All the Non Fiction Books I've Read in 2022! || Reviews & Recommendations

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  • čas přidán 10. 07. 2024
  • Hey Booktube, time to read more non fiction books! I've read 30 in 2022 so here are my reviews and recommendations. I've also added a few tips to read more and a few that are on my TBR for next year. This reading challenge went really well! Any favorites to recommend?
    All My Book Recommendations: amzn.to/3IBX5It
    ____ 0:53 Tips on how to read more Non Fiction ____
    ____ 2:45 Popular Non Fiction Books ____
    The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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    Atomic Habits by James Clear
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    Atlas of the Heart Brene Brown
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    Dopesick by Beth Macy
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    ____ 7:11 Random topics I wanted to try ____
    A Taste for Poison by Neil Bradbury
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    Cultish by Amanda Montell
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    How to Take Over the World by Ryan North
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    Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn
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    The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore
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    The Diabetes Code by Dr Jason Fung
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    Ace by Angela Chen
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    ____ 13:31 Health/Chronic Illness ____
    Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn
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    Sex Matters by Alyson J McGregor MD
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    The Pain Gap by Anushay Hossain
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    This Is Your Brain On Birth Control by Sarah E Hill PhD
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    What Doesn't Kill You by Tessa Miller
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    Invisible Kingdom by Meghan O'Rourke
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    Ask Me About my Uterus by Abby Norman
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    ____ 25:44 Memoirs ____
    I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
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    Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
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    The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
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    A Life On Our Planet by Sir David Attenborough
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    Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad
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    ____ 29:40 Feminism ____
    White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad
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    Mediocre by Ijeoma Oluo
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    Against White Feminism by Rafia Zakaria
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    In Defense of Witches by Mona Chollet
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    ____ 33:17 More Intersectional Work ____
    The Intersectional Environmentalist by Leah Thomas
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    Belly of the Beast by Da'Shaun L. Harrison
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    All About Love by bell hooks
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Komentáře • 271

  • @BookswithEmilyFox
    @BookswithEmilyFox  Před rokem +26

    What's the best non fiction book you've read this year?
    PS. I'm still working on the lighting in this room lol

    • @laurenschenck5355
      @laurenschenck5355 Před rokem +1

      The Altas of the heart ❤️

    • @Kellas_Kat
      @Kellas_Kat Před rokem +3

      I recommend "The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name" by Brian Muraresku to everyone. It blew my mind. I also just read "Misquoting Jesus" by Bart Ehrman, which was a short book about the science-based study of the history of the New Testament, which was super interesting and has me interested in more of his books.

    • @elyse49
      @elyse49 Před rokem +5

      Otherlands by Thomas Halliday. He takes us on a journey through time all the way back to the Cambrian era, and each chapter/"stop" in time is in a different place around the world. He talks about climate cycles, fauna, flora, life, different species and how everything is connected. Highly recommend.

    • @angelaholmes8888
      @angelaholmes8888 Před rokem

      The great peace by mena suvari her memoir
      Not my father son by alan cumming his first memoir
      Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey his memoir

    • @barbaraschmitt85
      @barbaraschmitt85 Před rokem

      Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala (about British History)
      I also re-read Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow (trigger warning for assault and r*ape; it's about how Harvey weinstein and others were able to cover up all their shit for so long). There is also a podcast linked to it if you want to hear the people involved.

  • @lindsayejoy
    @lindsayejoy Před rokem +207

    i love how emily is so unapologetically bold and honest and doesn't give af about possibly turning off parts of her audience by reviewing "controversial" (AKA important) books that shine a light on topics that are often ignored and rarely spoken about. this is why i love this channel so much. ❤❤❤

    • @BookswithEmilyFox
      @BookswithEmilyFox  Před rokem +31

      Thank you! The comment section/dislikes on these videos are always disheartening but they are important discussions to have 💜

  • @queenelliee
    @queenelliee Před rokem +104

    Not enough videos like this on Booktube. I'm glad you frequently highlight nonfiction books as I feel like they are seen as boring, dry, and textbook like by most people when that's so not the case

    • @BookswithEmilyFox
      @BookswithEmilyFox  Před rokem +11

      They can be so intimidating! I'm glad I can help convince others to give them a shot... It also forces me to stop being scared of them XD

