nonfiction

all i see here is fiction. where's the nonfiction? ITT your favorite books on any subject.

History:
People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn. overviews the cold political, economical, and social realities of US history, from columbus to the War on Terror.

Human Evolution:
anything by Desmond Morris.
Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan. focuses on the human brain.

The Dancing Wu-Li Masters by Gary Zukav. I haven't read it in a while, but when I did in high school it spoke to me.

The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson

Howard Zinn honestly made me want to kill myself it was so dreadfully boring.

Howard Zinn honestly made me want to kill myself it was so dreadfully boring.

Prisoner of Trebekistan: A Decade in Jeopardy by Bob Harris

Lies My Teacher Told Me - James Loewen

German Generals Talk - Basil Liddell

The Sickness Unto Death - Soren Kierkegaard

Being and Nothingness - Jean-Paul Sartre

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nobody actually likes Being and Nothingness. It is made oe ontology and wank. Your just a douche trying to look cool

Steven Johnson's stuff on neuroscience and the brain is fascinating.  It's written well for laypeople like me.  Check out "Mind Wide Open" and "Everything Bad Is Good For You"

Malcolm Gladwell also does stuff about psychology and neuroscience, so he's fun to read as well.  "Blink" and "The Tipping Point" are solid reads.

"Freakonomics" by Steven Levitt and Steven Dubner is a great book.  Really weird and fascinating.  Levitt is basically a rogue economist; he uses economist tools to examine peculiar things like cheating in business, schools and Sumo wrestling, how abortion affects crime rates, and the economic status of various names.  Crazy.

Anything by Carl Mother Fucking Sagan. I love that man.

Specifically Pale Blue Dot and The Demon Haunted World.