(Part 2) Top products from r/suggestmeabook

Fellow fan of series here! Let me see...

Young Adult
Percy Jackson series is fun (and finished, too, I think).
Artemis Fowl series isn't quite as good as Percy Jackson IMHO, but it's got a following.

Fantasy
Harry Dresden series This is one of my favorites. Harry is Chicago's only professional wizard. There are a ton of these books and they are still going strong.
Game of Thrones These are great...but unfinished. If you watch the show, reading the books does help you get even more out of the story, I think.
Wheel of Time Another good series. There is a LOT of this series and it's finished. (Thank you, Brandon Sanderson!)
Mistborn Speaking of Brandon Sanderson... This one is very good. I highly recommend reading the Mistborn books before trying the Stormlight Archive, but only because as good as Mistborn is, Stormlight Archive is even better.
Stormlight Archive Amazing. Man, these are good. The series isn't finished, but the two books that are available are some of my favorites ever.
Kingkiller Chronicles I loved the first book. I could not freakin' believe I enjoyed the second one even more. The third one is still pending.
Temeraire Dragons in Napoleonic times. Super cool premise! This one is not finished (I don't think, anyway).
Gentlemen Bastards Con men in a fantasy realm. It's pretty light on the fantasy elements. Very light, I'd say. I'd also say that it has some of the very best swearing that I've ever come across. :D

Scifi
Old Man's War I'm almost finished this one--it's amazing!

Horror/Thriller
Passage Trilogy I've heard these described as vampire books...maybe zombie books... It's apocalyptic for sure. Great books!

Mysteries
Amelia Peabody Egyptology + murder mysteries. Super fun, but trust me...go with the audiobooks for these. They are best when they are performed.
Stephanie Plum Total popcorn reads. If that's your thing, shut off your brain and just enjoy.
Walt Longmire These get particularly good as it goes along. The main character is a sheriff in modern day Wyoming. (Side note: The TV show is also great--just don't expect them to stick to the books.)

Graphic Novels (Everything recommended can be gotten in a "book" format instead of only in comic form, in case that matters. I've gotten most of these from my local library.)
Locke & Key Eerie as crap. Love the art! This one is on-going.
Y: The Last Man All the men on the planet drop dead in a day...except for Yorrick. REALLY good. This is the series that got me reading graphic novels. Plus, it's finished!
Walking Dead I am not a zombie fan...but I like these. They're not done, but I've read up through volume 22 and am still enjoying them.

Other
OutlanderI have no idea how to categorize these or even give a description that does them justice. I refused to pick it up for AGES because it sounded like a bodice-ripper romance and that's not my bag. But these are good!

I hope there's something in there that'll do for you. Have fun and read on!

Edit: Apparently, I need to practice formatting. :/
Edit 2: I forgot to add the Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentlemen Bastards #1).

I used to love all those new age books! Why not head down to the used bookstore and pick up half a dozen books that look fun out of that section? There's always something entertaining there. If she's a true believer, avoid anything that suggests people can survive by eating nothing but air.

Or, if she's not a true believer but just interested in the subject, have you considered getting her some non-fiction books that delve into the psychology behind ghost sightings and such? Like Investigating the Paranormal (less skeptical) or Demon-Haunted World (much more skeptical)?

Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches was a fascinating read and IIRC largely historical. She might also enjoy branching out into a book like The Predictioneer's Game, which is about game theory and how to use it effectively in modern life.

If she likes mysteries at all, I suggest Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time. It's about a police officer who is laid up in hospital and decides to use the time to solve a famous historical mystery. You could also consider biographies of strong and active women who inspire -- Princess Diana, maybe, or Martha Stewart?

(Edited to add links)

If you enjoyed Cosmos, I would also recommend Demon-Haunted World. Excellent for cutting through some of the bullshit that surrounds our day to day lives.