  • @hycinnamon
    @hycinnamon Před rokem +32

    Love seeing Emily hyped and calling out authors! :)

  • @AndreaMGC
    @AndreaMGC Před rokem +5

    I 100% agree. Non-fiction is by far the best genre to listen to on audiobook! It is my preferred genre when picking audiobooks. I'm currently reading Empire of Pain and it's actually so well done. It's not just the story about the story of the drug crisis but a deep dive into the family as well. It's intriguing! I'm about 6 hours in right now. The author narrates it and he does a good job. Thanks for showing the Ace book!! I am Ace and always eager to see people reading on the topic. Great video :)

  • @georgia_mccx
    @georgia_mccx Před rokem +7

    I really like the idea of trying a monthly 'topic introduction' nonfiction. I think it's going to be my 2023 reading goal 😊

  • @birtes1825
    @birtes1825 Před rokem +4

    I really love how much non-fiction you read this year and talked about! I read Know My Name which I loved and I am currently reading Story of China, because I love nonfiction about history

  • @freckledklutz
    @freckledklutz Před rokem +2

    Emily giving the people what we want as usual - more of these videos on non fiction please! I read radium girls by your recommendation and that one was so good. Empire of Pain is both fascinating - like I couldn't put it down its very interesting but terrifying at the same time. I need to do more non fiction for next year I have slacked in that category. I have read 8. I have so many I want to get too but the old conundrum of so little time so many books!

  • @barbaralecis8639
    @barbaralecis8639 Před rokem +10

    Thank you much Emily. I felt so empowered by your fighting spirit against misogyny and the way as women we are treated when it comes to health. I had my share with hormonal issues and it made me furious. I am sorry to hear about the health issues you have experiencing. I am sure you can win this fight!

  • @blackroomred
    @blackroomred Před rokem +1

    i remember discovering your channel through your fantasy genre videos and then realizing how many other genres you tend to have videos on with very interesting, bold takes. i remember subscribing years ago because outside of fantasy, a genre we shared interest in, i loved the way you could make me interested in a bunch of other genres too, even the ones i personally found most intimidating (sci-fi and nonfiction being top2). gotta tell you that i never regretted my choice to sub to you because throughout the years i've found myself enjoying all your content, watching them even when you cover stuff i usually wouldn't go for as a reading choice. i just sat here for over 38 minutes completely immersed in you talking about nonfiction books and you made me want to read so many of them, and even the ones i wouldn't read i still enjoyed your commentary on so so much. i just wanted you to know that this video was super interesting and your channel is one of the ones i recommend the most to all my friends. keep up the awesome work!

  • @XxunforgottenxXxlove
    @XxunforgottenxXxlove Před rokem +6

    omg. Yes, been waiting for this video since you first mentioned doing it. Since I've finished school I've been meaning to start picking up non-fcition but get overwhelmed with where to start. So thanks for the recs/run down of what you read, I've now add a bunch to my list.
    Hope you do this video again next year!

  • @maddiewalvin1905
    @maddiewalvin1905 Před rokem +6

    This was fabulous! Took so many new recommendations away! My goal this year was to read 10 non-fictions and I absolutely smashed it. My fave one was One Last Dance by Emma Jane Holmes

  • @hlas_hlas
    @hlas_hlas Před rokem +2

    Your takes on these books are amazing! Thank you for speaking your mind!

  • @ZephyrChaosRyder
    @ZephyrChaosRyder Před rokem

    I am so obsessed with you and how i unapologetic you are about your criticisms of these books and i found so many new ones to add to my list and i’m so grateful! I just have a pointer/request that you might consider saying “lives with” rather than “suffers from” when talking about chronic illnesses. I’ve heard from a few people that it’s a bit more positive and less reductive. Lots of love!

  • @elenaortiz248
    @elenaortiz248 Před rokem +1

    Fantastic video!!! Thank you for all the recommendations!! 🤩

  • @laurenschenck5355
    @laurenschenck5355 Před rokem +1

    SO EXCITED!!! 📚📙📙📖📚📚🍁🤎🦃🦃💥🦃🍃🍁🍁🍃🦃🤎🍁📙📙📙📖📙🍁🤎🍃🍂🍂🦃🍃🤎❤️❤️🍁📚📚📚📖📙📚🍁🍁🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍁🤎🍃🍃🍂🍂❤️🤎🍁📚📙📚📚📚📙🦃🦃🍂🍂🦃

  • @rishyswishy
    @rishyswishy Před rokem +10

    Hi Emily! Since you loved A Taste of Poison, you have to read The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum. It's about early forensic science, and follows the same format, a criminal case for each type of poison commonly used. It's such an awesome book.

