#unless it's like hardcore science that i won't understand lol

[jesuisgourde]

okay so i’ve managed to have a pretty good spread of nonfiction subjects/genres this year. so far i’ve read:

-A Simple Story: The last malambo by Leila Guerriero - Latin American studies/sociology -The Hero With A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell - mythology/literary theory -Chroma by Derek Jarman - art criticism/art history/autobiography -The Emerald Mile: The epic story of the fastest ride in history through the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko - travel/adventure -Sacred Sex by Robert Bates - poetry/mythology anthology -The Sober Truth by Lance Dodes - addiction treatment -The Criminal Child and other essays by Jean Genet - essays on various topics -Aimee & Jaguar by Erica Fischer - biography/Holocaust history -At Your Own Risk by Derek Jarman - queer biography -Escape From Freedom by Erich Fromm - psychology - Countdown #3 by Aldo - political/civil rights essays from the mid-60s -Fabulosa! The story of Polari by Paul Baker - queer history -The Golden Spruce by John Vaillant - environmentalism/US history -Fire The Bastards! by Jack Green - literary criticism -Opium by Jean Cocteau - drug autobiography -Worker-Student Action Committees May ‘68 by Fredy Perlman - French history/leftist politics -Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher - political science -One Day In My Life by Bobby Fisher - autobiography/Irish history -Man Alive by Thomas Page McBee - transgender autobiography -The Artist’s Reality: Philosophies of Art by Mark Rothko - art criticism/art philosophy -The Sex Revolts by Simon Reynolds - music history/criticism

y’all should give me suggestions for nonfiction genres/topics i’m missing and also suggest some good titles if you know any!