I would recommend reading some Richard Feynman too. Surely You're Joking is one of the favorites. He doesn't talk about lofty subjects or anything. He was just a down to earth guy from a working class family in Queens who happened to be a Nobel-prize winning physicist and a great storyteller. He was a genius without the facetious smartypants attitude.

This is a famous lecture of his if you want to get a feel for what his writing is like.

I have the perfect book for him based on that list. The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. Sanderson finished Wheel of Time when the original author died. This book, and the sequel, are well over 1,000 pages long. They're epic fantasy, just like ASOIAF. His writing is very very good. His world building is exceptional.

The book and the sequel spent multiple weeks (book 2 spent multiple months, I think) at number 1 on the amazon bestseller list. I really really think this book would be great for your dad. It's intended to be a 10 book series, and book 2 is already out, so it'll give him a series to look forward to as well.

World War Z, by Max Brooks

The Road, by Cormac McCarthy

A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter Miller

I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson -- fair warning: it's actually more of a short story/novelette. But even if you've seen the Will Smith movie, the book is different (and, in my opinion, better) so you'll still want to read this one.

The Last Policeman, by Ben Winters -- sort of fits. It's not exactly post-apocalyptic. It's more pre-apocalyptic. It's a sort of noir detective novel, except the government has announced that an asteroid is going to collide with the earth, probably ending life as we know it. So it's kind of a murder mystery while the world breaks down around the hero. The first book in this trilogy won an Edgar Award in 2013 for Best Paperback Original.

Parasites Like Us, by Adam Johnson -- This one's more light-hearted. The hero is a 2nd rate anthropologist working at a 2nd rate university. He illegally conducts a dig at the site of an early American settlement, and gets thrown in jail. Turns out that the dig unleashed a virus that threatens to wipe out civilization. It focuses more on the human elements of the story -- life, love, etc. -- and less on the apocalypse, and it's filled with dark humor and satire.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, very interesting story about human cell research, the woman whose cells made it possible, and her daughter. It is a compelling true story and describing it makes me want to read it again! And I second (or third) the Mary Roach books; they are sometimes LOL funny.

I highly recommend making sure you read a good translation - there are many bad ones out there.

Check out the publication section of the wikipedia entry for more details.

There's a good translation by Robin Buss, published by Penguin. I've read both it and the free one on Gutenberg, and there's no comparison, Buss's is much better. From the section in Wikipedia linked to above:

> Buss's translation updated the language, is more accessible to modern readers, and restored content that was modified in the 1846 translation because of Victorian English social restrictions (for example, references to Eugénie's lesbian traits and behaviour) to reflect Dumas' original version

Most of the versions out there are based on the 1846 translation cited above, including the Modern Library and Oxford World's Classics editions.

Two things jump to mind for me, both fantasy.

The Coldfire Trilogy is set on a really strange world with a kind of natural force that gives life to people's fears or desires. It's really unique, and a great story with a great antihero.

Brandon Sanderson has also created some pretty unique worlds, his Stormlight Archives is probably his best work so far and the world there is refreshingly different than your typical fantasy fare.

I agree that Aubrey/Maturin is the top of the heap for literary historical fiction.

For other entertaining historical fiction reads:

Gates of Fire by Pressfield. Really any of Pressfield's historical novels are pretty good.

Aztec by Jennings

The Assyrian and The Blood Star by Guild

The Physician by Gordon

Masters of Rome series by McCullough

River God and The Courtneys by Smith

[Sharpe] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/bookseries/B00CKCKXFS/ref=dp_st_0140294295) and Saxon series by Cornwell

The Sand Reckoner by Brandshaw

The Alienist by Carr

Three Day Road by Boyden

[All Quiet on the Western Front] (https://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Western-Front-Erich-Remarque/dp/0449213943/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479241663&sr=1-1&keywords=all+quiet+on+the+western+front) by Remarque

Let me know if you need more, this is what I came up with off the top of my head.

