Favourite Non-Fiction

ahef1963: Fascinating glimpses at a journalist covering the entire continent of Africa; enlightening and illuminating.

ahef1963: Memoir of a young woman who joined a convent and details of her life within it.

ahef1963: American nun and priest walk the Pilgrim's path to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

ahef1963: Can't recommend this book too highly. Shocking and redemptive.

ahef1963: Stunning memoir of life in Iran in graphic novel format.

ahef1963: Best true crime novel I've ever read.

ahef1963: Immensely powerful memoir of a young journalist kidnapped and tortured in Somalia.

ahef1963: I have a lifelong fascination in Orthodox Judaism, and for that reason this book is indispensable.

ahef1963: Not just an autobiography but excellent social history as well.

ahef1963: Young woman's memoir of nursing during the First World War. Some of it is heartbreaking.

ahef1963: Meticulously detailed investigation into Fundamentalist Mormonism in Utah and Arizona. I couldn't put it down.

ahef1963: Immersive memoir of Conroy's year spent teaching Gullah children on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina.

ahef1963: An almost unbelievable account of Krakauer's summit of Mount Everest and the disaster that occurs on top of the world's highest mountain.