    • @Senidhr
      @Senidhr Před rokem

      I heard about that book and is in my list to get. You gave a better synopsis than i read out there

  • @kathybryar06
    @kathybryar06 Před rokem

    Glad to see your rec of What Doesn’t Kill You. I’ve just started seeking out books by authors with Crohn’s or that have characters who have Crohn’s. As someone who has had it forever I’d never really though about looking for books like that until it reared it’s ugly head again this year for me. Also added some more of your recs in this video to my TBR since I rarely read nonfiction and I’m going to try to start reading more next year. Great video and thank you!!

  • @ering2467
    @ering2467 Před rokem +40

    I love reading memoirs as audiobooks. Especially if it’s read by the author. The best nonfiction book I read this year was “Know My Name” by Chanel Miller.

    • @Isabella-de7kv
      @Isabella-de7kv Před rokem +2

      Oh my gosh, that book was incredible!!!

    • @syd-elbs
      @syd-elbs Před rokem

      Agreed! That is one of the best books I’ve read this year & I love authors as narrators.

    • @nataliemoon1512
      @nataliemoon1512 Před rokem

      THE GALILEA REPORT by N.GALILEA is similar in that it talks about 4 priests who were rewarded by the vatican for covering up abuse of children and how the current pope rewarded them

    • @kristen7623
      @kristen7623 Před rokem

      Omg I’m reading it right now, it is so beautiful and important

    • @jestherrose
      @jestherrose Před rokem

      Definitely!! ❤ It was brilliantly written.

  • @user-qu8zs7vs1x
    @user-qu8zs7vs1x Před rokem

    Love the background! And adding lots of interesting books to my TBR

  • @suzannemoore404
    @suzannemoore404 Před rokem

    Thank-you so very very much for this great review of books that sounds incredible! Definitely some new books for the tbr❤️

  • @princesschelsea1558
    @princesschelsea1558 Před rokem

    Definitely adding a goal to read more nonfiction next year! ❤️ I want to be better informed on popular topics, and not gonna lie, I’m just a nerd for knowledge in general hahaha thank you for the recommendations as always! 😊

  • @ladoctoralola
    @ladoctoralola Před rokem

    You are by far my favorite youtuber ever. Your videos make my days! I love your opinions!

  • @lidellaleice7571
    @lidellaleice7571 Před rokem +3

    So many good recommendations. It's such a good idea to try to introduce yourself to a subject through a nonfiction book!

  • @aboutchuckb3031
    @aboutchuckb3031 Před rokem +4

    Hi Emily, great video. Two audio books that I recommend are Born with Teeth and How to Forget: a Daughter's Memoir by Kate Mullgrew. The first is about her life generally the second about the loss of her parents. I'd seen her acting and appreciated it but you couldn't exactly say I was a huge fan. Her prose is sharp witty and moving.

    • @kathybryar06
      @kathybryar06 Před rokem +1

      Ughhhh I freaking love Kate Mulgrew and I keep forgetting to read her books- thanks for the reminder!

  • @Josephgreentv
    @Josephgreentv Před rokem

    Love this video and really enjoyed reading and listening to tiny habits! It’s crazy how one book and really improve your productivity, an impact your life

  • @quiltdoctor1
    @quiltdoctor1 Před rokem

    Great review. Lots of books to consider, thanks. "What My Bones Know" was my favorite non fiction of 2022.

  • @zeynepzee
    @zeynepzee Před rokem

    Wonderful recommendations, thank you so much!!!

  • @christinaalvarez332
    @christinaalvarez332 Před 11 měsíci

    Wow, so many incredible recommendations! Thank you!!!

  • @angelaroberts7417
    @angelaroberts7417 Před rokem

    Great reviews! Thank you!