Looks like you could use some direction in a comforting form. Some books to consider:

The Tao of Pooh

A great little book to get you to look at things differently at times. I wont go deep, but I think the reviews on amazon give you a good idea of what to expect. It's quite short as well, so it wont be some huge commitment.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

This is not a manual for repairing motorcycles. No, it's a work of fiction that helps you find a more "zen" approach to live. Have you seen "The Big Lebowski"? Yeah, it defends the values in finding peace in the world around you, even if things don't always go smoothly.

Invisible Monsters

Finally a book for embracing and confronting that anger and hurt you have built up. Palahniuk is just the author for the job. Don't read the synopsis and DON'T get the silly remixed version of the book. I've known people who have found this book life changing. It seems to really speak to women.

I have a couple of books about big game hunters on my list, but I have not read either of these yet:

• Man-Eaters of Kumaon by Jim Corbett, memoirs of a big game hunter in India in the early 20th century.
  
  
• The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant, about hunting a killer tiger in remote Russia.
  
  As for explorers, the best non-fiction I've read about explorers are The Lost City of Z by David Grann, about Percy Fawcett's attempts to find Eldorado in the jungles of South America, and Endurance by Alfred Lansing, about Shackleton's survival after his doomed polar expedition.
  
  It occurs to me that none of these are set in Africa. Hope that's not a deal-breaker.
  
  I'll also recommend my favorite memoir of all time, Papa Hemingway by A.E. Hotchner. It's about his time spent traveling with Ernest Hemingway, who was something of a hunter and adventurer, and recounts a lot of very exciting trips to exotic locales in which manly deeds were done.

Not sure if these are appropriate, or if she's read these already but here's a few off the top of my head:

• The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
  
  
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
  
  
• The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom
  
  
• Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
  
  
• Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
  
  
• The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
  
  Am I on the right track?

I quite enjoyed The Emperor of Maladies and Detroit: An American Autoposy. Obviously the book about Detroit isn't about a world issue, it's a pretty localized one but it's a great read.

I loved Emperor of all Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
It gives a lot of good background about the history of cancer, but along the way you learn a lot about the history of science and research, as well. A lo of basic research and epidemiology that we take fro granted these days came out of cancer research.

I also recently read "Rabid" which was more of a cultural history. It was a really interesting read.

I was also moved by a book about end of life. It's called "Knocking on heaven's door" by Katy Butler. She describes how the US healthcare system caused her family immeasurable suffering due to its persistence on prolonging life, without regard for the quality of that life or for the quality of life of the caregivers. Butler makes a powerful case for the benefits of Slow Medicine, palliative care, and hospice.

The Lies of Locke Lamora

Excellent world. Adventure, twists, character growth. This is the first of a series and they are all great.

Emperor of All Maladies is a book focused on the history of cancer treatments and the invention of chemo in particular. It id so well-written and it reads like a gripping mystery novel. If you’re the type to enjoy a good rabbit hole, I highly recommend it.

Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie. Abercrombie's works have been called grimdark; his style is a sort of fantasy noir that's short on sorcery but long on swords. Great characters, good pacing and plotting, fresh dialogue and terrific action scenes.


Also, Mark Lawrence's Broken Empire series, starting with Prince of Thorns. Jorg is a right bastard.

Read the Amazon "Look Inside" previews to see if either of these is right for you.

Here are two of my favorites. both are great reads.

Replay by Ken Grimwood is kinda like Groundhog Day writ large. It's about a guy who relives the 60s, 70s, and 80s over and over again.

11/22/63 by Stephen King is about a guy who finds a portal that takes him from the present to 1958. He decides to live for a few years in the past and try to prevent the JFK assassination.

And if you like the idea of a dinosaur time-travel thriller, look up my book and see if it interests you.

11-14

• Hatchet, about a boy stranded in the Canadian wilderness.
  
