I’ve taken a break from nonfiction for a while (finished lotr and read a whole bunch of Stephen king). Now I want to go back to reading nonfiction, but I want something that will pull me in another world of facts I didn’t know about. Be it political, sociology… anything really. I don’t know if “facts” is the word I’m looking for here (English is my second language). Can I say “discoveries”? Things you’ve found through the book that shocked you? Hope that makes sense.
Thanks in advance
Edit: Thank you all for the great suggestions. I’ve saved this post and will go through the list. Much, much appreciated 🫶🏽
For psychology: Thinking Fast and Slow. A discussion of different types of thinking patterns, when they get triggered and why. It was very famous at some point and rightly so. The writing is made more engaging by the author relating the concepts to anecdotes of his life, in particular how he discovered some of the concepts described during his research career in psychology.
well the book has been (rightfully, imo) criticized for including many unreliable findings, esp. in the psychology section. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow
Oh no… thanks for letting me know, I will have to update my knowledge. Then please disregard my suggestion.