  • @jio5680
    @jio5680 Před rokem +8

    You actually inspired me to read non-fiction, and I read like 15 or so this year! Mostly though I gravitate towards the sociology and history topics relevant to my country, especially loved the fashion history of our national clothes (got a bit obsessed not gonna lie).

  • @wywrd_mtnt
    @wywrd_mtnt Před 10 měsíci

    wrote down so many books, thank you for talking about such a wide array of topics in a very real way

  • @juliar2416
    @juliar2416 Před rokem

    Oh Salt is GREAT and I really do recommend it. This was my non-fiction year too, so far I’ve read 12, trying to squeeze one more until the end of the year.
    I saved some of your recommendations, thank you!

  • @gabrielag.2030
    @gabrielag.2030 Před rokem

    wow, amazing video! I've added so many of these to my tbr. Thanks! :)

  • @jampsonn1826
    @jampsonn1826 Před rokem

    Emily I always love your nonfiction recs!! I actually picked up the Taste for Poison and Brain on Birth Control books bc of you - loved Poison but also felt sour on the other one.
    But I have to recommend Savage Appetites by Rachel Monroe - just finished it and really enjoyed it!! It looks at true crime and society's obsession through the lens of four diff women who assumed four diff roles relating to real true crime cases and how it affected their lives. I found the stories really engaging and actually felt like I was able to pay attention and learn stuff! Lol😅

  • @jaclynm8252
    @jaclynm8252 Před rokem +1

    Emily, Thank you so much for the recommendations, especially your healthcare/medical gender disparity ones. As a first responder, can confirm many of the things you were frustrated about. It is important for more people to be aware and informed and confront these issue.

  • @laurenschenck5355
    @laurenschenck5355 Před rokem +1

    Altas of the heart OBSESSED! Loved it xoxo 😚🦃🍁❤️🍃🦃📙🧡🧡🍂❤️❤️🍁🦃📚📙📙📖📖❤️❤️🍃🍁🤎📚📚📙🧡📙📚🦃🍁🍃❤️🍂🍂❤️🍃🍁🦃📚📙🧡🧡🧡📚📖📖🍂❤️❤️❤️🍃🦃🤎📚📚📙

  • @akihikoaikawa7032
    @akihikoaikawa7032 Před rokem

    New watcher here, so I don’t know how often you talk about nonfiction but I really enjoyed your takes and would definitely like to see more about nonfiction!

  • @syd-elbs
    @syd-elbs Před rokem

    This is my first video of yours I have seen, and I’m so excited to have found you 🥲 I don’t read a lot of non-fiction myself outside of memoirs, but I put a number of these on my TBR!

  • @caitlin6810
    @caitlin6810 Před rokem +3

    Your past two videos have been so long! Love it. 🥰

  • @xmilax96
    @xmilax96 Před rokem +1

    You have inspired me to really pick up nonfiction next year. Some of these sound very intresting to me but also i have already looked up some on a nearby library ( unfortunatelly they dont really have much that i'm inteested in but its something). I donread a lot on physical copies right before going to sleep so i'm a little worried some might be too heavy for me to read then... Guess we'll see

  • @mirandawiklund
    @mirandawiklund Před rokem

    I don’t know if you like bookish podcasts but if you do, I must recommend The Stacks! Several of the books and authors you mention in this video have been guests; Cultish, Disordered Cosmos, What Doesn’t Kill You, What my bones know, Empire of pain… The host Traci Thomas is super smart and witty but not one bit of a snob. It’s more conversational than “high brow” literature. And always intersectional anti-racist, she doesn’t mince her words when calling out white feminists etc. There is a big backlist of episodes to go through, I really love it.
    Thank you for this video, I enjoyed your mix of synopsis and personal opinions, and added a few new books to my TBR!

  • @Earendil1992
    @Earendil1992 Před rokem +1

    I've read more non-fiction this year, too! Completely agree about a taste for poison, I wanted more of that book! One of my favourites this year is something called The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre. It's about a KGB double agent during the Cold War, not something I would have picked up before!

  • @Outdoorfamilyadventures1

    I just found your channel through this video. I've been trying to find some good nonfiction. Thank you! I subscribed and can't wait to see more videos

  • @saslkt
    @saslkt Před rokem

    I loved this video!
    Im really interested in the stacks of unread nonfiction books, could you maybe do a video where you share all the nonfiction on your tbr?