• Holes, about a boy cursed with bad luck who ends up in a prison camp
  
• Leviathan trilogy, a retelling of WWI where the Austro-Hungarians have mechas and the British have genetically-engineered whale blimps. This is evenly split between a male and female perspective (and a huge hit in a relative's special ed class for the same age group).
  
• The Ranger's Apprentice, introductory medieval fantasy about a boy training to be a ranger.
  
• Incarceron, about a steampunk labyrinth prison and the fake medieval world outside.
  
• The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm, about mutant detectives in future Zimbabwe.
  
  15-18
  
  
• World War Z, about a zombie apocalypse and how different countries and people deal with it. Has a lot to say about geopolitics. (Not necessarily YA, but popular in that age group)
  
• Feed, where everyone has the internet in their heads from birth. While partying on the moon, boy meets girl who didn't get the feed until age 6.
  
• John Green's other books, like Looking for Alaska, etc all have male protagonists.
  
• Little Brother, about a teenage hacker swept up by the Department of Homeland Security after a terrorist attack on California.
  
• Legend trilogy, about a dystopian United States and a police prodigy trying to track down another 15-year old rebel. This is another one split between a male and female perspective.
  
• Kurt Vonnegut and Tim O'Brien are technically adult authors, but very accessible and popular in that age group.
  
  Would also second Artemis Fowl, Percy Jackson, Ender's Game, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy that other commentators mentioned.
  
  Also, you may be interested in /r/YAlit and /r/YAwriters.

Handbanna84 has good recommendations.

It's an easy read, but gives a lot of insight into 3rd-world countries. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

A Short History of Nearly Everything - Then what you do is keep a note of things you want to dig into deeper, and you can start to get more granular with your requests and searches.

EDIT: - Just thought, Malcolm - Blink - this book isn't about religion/cults, but gives an interesting insight into how we think and why we do the (stupid) things we do.

The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson- Fascinating book about psychology and neuroscience about how psychopathic tendencies are pretty common among us humans. Very readable and entertaining.

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson- Incredibly wide-ranging look at the developments of the universe and natural sciences from the big bang to today. It's an informative read but also contains Bryson's usual wit. Not my favorite book by Bryson but you will likely learn a lot and it's a worthwhile read.

I'd agree that it's a little dense for audiobooks. Be sure to get the one translated by Robin Buss as it's the superior version and is unabridged: http://www.amazon.com/Count-Monte-Cristo-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140449264/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1458473399&sr=8-2&keywords=count+of+monte+cristo

If you're a fan of Watchmen, I'd definitely suggest checking out some of Alan Moore's other work such as The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. As a fellow fan of The Last of Us, I'd recommend something along the lines of World War Z. In both these cases, the books are completely different from (and better than) the films!

The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I read it in a single day (into the night) because I couldn't put it down. http://www.amazon.com/The-Road-Cormac-McCarthy/dp/0307387895/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405051311&sr=8-1&keywords=the+road

It's been awarded many many awards, so you don't just have to take some random redditor's word for its greatness. It's an easy read, too, so even if you don't love it you can get through it and get it over with quickly.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. So while it doesn’t scream “happy birthday,” and I guess it isn’t what you’d call inspiring, I found it both interesting and compelling. Very readable. It got kind of trendy, and apparently Oprah did a thing for HBO, which usually kind of scares me away, but it’s a good book all the same.

Here’s the Amazon link.

For interesting time travel concepts that are like the Butterfly Effect or Inception....then:

1. Replay
   
2. Dark Matter
   
3. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
   
4. Lost Futures
   
5. The End of Eternity

Try Peter Watts' Blindsight. It's fairly short but an excellent read. Also the next book in the series Echopraxia just came out in october.

http://www.amazon.com/Blindsight-Peter-Watts/dp/0765319640

http://www.amazon.com/Echopraxia-Peter-Watts/dp/076532802X

[A Short History of Nearly Everything] (https://www.amazon.com/Short-History-Nearly-Everything/dp/076790818X) by Bill Bryson. Fun, interesting, and informative.

