterion has a seahorse on the cover because he has one short called The Seahorse, which I've seen clips of and although it's dated in terms of technology it's still pretty interesting. He made other shorts about sea urchins, pigeons, octopus, and some other random animals.

[@LiteraryStoner]

I should have counted how many times I paused the video to go add a book to my tbr on Goodreads :D So many awesome sounding books! I love your nonfiction hauls!

[@wanderingoff13]

I've read the Oscar Wilde biography (years ago but I remember it fondly) and A Room of One's Own (more recently and which is GREAT). Virginia Woolf has another long essay called Three Guineas about women, charity, and economic justice which is often bound with A Room of One's Own and which I think is even better - if you have it in that volume, definitely read it!

[@BookishNorth]

I love watching your non-fiction hauls, even though my interests in non-fiction rarely converge with yours. It just shows me how many interesting topics are out there to be explored. That being said, I am curious about the language book you hauled. And I have read Diving with seahorses in the original Norwegian edition. It was interesting, but I felt it held my hand a little too tightly through the explanations for my taste. But very readable.

[@Jen-fantasyandfiction]

Always intrigued with your choices. I also have The Reason for Flowers to read and can't wait to hear your review when you get to it.

[@bhargavilawbookskettlebells]

This was such an excellent haul! I want most of these books in my brain right NOW! Of course, my bank balance disagrees. So, on my tbr they go :) Thanks for a great haul!

[@TheBookubus]

I'm in the middle of a re-watch of The Wire seeing as my husband has never seen it! We just finished season 3 last night.Might have to add the book to his xmas gift list :)

[@abookolive]

Oh man, that means you're on to season 4 💔

[@kelsqi-books4835]

I don't know what her other books are like but i LOVE mary roach's Stiff. One of my favorite books ever

[@abookolive]

I really need to read that!

[@bloomsfromedenxo9010]

I loved Cork Dork and can’t wait to hear your thoughts of the wine books you brought. Great haul!

[@CuriousReader]

Oh, An Alchemy of Mind sounds fab! I've seen the author's name around, I think she's written a book about butterflies as well. I can't wait to hear your thoughts on The Secret Lives of Colors and The Butchering Art, both titles I've been close to buying for a good while now! Gah, you have the best taste in nonfiction! So many titles here than sound interesting and I love the mix of subjects and sub-genres. I need more bird books in my personal library, too.

[@danecobain]

Kerouac gives me that problem too sometimes where I'm like, "Is this fiction or non-fiction?" :D

[@merelevelyne]

A great bookhaul! Especially the bird books and Unseen City sound interesting to me :)

[@mysteriousokapi4564]

I’ve been binge-watching your nonfiction hauls (because I LOVE nonfiction and you’re the only book tuber I’ve com across so far with great nonfiction recommendations) and was just wondering if you’ve read The Secret Lives of Color yet. I’ve had my eye on it for a while, just haven’t gotten around to picking it up.

[@Angel666Anne]

I'm currently reading The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathon Haidt which is an excellent non-fiction book about the philosophy and science of happiness. Sounds like it might be up your alley!

[@abookolive]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[@amivanzyl8876]

Love the name of that cheese book so much!

[@abookolive]

It's fantastic! 😁

[@joreads8782]

Please read Chrysalis soon. That’s been on my TBR for years. I bought a much shorter illustrated story about her, but it wasn’t well written.

[@byronsbrain]

I really enjoyed the Butchering Art, it was a great introduction to an area I knew nothing about.... I hope you like it :)

[@teresalovesbooks]

Nice books!! I mostly read fantasy. Lol

[@steakuccino]

Olive, this is very dangerous. I do not have time to read all of the excellent-looking books in this haul that I immediately want to add to my TBR. 😫

[@ThatsWhatSheRead]

That Hereditary book and the language one look fascinating!! Why do you make me want to read all the non fiction?? So many Interesting ones here

[@abookolive]

Haha, making everyone want to pick up more nonfiction is always my goal 😁

[@311vandal]

So I have got to ask: how do you go about finding such great and interesting nonfiction to purchase? I’m a bird keeper and am adding most of these bird books to my Amazon wish list. 😒 Just wondering how you stumble across so many gems....perusing a physical shop? Recommendations? Good luck on random online searches? Anyhow, love seeing your hauls Olive!

[@abookolive]

I head straight to the nonfiction section in every book store or book sale I go to & browse! At library book sales there isn't as much competition for space to stand as there is with fiction so I have time to pick books up & see what they're about.

[@ruthsoz]

Do you automatically add all of your hauled books to your to-read list? I love the way you choose a 'random' book from your to-read list using a random number generator and I was curious how you keep up with all your owned by not read books! Although I know you have an amazing memory. :)

[@abookolive]

Unfortunately my memory can't keep track of each and every book! I wish it could, haha. I try to add all the books I pick up to my TBR when I get home, but some get lost in the shuffle 😕

[@kaylakiteley4742]

Wow all of these sound so interesting, especially the language one and the heredity one

[@bryapro]

Nonfiction recommendation fix! Thank you!

[@abookolive]

My pleasure 😁

[@thefrancophilereader8943]

I have the same biography of Oscar Wilde but I have yet to read it. It is quite the chunker.

[@SunriseFireberry]

What do the words 'fake news' mean to you as a 21stC American? Just wondering. I found it interesting that O. Wilde also wrote religious stories eg. The Selfish Giant.

[@booksimnotreading]

Olive, I heard that you sometimes discuss business books on your channel. I just posted a video on my channel in looking for recommendations for my office. Please let me know if you have any suggestions! Thank you!

[@frijolinpaul5785]

have you narrated a book? because you have a nice and very understandable voice :)

[@abookolive]

Thank you! I hope to narrate a book someday!

[@buntyjak]

Queen Of Non-Fiction Love From India

[@jacquelinemcmenamin8204]

Wow! That's a great haul of fantastic books. As a city dweller though I hate pigeons

[@abookolive]

Everyone seems to hate them, but I think they're cute 😳

[@OldBluesChapterandVerse]

How many books do you own?

[@abookolive]

I'm honestly not sure. I've never counted them & the number is always fluctuating since I'm acquiring a lot of new ones but also consistently getting rid of books I've read and don't want to reread.

[@OldBluesChapterandVerse]

I’d be curious to know, should you ever feel inclined to count. It might go back to my days doing inventory at Barnes & Noble, I don’t know. I added multiple books from this haul to my TBR. I’m becoming more and more interested in birds since my wife and I bought our house two years ago. I’d never seen a blue jay before we moved into our home, and we have a few who appear now and again. And I just think they’re jaw-droppingly beautiful things. I’ve been keeping the binoculars on the coffee table.