Non-Fiction 2

[Sean]

This topic has come up twice recently so I thought I would start a list.

Survival in Auschwitz
The Drowned and the Saved
Schindler's List
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
In Cold Blood
Walden
Dispatches
Storm of Steel
H is for Hawk
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Cider With Rosie
Testament of Youth
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

Any others?

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

The Rebel by Albert Camus

[Sean]

Bryan "They call me the Doge" wrote: "The Rebel by Albert Camus"

That reminded me of this one

Reveries of the Solitary Walker

[Sean]

Oh....

Out of Africa

[Hilde]

This way for the gas, Ladies and Gentlemen

[George P.]

There are more than one might think, most of which are memoir/autobiography. A little-known one that I enjoyed is Down Second Avenue: Growing Up in a South African Ghetto by Ezekiel Mphahlele. There are also Before Night Falls by Reinaldo Arenas of Cuba, Promise at Dawn by Romain Gary, A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz of Israel and On the Road by Jack Kerouac.
The stories in Schindler's List, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien and The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa are true but details are imagined I believe.
I have read all of these and most of those previously mentioned.

[Diane]

Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genesis Memory of Fire by Eduardo Galeano (although there are some folkloric components)

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

I couldn't find Galeano's book on the List Challenge site--that's my only source for the list.

[Diane]

Bryan "They call me the Doge" wrote: "I couldn't find Galeano's book on the List Challenge site--that's my only source for the list."

It's supposed to be Memory of Fire and not Genesis (Genesis is book 1 of Memory of Fire). I clicked on the wrong book in my search.

[Ann A]

This is an interesting list. Thank you.

[Sean]

Updating the list with the books on here listed as "nonficition by Goodreads. Others may be arguably non-ficiton like On the Road, Promise at Dawn, and The Things They Carried... but they are listed as "fiction" here.

Survival in Auschwitz
The Drowned and the Saved
Schindler's List
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
In Cold Blood
Walden
Dispatches
Storm of Steel
H is for Hawk
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Cider With Rosie
Testament of Youth
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
The Rebel
The Reveries of a Solitary Walker
Out of Africa
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
Down Second Avenue: Growing Up in a South African Ghetto
Before Night Falls
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Confessions
Memory of Fire

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Diane wrote: "It's supposed to be Memory of Fire and not Genesis (Genesis is book 1 of Memory of Fire). I clicked on the wrong book in my search..."

I see it now--thanks for setting me straight. I actually have Galeano's book Genesis, but I didn't know it was part of this trilogy. Something I grabbed at a thrift store I happened to be at because it looked interesting.

[Karen]

The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz del Castillo
Facundo: or Civilization and Barbarism bu Domingo Faustino Sarmiento

[Joy D]

Thanks for setting up this thread. There are more non-fiction books on the list than I had remembered.

[Angie]

Found another one: Jonathan Swift A Modest Proposal

[Jade_book_files26]

The Tattooist of Auschwits is a must read next to Survival in Auschwits. Such a great read :)

[James]

However, the Tattooist if Auschwitz is fiction if based on interviews with Sokolov unlike Primo Levi’s Survival in Auschwitz.

[Sean]

On the Heights of Despair by Emil M. Cioran

[Amanda]

I haven't seen The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself mentioned yet. Great book. or The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition

[Sammi]

Thank you for this list! I want to do some of the non-fiction via audiobook

[Angie]

Brendan Behan Borstal Boy

[Sean]

Looks like we need another update:

Updating the list with the books on here listed as "nonfiction" by Goodreads. Others may be arguably non-fiction like On the Road, Promise at Dawn, A Modest Proposal, and The Things They Carried... but they are listed as "fiction" here.

Survival in Auschwitz
The Drowned and the Saved
Schindler's List
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
In Cold Blood
Walden
Dispatches
Storm of Steel
H is for Hawk
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Cider With Rosie
Testament of Youth
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
The Rebel
The Reveries of a Solitary Walker
Out of Africa
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
Down Second Avenue: Growing Up in a South African Ghetto
Before Night Falls
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Confessions
Memory of Fire
The Conquest of New Spain
Facundo: or Civilization and Barbarism
On the Heights of Despair
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself
Borstal Boy

[Angie]

Monika Maron Pavel's Letters (family memoir)

Iain Sinclair London Orbital (about the author's walk around the M25)

[Sean]

Cataract by Mykhaylo Osadchy