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Try this! One of the best books I’ve ever read.

A Short History of Nearly Everything https://www.amazon.com/dp/076790818X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_pIXACbY3N7CZP

I'd also recommend The Tao of Pooh. Good stuff.

https://www.amazon.com/Tao-Pooh-Benjamin-Hoff/dp/0140067477

I've been an avid reader for most of my life, and Aztec, by Gary Jennings, is one of my absolute favorite books.

Benjamin Hoff - [The Tao of Pooh] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Tao-Pooh-Benjamin-Hoff/dp/0140067477)

It's a great explanation of Taoism through Winnie the Pooh. The Taoism and spirituality isn't watered down at all, despite the usage of Pooh as metaphor.

I would suggest The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I was left jarred by the ending. Great Dysto book

Eric Larson writes great, entertaining history books. If you haven't read him already, I'd recommend checking out The Devil in the White City.

Not yet, but it's on my list!

I thought of a couple others: Evicted, Dreamland, and Missoula. While they're by no means m favorite nonfiction books, I think they're all incredibly important books to read.

maybe look into Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. The protagonist is not necessarily ''slamming through'' his problems - but he is a survivor and he is damn god at it! It's a powerful slam through in the end for sure,

have you read "The man in the high castle"? It's alternative history in which the nazis have won WWII.

What I also really liked, but is not really alternative history, but more a different future for mankind, with fantasy elements and a good story is "The Broken Empire trilogy"

Long time reader and teacher here -

I agree with skipping any phonics instruction at this stage, and that trying audio books is a good idea. Written language is different than spoken, and listening to written will help with reading it. (Besides that, audio books are great!)

There is a lot of great nonfiction out there that he might enjoy -

these are collections of short articles, which may make them less intimidating:

Gene Weingarten: [The Fiddler in the Subway] (https://www.amazon.com/Fiddler-Subway-World-Class-Violinist-Performances/dp/1439181594/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1505310496&sr=1-1&keywords=gene+weingarten) (I do my best to read everything he writes)

[Sarah Vowell's books] (https://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Vowell/e/B001ILFO7E/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1505310914&sr=1-2-ent)

some of [Joel Achenbach's books] (https://www.amazon.com/Joel-Achenbach/e/B001HMTVXC/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1505310626&sr=1-2-ent), including 'Why Things Are'

not collections, but so good

[The Boys in the Boat] (https://www.amazon.com/Boys-Boat-Americans-Berlin-Olympics/dp/0143125478)

[Seabiscuit] (https://www.amazon.com/Seabiscuit-American-Legend-Ballantine-Readers/dp/0449005615/ref=pd_sim_14_14?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0449005615&pd_rd_r=4P2YTBS454KVBDDS78NP&pd_rd_w=YohLc&pd_rd_wg=g6ySs&psc=1&refRID=4P2YTBS454KVBDDS78NP)

[Tracy Kidder's books] (https://www.amazon.com/Tracy-Kidder/e/B000AQ8T3E)

[Being Mortal] (https://www.amazon.com/Being-Mortal-Medicine-What-Matters/dp/1250076226/ref=la_B00458K698_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1505310411&sr=1-1)

And so many more - I just listened to Erik Larson's [The Devil in the White City] (https://www.amazon.com/Devil-White-City-Madness-Changed/dp/0375725601)...

This:

https://www.amazon.com/Musashi-Epic-Novel-Samurai-Era/dp/156836427X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487355717&sr=8-1&keywords=Musashi

What does it read like ... historical, fantasy? Do you know of any western novels or simply genres that compare?

The Lost City of Z is an amazing book! One of my favourites.

http://www.amazon.ca/The-Lost-City-Deadly-Obsession/dp/1400078458

That version is about half of what should be there. The full version has a bunch of different side stories and plots that make the rest of the work make sense. Reading the abridged version is like eating fries without salt. Personally, I read this version by Penguin Classics.

