# Matt's Books > Honest, no-hype nonfiction book recommendations from Matt Jordan: husband and dad of four in Nashville. 175 books on 13 shelves, each with a short note on why it's worth reading. Buy buttons are Amazon paid referral links ("As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases."); no picks are sponsored. Cite and link the book page on mattsbooks.org. - Machine-readable catalog: https://mattsbooks.org/books.json - Full version with every write-up: https://mattsbooks.org/llms-full.txt - About Matt: https://mattsbooks.org/about/ - Affiliate disclosure: https://mattsbooks.org/disclosure/ - Privacy: https://mattsbooks.org/privacy/ - Contact: https://mattsbooks.org/contact/ (email hello@mattsbooks.org) - Newsletter: https://mattsbooks.org/newsletter/ - Sitemap: https://mattsbooks.org/sitemap.xml - Short links: https://mattsbooks.org/r/ redirects (301) to the book page; codes are listed in books.json. ## Faith Books on faith, belief and the Christian life. Shelf page: https://mattsbooks.org/category/faith/ - [Battlefield of the Mind](https://mattsbooks.org/books/battlefield-of-the-mind/) by Joyce Meyer: thoughts, spiritual warfare, anxiety - [Boundaries](https://mattsbooks.org/books/boundaries/) by Henry Cloud, John Townsend: boundaries, relationships, Christian counseling - [Forgiving What You Can't Forget](https://mattsbooks.org/books/forgiving-what-you-can-t-forget/) by Lysa TerKeurst: forgiveness, betrayal, healing - [Gentle and Lowly](https://mattsbooks.org/books/gentle-and-lowly/) by Dane Ortlund: grace, the heart of Christ, Puritans - [Imagine Heaven](https://mattsbooks.org/books/imagine-heaven/) by John Burke: heaven, near-death experiences, afterlife - [Jesus Calling](https://mattsbooks.org/books/jesus-calling/) by Sarah Young: daily devotional, prayer, peace - [Mere Christianity](https://mattsbooks.org/books/mere-christianity/) by C.S. Lewis: Christian apologetics, faith, morality - [The Awe of God](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-awe-of-god/) by John Bevere: fear of the Lord, holiness, worship - [The Bible Recap](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-bible-recap/) by Tara-Leigh Cobble: Bible reading plan, chronological Bible, podcast - [The Case for Christ](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-case-for-christ/) by Lee Strobel: apologetics, resurrection, evidence - [The Great Divorce](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-great-divorce/) by C.S. Lewis: heaven, hell, choice - [The Meaning of Marriage](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-meaning-of-marriage/) by Timothy Keller, Kathy Keller: marriage, Christian marriage, singleness - [The Purpose Driven Life](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-purpose-driven-life/) by Rick Warren: purpose, Christian living, discipleship - [The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-ruthless-elimination-of-hurry/) by John Mark Comer: Sabbath, rest, spiritual disciplines - [The Screwtape Letters](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-screwtape-letters/) by C.S. Lewis: spiritual warfare, temptation, satire ## Parenting Books for raising kids and running a family. Shelf page: https://mattsbooks.org/category/parenting/ - [Bringing Up Bébé](https://mattsbooks.org/books/bringing-up-b-b/) by Pamela Druckerman: French parenting, discipline, food - [Cribsheet](https://mattsbooks.org/books/cribsheet/) by Emily Oster: evidence-based parenting, data, breastfeeding - [Expecting Better](https://mattsbooks.org/books/expecting-better/) by Emily Oster: pregnancy, evidence-based, data - [Good Inside](https://mattsbooks.org/books/good-inside/) by Becky Kennedy: gentle parenting, emotions, tantrums - [Habits of the Household](https://mattsbooks.org/books/habits-of-the-household/) by Justin Whitmel Earley: Christian parenting, family rhythms, routines - [Hold On to Your Kids](https://mattsbooks.org/books/hold-on-to-your-kids/) by Gordon Neufeld, Gabor Maté: attachment, peer orientation, teens - [How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk](https://mattsbooks.org/books/how-to-talk-so-kids-will-listen-and-listen-so-kids-will-talk/) by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish: communication, discipline, emotions - [Hunt, Gather, Parent](https://mattsbooks.org/books/hunt-gather-parent/) by Michaeleen Doucleff: traditional cultures, cooperation, family chores - [Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons](https://mattsbooks.org/books/teach-your-child-to-read-in-100-easy-lessons/) by Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox, Elaine