  • @soniagai8507
    @soniagai8507 Před rokem +4

    I agree 1000% with using audiobooks for non-fiction! I've found some books I really like via audiobooks that I could not get into as a physical book. I also can't do audiobooks for fantasy and sci-fi but mystery/thriller is another good audiobook option for me.

    • @BookswithEmilyFox
      @BookswithEmilyFox  Před rokem

      Yes!! The only thing about m/t is that if the book is bad... it's so bad as an audiobook lol

    • @soniagai8507
      @soniagai8507 Před rokem

      @@BookswithEmilyFox I know! But I do find audiobooks easier to DNF. Usually I just space out lol. By the time I realised, it was 50 pages gone and I never felt like going back to re-listen so I just put the book down.

  • @francescathomas3502
    @francescathomas3502 Před rokem

    Thank you for a GREAT list of Non fiction Books Emily. Some of these are now on my TBR. I have had SALT on my TBR for several years but never read it. Currently reading the Radium Girls for Non Fiction November. I have 2 days to finish it!! Oh yes and I also have PCOS and had trouble staying pregnant. I was only able to carry one child to full term. (the other pregnancies all ended in miscarriages). My son is now 20 years old!! I certainly do sympathise with your health issues.
    Regarding Misogyny in healthcare, my sister died because of male Misogyny. She had headaches for several weeks. She was a nurse and she knew the difference between a regular headache, and a migraine and this pain was different!! But the doctors kept telling her its was just a migraine, take some paractomol (what we call tylenol) and it will go away. The pain did not go away. Instead it got worse. The doctor finally made an appointment for my sister to get a CT Scan. But she died 2 days before the appointment. She was only 32 Years, with 3 young children. 12 years later a cyst showed up in my brain CT scan (after I slipped and fell on ice and was knocked unconcious). Several years later, when my own headache symptoms slowly began, I demanded to see a neurologist. When I gave him a copy of my sisters death certificate, he agreed that I must have surgery, and I had brain surgery within 12 months. At no cost to me, thanks to Canada's universal health care!! I am now 15 years post op with no issues at all.

  • @bucherrabemittendrin9344

    Hey,
    Can someone help me with a word I really can't understand (even with subtitles on)
    On 26:30, Emily says something about trigger warnings including...???
    I am no native speaker and I am wondering about the kind of trigger warning.
    Thanks in advance 😊

  • @pauliina5565
    @pauliina5565 Před rokem

    Loved this!! I found lots to add to my TBR, and I completely agree on the ones you mentioned that I have also read. I'm currently reading The Emperor of All Maladies and really enjoying it. Have you listened to The Maintenance Phase podcast? I love it, and I feel like you would too!

  • @charlotte3elisabeth
    @charlotte3elisabeth Před rokem

    This is great! Thank you for talking about non-fiction. I added a few to my list.
    You might like “Wordslut” by Amanda Montell which talks about sexism in language.
    I recently read “All the Living and the Dead” which is about the people that works in the dead industry. That one wasn’t my favourite but others might like it.
    One I really want to read is “Braiding Sweetgrass- Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants”
    Oh and I noticed “Come as You Are” on your pile. I loved that one.

  • @josiejosie3879
    @josiejosie3879 Před rokem

    Enjoy every moment of the video. Love the recommendations! Please do another video about insightful and information-packed nonfictions. Have a great day!

  • @bookburdy
    @bookburdy Před rokem

    Oh my god Emily you are HILARIOUS. I've been trying to read more non-fiction too and I'm loving the recommendations. I'm really sad about the birth control book because I agree- very interesting topic but hate the misogyny ew. I think I'm going to dive into the others thought because I think I can really get into those topics!

  • @FMsukina
    @FMsukina Před rokem +1

    Hi Emily, I've read 22 nonfiction books this year, and there are a few that have really stayed with me:
    1. Breath, James Nestor (Health)
    2. Unbound, Tarana Burke (Intersectionality: Race & Gender)
    3. White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo (Race)
    4. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine, Rashid Khalidi (History)
    5. The Inner Life of Animals, Peter Wohlleben (Nature > Animals)
    I also enjoyed 'Ace', 'Sex Matters', and 'Unwell Women, but I read those on your recommendation!
    The books listed above were all very good! But my absolute favourite nonfiction this year was Lee Maracle's, 'My Conversations with Canadians'. It was amazing. Maracle is amazing! Her fiction is great too!