You may like "Musashi".

Amazon Link

I don't know how 'view changing' this would be. But I battle depression. I really enjoyed reading The Tao of Pooh I still refer back to certain parts of the story that I really liked.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is, even with its flaws, I think a deeply compelling and important read about medicine, medical ethics, and America. (I def did some light weeping near the end.)

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, written by an author with Autism.

here's a link to Musashi

Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era https://www.amazon.ca/dp/156836427X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_K9YyzbPJGTKSP

https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Wind-Carlos-Ruiz-Zafón/dp/0143034901

Does have a detective like element but is more about a son’s quest to discover the author of a mysterious book and his relationships.

Check out Blindsight by Peter Watts—it's very much in this vein of "spacetravel to a new planet" but (1) it's hard SF, which can turn some people off, and (2) the writing is a bit strange. Not bad, though—I honestly find the writing to be impeccable, but I feel like it could be off-putting to people who are more used to traditional writing styles.

I've heard good things about The Lost City of Z.

• One Hundred Years of Solitude
  
• The Count of Monte Cristo
  
• A Confederacy of Dunces
  
• The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
  
• The 48 Laws of Power
  
• Siddhartha
  
• The Old Man and The Sea
  
• Philosophy in the Bedroom
  
• Animal Farm
  

Here

The Road by Cormac McCarthy!

Carl Sagan - The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark + Cosmos (I haven't read it, just watched the show, so I don't know how it compares)

Brian Cox - Wonders Of... book series (again, haven't read them but watched the mini-series)

Replay by Ken Grimwood.

Aztec series by Gary Jennings, if you're into something epic.

Blindsight by Peter Watts

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson.

Totally different genre, but Keiko reminded of the protagonist from this book: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

https://www.amazon.com/Immortal-Life-Henrietta-Lacks/dp/1400052181

Polio: an American story
http://www.amazon.com/Polio-American-David-M-Oshinsky/dp/0195307143


The emperor of all maladies
http://www.amazon.com/The-Emperor-All-Maladies-Biography/dp/1439170916

To repair the world

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0520275977/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?qid=1459122802&sr=8-3&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=public+health&dpPl=1&dpID=416EuTeXlNL&ref=plSrch

https://www.amazon.com/Musashi-Epic-Novel-Samurai-Era/dp/156836427X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482689807&sr=8-1&keywords=musashi

The main character is young but he's a bit of a sociopath. Read the synopsis and reviews and decide for yourself. I didn't think it was but now that you asked and I thought about it more it might be borderline YA but its kind of dark for YA.

https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Thorns-Broken-Empire-Lawrence/dp/1937007685

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City https://www.amazon.com/Evicted-Poverty-Profit-American-City/dp/0553447459/ref=nodl_

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America https://www.amazon.com/Nickel-Dimed-Not-Getting-America/dp/0312626681/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=nickel+and+dimed&qid=1566530665&s=gateway&sprefix=nickel&sr=8-1

About mystery in the Spanish civil war period you could read any of the Carlos Ruiz Zafón's books, like The shadow of the wind, The angel's game or Marina.

Actually, those books are a 'book book' genre. ;)

The Lost City of Z
http://www.amazon.com/The-Lost-City-Deadly-Obsession/dp/1400078458
Man goes hunting for a lost City in the Amazon lots of history and his
story in the current time.

I thought the lies of Locke Lamora was similar , check it out!!

https://www.amazon.com/Lies-Locke-Lamora-Gentleman-Bastards/dp/055358894X

sure!

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
The Working Poor: Invisible in America
Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives
Clothing Poverty: The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-hand Clothes

The Devil in the White City by Eric Larson. 50% of the book follows the elaborate and seemingly impossible construction of the Chicago World Fair and 50% follows the construction of serial killer H.H. Holmes' kill house. Cited on countless "100 books to read in a lifetime" articles.

Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Devil-White-City-Madness-Changed/dp/0375725601