Bruner: reading, phonics, homeschool - [The Anxious Generation](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-anxious-generation/) by Jonathan Haidt: smartphones, social media, teen mental health - [The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-book-you-wish-your-parents-had-read/) by Philippa Perry: relationships, emotional health, childhood patterns - [The Happiest Baby on the Block](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-happiest-baby-on-the-block/) by Harvey Karp: newborn, soothing, sleep - [The Whole-Brain Child](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-whole-brain-child/) by Daniel J. Siegel, Tina Payne Bryson: child development, brain science, tantrums - [What to Expect When You're Expecting](https://mattsbooks.org/books/what-to-expect-when-you-re-expecting/) by Heidi Murkoff: pregnancy, prenatal care, childbirth ## Business Books on work, money, leading people and building things. Shelf page: https://mattsbooks.org/category/business/ - [$100M Offers](https://mattsbooks.org/books/100m-offers/) by Alex Hormozi: sales, marketing, offers - [Dare to Lead](https://mattsbooks.org/books/dare-to-lead/) by Brené Brown: leadership, vulnerability, courage - [Extreme Ownership](https://mattsbooks.org/books/extreme-ownership/) by Jocko Willink, Leif Babin: leadership, Navy SEALs, accountability - [Good to Great](https://mattsbooks.org/books/good-to-great/) by Jim Collins: leadership, management, company strategy - [How to Win Friends and Influence People](https://mattsbooks.org/books/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people/) by Dale Carnegie: communication, relationships, leadership - [Never Split the Difference](https://mattsbooks.org/books/never-split-the-difference/) by Chris Voss: negotiation, FBI, communication - [Rich Dad Poor Dad](https://mattsbooks.org/books/rich-dad-poor-dad/) by Robert T. Kiyosaki: personal finance, real estate, assets - [Start with Why](https://mattsbooks.org/books/start-with-why/) by Simon Sinek: leadership, purpose, branding - [The 48 Laws of Power](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-48-laws-of-power/) by Robert Greene: power, strategy, manipulation - [The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-people/) by Stephen R. Covey: leadership, productivity, character - [The E-Myth Revisited](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-e-myth-revisited/) by Michael E. Gerber: small business, entrepreneurship, systems - [The ONE Thing](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-one-thing/) by Gary Keller, Jay Papasan: focus, productivity, goals - [Think and Grow Rich](https://mattsbooks.org/books/think-and-grow-rich/) by Napoleon Hill: success, mindset, wealth - [Zero to One](https://mattsbooks.org/books/zero-to-one/) by Peter Thiel: startups, innovation, monopoly ## History Big moments from the past, told as stories. Shelf page: https://mattsbooks.org/category/history/ - [1776](https://mattsbooks.org/books/1776/) by David McCullough: American Revolution, George Washington, founding fathers - [A People's History of the United States](https://mattsbooks.org/books/a-people-s-history-of-the-united-states/) by Howard Zinn: US history, labor, civil rights - [A Woman of No Importance](https://mattsbooks.org/books/a-woman-of-no-importance/) by Sonia Purnell: WWII, spies, French Resistance - [Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage](https://mattsbooks.org/books/endurance/) by Alfred Lansing: Shackleton, Antarctica, survival - [Killers of the Flower Moon](https://mattsbooks.org/books/killers-of-the-flower-moon/) by David Grann: Osage murders, FBI, true crime - [Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind](https://mattsbooks.org/books/sapiens/) by Yuval Noah Harari: human evolution, civilization, big history - [The Boys in the Boat](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-boys-in-the-boat/) by Daniel James Brown: 1936 Olympics, rowing, Great Depression - [The Devil in the White City](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-devil-in-the-white-city/) by Erik Larson: 1893 World's Fair, Chicago, serial killer - [The Radium Girls](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-radium-girls/) by Kate Moore: radium poisoning, women workers, labor rights - [The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-third-reich/) by William L. Shirer: Nazi Germany, Hitler, WWII - [The Splendid and the Vile](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-splendid-and-the-vile/) by Erik Larson: Churchill, WWII, the Blitz - [The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-wager/) by David Grann: shipwreck, mutiny, British Navy - [The Warmth of Other Suns](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-warmth-of-other-suns/) by Isabel Wilkerson: Great Migration, civil rights, Black history ## Biography Real lives, told up close. Shelf page: https://mattsbooks.org/category/biography/ - [A Promised Land](https://mattsbooks.org/books/a-promised-land/) by Barack Obama: Barack Obama, presidency, politics - [Alexander Hamilton](https://mattsbooks.org/books/alexander-hamilton/) by Ron Chernow: founding fathers, Hamilton, American Revolution - [Becoming](https://mattsbooks.org/books/becoming/) by Michelle Obama: memoir, Michelle Obama, White House - [Born a Crime](https://mattsbooks.org/books/born-a-crime/) by Trevor Noah: South Africa, apartheid, race - [Can't Hurt Me](https://mattsbooks.org/books/can-t-hurt-me/) by David Goggins: mental toughness, Navy SEAL, fitness - [Educated](https://mattsbooks.org/books/educated/) by Tara Westover: memoir, education, survivalist family - [Elon Musk](https://mattsbooks.org/books/elon-musk/) by Walter Isaacson: Elon Musk, Tesla, SpaceX - [Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing](https://mattsbooks.org/books/friends-lovers-and-the-big-terrible-thing/) by Matthew Perry: addiction, recovery, Friends - [Greenlights](https://mattsbooks.org/books/greenlights/) by Matthew McConaughey: memoir, Hollywood, life lessons - [Hillbilly Elegy](https://mattsbooks.org/books/hillbilly-elegy/) by J.D. Vance: Appalachia, working class, family - [I'm Glad My Mom Died](https://mattsbooks.org/books/i-m-glad-my-mom-died/) by Jennette McCurdy: child actor, eating disorders, abusive mother - [Night](https://mattsbooks.org/books/night/) by Elie Wiesel: Holocaust, Auschwitz, WWII - [Spare](https://mattsbooks.org/books/spare/) by Prince Harry: royal family, Prince Harry, grief - [The Glass Castle](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-glass-castle/) by Jeannette Walls: memoir, poverty, dysfunctional family - [When Breath Becomes Air](https://mattsbooks.org/books/when-breath-becomes-air/) by Paul Kalanithi: mortality, cancer, meaning ## Health Books on food, the body and taking charge of your own health. Shelf page: https://mattsbooks.org/category/health/ - [Back to Eden](https://mattsbooks.org/books/back-to-eden/) by Jethro Kloss: natural remedies, herbal medicine, Christian health - [Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art](https://mattsbooks.org/books/breath/) by James Nestor: breathing, nasal breathing, sleep - [Eat to Beat Disease](https://mattsbooks.org/books/eat-to-beat-disease/) by William W. Li: nutrition, disease prevention, immune system - [Fast Like a Girl](https://mattsbooks.org/books/fast-like-a-girl/) by Mindy Pelz: fasting, women's health, hormones - [Good Energy](https://mattsbooks.org/books/good-energy/) by Casey Means, Calley Means: metabolic health, blood sugar, MAHA - [How Not to Die](https://mattsbooks.org/books/how-not-to-die/) by Michael Greger: plant-based diet, nutrition, disease prevention - [Intuitive Eating](https://mattsbooks.org/books/intuitive-eating/) by Evelyn Tribole, Elyse Resch: intuitive eating, anti-diet, food relationship - [Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity](https://mattsbooks.org/books/outlive/) by Peter Attia: longevity, exercise, heart disease - [The Forgotten Home Apothecary](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-forgotten-home-apothecary/) by Nicole Apelian: herbal remedies, natural health, homesteading - [The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-lost-book-of-herbal-remedies/) by Nicole Apelian, Claude Davis: herbal medicine, foraging, natural health - [The New Menopause](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-new-menopause/) by Mary Claire Haver: menopause, hormones, women's health - [The Obesity Code](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-obesity-code/) by Jason Fung: weight loss, insulin, intermittent fasting - [The Plant Paradox](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-plant-paradox/) by Steven R. Gundry: lectins, gut health, autoimmune - [Why We Sleep](https://mattsbooks.org/books/why-we-sleep/) by Matthew Walker: sleep, brain health, dreams ## Psychology How minds, habits and relationships work. Shelf page: https://mattsbooks.org/category/psychology/ - [Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents](https://mattsbooks.org/books/adult-children-of-emotionally-immature-parents/) by Lindsay C. Gibson: family of origin, emotional neglect, healing - [Atomic Habits](https://mattsbooks.org/books/atomic-habits/) by James Clear: habits, productivity, self-improvement - [Attached](https://mattsbooks.org/books/attached/) by Amir Levine, Rachel S. F. Heller: attachment styles, dating, relationships - [Dopamine Nation](https://mattsbooks.org/books/dopamine-nation/) by Anna Lembke: addiction, dopamine, phones - [Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion](https://mattsbooks.org/books/influence/) by Robert B. Cialdini: persuasion, marketing, sales - [Maybe You Should Talk to Someone](https://mattsbooks.org/books/maybe-you-should-talk-to-someone/) by Lori Gottlieb: therapy, mental health, grief - [Mindset: The New Psychology of Success](https://mattsbooks.org/books/mindset/) by Carol S. Dweck: growth mindset, education, motivation - [Quiet: The Power of Introverts](https://mattsbooks.org/books/quiet/) by Susan Cain: introverts, personality, work culture - [The Body Keeps the Score](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-body-keeps-the-score/) by Bessel van der Kolk: trauma, PTSD, mental health - [The Laws of Human Nature](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-laws-of-human-nature/) by Robert Greene: human behavior, emotions, manipulation - [The Let Them Theory](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-let-them-theory/) by Mel Robbins: self-help, boundaries, anxiety - [The Power of Habit](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-power-of-habit/) by Charles Duhigg: habits, cue routine reward, behavior change - [Thinking, Fast and Slow](https://mattsbooks.org/books/thinking-fast-and-slow/) by Daniel Kahneman: cognitive bias, decision making, behavioral economics ## Science Curious, readable books about how the world works. Shelf page: https://mattsbooks.org/category/science/ - [A Brief History of Time](https://mattsbooks.org/books/a-brief-history-of-time/) by Stephen Hawking: cosmology, black holes, physics - [A Short History of Nearly Everything](https://mattsbooks.org/books/a-short-history-of-nearly-everything/) by Bill Bryson: science history, universe, Earth - [Astrophysics for People in a Hurry](https://mattsbooks.org/books/astrophysics-for-people-in-a-hurry/) by Neil deGrasse Tyson: astrophysics, space, universe - [Braiding Sweetgrass](https://mattsbooks.org/books/braiding-sweetgrass/) by Robin Wall Kimmerer: botany, Indigenous wisdom, ecology - [Cosmos](https://mattsbooks.org/books/cosmos/) by Carl Sagan: astronomy, space, universe - [Everything Is Tuberculosis](https://mattsbooks.org/books/everything-is-tuberculosis/) by John Green: tuberculosis, infectious disease, global health - [How the World Really Works](https://mattsbooks.org/books/how-the-world-really-works/) by Vaclav Smil: energy, food production, materials - [Humankind: A Hopeful History](https://mattsbooks.org/books/humankind/) by Rutger Bregman: human nature, optimism, history - [Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers](https://mattsbooks.org/books/stiff/) by Mary Roach: human body, cadavers, medical science - [The Demon-Haunted World](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-demon-haunted-world/) by Carl Sagan: skepticism, critical thinking, pseudoscience - [The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks/) by Rebecca Skloot: medical ethics, HeLa cells, cancer research - [The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-dinosaurs/) by Steve Brusatte: dinosaurs, paleontology, evolution - [What If?](https://mattsbooks.org/books/what-if/) by Randall Munroe: physics, humor, hypotheticals ## Philosophy Old and new ideas about how to live. Shelf page: https://mattsbooks.org/category/philosophy/ - [12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos](https://mattsbooks.org/books/12-rules-for-life/) by Jordan B. Peterson: meaning, responsibility, order and chaos - [Ego Is the Enemy](https://mattsbooks.org/books/ego-is-the-enemy/) by Ryan Holiday: ego, humility, ambition - [Four Thousand Weeks](https://mattsbooks.org/books/four-thousand-weeks/) by Oliver Burkeman: time management, mortality, productivity - [Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life](https://mattsbooks.org/books/ikigai/) by Héctor García, Francesc Miralles: purpose, longevity, Japan - [Man's Search for Meaning](https://mattsbooks.org/books/man-s-search-for-meaning/) by Viktor E. Frankl: meaning, Holocaust, logotherapy - [Meditations](https://mattsbooks.org/books/meditations/) by Marcus Aurelius: Stoicism, Roman emperor, self-discipline - [The Courage to Be Disliked](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-courage-to-be-disliked/) by Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga: Adlerian psychology, freedom, happiness - [The Daily Stoic](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-daily-stoic/) by Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman: Stoicism, daily devotional, self-discipline - [The Four Agreements](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-four-agreements/) by Don Miguel Ruiz: Toltec wisdom, personal freedom, spirituality - [The Obstacle Is the Way](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-obstacle-is-the-way/) by Ryan Holiday: Stoicism, adversity, resilience - [The Power of Now](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-power-of-now/) by Eckhart Tolle: mindfulness, presence, spirituality - [The Untethered Soul](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-untethered-soul/) by Michael A. Singer: spirituality, mindfulness, inner peace - [Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance](https://mattsbooks.org/books/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance/) by Robert M. Pirsig: quality, Zen, road trip ## Economics Books that explain money, markets and incentives. Shelf page: https://mattsbooks.org/category/economics/ - [1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History](https://mattsbooks.org/books/1929/) by Andrew Ross Sorkin: Great Depression, stock market crash, Wall Street - [Basic Economics](https://mattsbooks.org/books/basic-economics/) by Thomas Sowell: free markets, prices, government policy - [Freakonomics](https://mattsbooks.org/books/freakonomics/) by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner: incentives, data, behavioral economics - [Predictably Irrational](https://mattsbooks.org/books/predictably-irrational/) by Dan Ariely: behavioral economics, decision making, pricing - [Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order](https://mattsbooks.org/books/principles-for-dealing-with-the-changing-world-order/) by Ray Dalio: empires, China, debt cycles - [The Big Short](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-big-short/) by Michael Lewis: 2008 financial crisis, housing bubble, Wall Street - [The Millionaire Next Door](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-millionaire-next-door/) by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko: wealth, frugality, saving - [The Psychology of Money](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-psychology-of-money/) by Morgan Housel: personal finance, investing, wealth - [The Simple Path to Wealth](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-simple-path-to-wealth/) by JL Collins: index funds, financial independence, FIRE - [The Total Money Makeover](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-total-money-makeover/) by Dave Ramsey: debt, budgeting, baby steps - [Thinking in Systems: A Primer](https://mattsbooks.org/books/thinking-in-systems/) by Donella H. Meadows: systems thinking, feedback loops, complexity - [Why Nations Fail](https://mattsbooks.org/books/why-nations-fail/) by Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson: institutions, development, inequality ## World Affairs Books on countries, conflicts and power beyond our borders. Shelf page: https://mattsbooks.org/category/world-affairs/ - [Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future](https://mattsbooks.org/books/breakneck/) by Dan Wang: China, US-China rivalry, technology - [Factfulness](https://mattsbooks.org/books/factfulness/) by Hans Rosling: global development, data, poverty - [Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World](https://mattsbooks.org/books/genghis-khan-and-the-making-of-the-modern-world/) by Jack Weatherford: Mongols, Asia, empires - [How to Stand Up to a Dictator](https://mattsbooks.org/books/how-to-stand-up-to-a-dictator/) by Maria Ressa: Philippines, press freedom, disinformation - [Prisoners of Geography](https://mattsbooks.org/books/prisoners-of-geography/) by Tim Marshall: geopolitics, maps, Russia - [Salt: A World History](https://mattsbooks.org/books/salt/) by Mark Kurlansky: salt, food history, trade - [Say Nothing](https://mattsbooks.org/books/say-nothing/) by Patrick Radden Keefe: Northern Ireland, IRA, The Troubles - [The Day the World Came to Town](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-day-the-world-came-to-town/) by Jim DeFede: 9/11, Canada, Gander - [The Diary of a Young Girl](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-diary-of-a-young-girl/) by Anne Frank: Holocaust, Netherlands, WWII - [The End of the World Is Just the Beginning](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-end-of-the-world-is-just-the-beginning/) by Peter Zeihan: deglobalization, demographics, supply chains - [The Happiest Man on Earth](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-happiest-man-on-earth/) by Eddie Jaku: Holocaust, Auschwitz, survival - [The Hundred Years' War on Palestine](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-hundred-years-war-on-palestine/) by Rashid Khalidi: Israel, Palestine, Middle East - [The Spy and the Traitor](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-spy-and-the-traitor/) by Ben Macintyre: Cold War, KGB, MI6 ## Current Events Books on what is happening in the news right now. Shelf page: https://mattsbooks.org/category/current-events/ - [107 Days](https://mattsbooks.org/books/107-days/) by Kamala Harris: 2024 election, Kamala Harris, politics - [Abundance](https://mattsbooks.org/books/abundance/) by Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson: housing, infrastructure, regulation - [Careless People](https://mattsbooks.org/books/careless-people/) by Sarah Wynn-Williams: Facebook, Meta, Big Tech - [Empire of AI](https://mattsbooks.org/books/empire-of-ai/) by Karen Hao: OpenAI, Sam Altman, AI - [How to Test Negative for Stupid](https://mattsbooks.org/books/how-to-test-negative-for-stupid/) by John Kennedy: Senator John Kennedy, Washington, humor - [Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI](https://mattsbooks.org/books/nexus/) by Yuval Noah Harari: AI, information, misinformation - [Nobody's Girl](https://mattsbooks.org/books/nobody-s-girl/) by Virginia Roberts Giuffre: Jeffrey Epstein, sex trafficking, abuse survivor - [Nuclear War: A Scenario](https://mattsbooks.org/books/nuclear-war/) by Annie Jacobsen: nuclear weapons, war, Russia - [On Tyranny](https://mattsbooks.org/books/on-tyranny/) by Timothy Snyder: democracy, authoritarianism, 20th century lessons - [Original Sin](https://mattsbooks.org/books/original-sin/) by Jake Tapper, Alex Thompson: Joe Biden, aging, 2024 election - [Regime Change](https://mattsbooks.org/books/regime-change/) by Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan: Donald Trump, White House, second term - [The Invisible Coup](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-invisible-coup/) by Peter Schweizer: politics, foreign influence, elections ## General Nonfiction Good nonfiction that doesn't fit one shelf. Shelf page: https://mattsbooks.org/category/general-nonfiction/ - [Bad Blood](https://mattsbooks.org/books/bad-blood/) by John Carreyrou: Theranos, fraud, Silicon Valley - [Don't Believe Everything You Think](https://mattsbooks.org/books/don-t-believe-everything-you-think/) by Joseph Nguyen: overthinking, anxiety, inner peace - [If You Tell](https://mattsbooks.org/books/if-you-tell/) by Gregg Olsen: true crime, child abuse, sisters - [In Cold Blood](https://mattsbooks.org/books/in-cold-blood/) by Truman Capote: true crime, murder, Kansas - [Into the Wild](https://mattsbooks.org/books/into-the-wild/) by Jon Krakauer: adventure, Alaska, wilderness - [Just Mercy](https://mattsbooks.org/books/just-mercy/) by Bryan Stevenson: criminal justice, death row, race - [Make Your Bed](https://mattsbooks.org/books/make-your-bed/) by William H. McRaven: discipline, Navy SEAL, commencement - [Talking to Strangers](https://mattsbooks.org/books/talking-to-strangers/) by Malcolm Gladwell: communication, trust, deception - [The 5 Love Languages](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-5-love-languages/) by Gary Chapman: marriage, relationships, love - [The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-boy-the-mole-the-fox-and-the-horse/) by Charlie Mackesy: kindness, friendship, hope - [The Creative Act: A Way of Being](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-creative-act/) by Rick Rubin: creativity, music, art - [The Mountain Is You](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-mountain-is-you/) by Brianna Wiest: self-sabotage, personal growth, healing - [The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck](https://mattsbooks.org/books/the-subtle-art-of-not-giving-a-f-ck/) by Mark Manson: self-help, values, happiness - [Tuesdays with Morrie](https://mattsbooks.org/books/tuesdays-with-morrie/) by Mitch Albom: mentorship, dying, life lessons