    • @jessabeauty917
      @jessabeauty917 Před rokem

      Breath was a great read. I would caution calling your 4. pick as history.

  • @la4.025
    @la4.025 Před rokem +1

    Me encantó el vídeo! Algunas de esas recomendaciones están en mi lista de pendientes, espero sigas subiendo este tipo de contenido, es sustancial y entretenido (además aprendo inglés jaja).

  • @ellenrooms_writes9047
    @ellenrooms_writes9047 Před rokem +11

    Sucks that the "brain on birth-control" one was so bad, I'm really interested in that topic since I struggled so hard myself. If anyone has recommendations for better books on that topic. Please let me know!

    • @Mill875
      @Mill875 Před rokem +1

      I would actually disagree with her on the book. The author frequently agrees with her point that there’s not extensive research on a lot of the points she makes, like the data re:dating, and emphasized how much research is weak on a lot of the potential effects. I was wary the entire book about this being an attempt by someone to undermine the pill, but she does talk about how important the pill has been to women being able to make their own choices and lives. I would recommend getting it from the library and reading it with both eyes open.

    • @ellenrooms_writes9047
      @ellenrooms_writes9047 Před rokem

      @@Mill875 Thank you!

    • @hannajean8204
      @hannajean8204 Před 11 měsíci

      Yeah, I'm happy she included that info though.

  • @andrewstorm8240
    @andrewstorm8240 Před rokem

    Good review and brings some ideas of future purchases

  • @janelles5444
    @janelles5444 Před rokem

    Can you please tell me what the Einstein book behind you is? Name and Author? I'm really looking for a biography on Albert Einstein, so if you have one you could recommend or heard about I'd love to give it a chance. Thanks for this! I took notes throughout the whole thing. I'm inspired to start reading nonfiction now too!

  • @ohhfeli9424
    @ohhfeli9424 Před rokem +1

    I love to listen to you talk about feminism and shining a light on internalised misogyny in women! Thank you for talking about these very important topics

    • @kristen7623
      @kristen7623 Před rokem

      I’m here for it, I’m first in line, I’m eating it up

  • @Katiedora122
    @Katiedora122 Před rokem +1

    I had a similar approach with library audio books for nonfiction this year. It was a new experience for me, but it worked out really well. I read 12 nonfiction books this year, and 9 of them were in the last 3 months since I finally got into audio, lol.
    The Witches: Salem 1692 by Stacy Schiff
    Harlots, Whores, and Hackabouts: A History of Sex for Sale by Kate Lister
    Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
    The Secret Live of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket by Benjamin Lorr
    Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman

  • @mckaychic
    @mckaychic Před rokem

    This was a really great video! Would love to see more like this. How many books have you read about Indigenous issues and what one would you reccomend?

  • @thestartrekunicorndog
    @thestartrekunicorndog Před rokem +2

    I appreciate you ability to thoughtfully critique books and look deeper into them when something doesn't feel right. It makes me respect you and your taste a lot. It's a shame about that birth control book; as someone who has been on birth control since I was 14 for medical reasons (ovarian cysts and period cramps so bad that I fainted in a school hallway at one point) I think the potential negative side effects are often ignored and I wish the book had been more scientific and compassionate instead of agenda-driven. Books like it make it hard to talk about the topic in general since you have people who are against any kind of birth control whatsoever for ideological reasons trying to hijack what should be a serious conversation about healthcare. People who may be considering birth control should have realistic information about the potential benefits and negative side effects of it instead of religiously-motivated fear mongering by someone who thinks the correct scientific terms for their anatomy sound "ugly".

    • @BookswithEmilyFox
      @BookswithEmilyFox  Před rokem +1

      I'm always extra careful when I talk about it because frankly all my own experiences have been negative but I know how life changing/important it is for these options to exist!

  • @americanbookdragon
    @americanbookdragon Před rokem +5

    Nonfiction is addictive once you realize that the hidden gems are typically hiding out in that realm. Nonfiction that reads like fiction isn’t particularly rare its just that fiction readers don’t give them a chance.

    • @BookswithEmilyFox
      @BookswithEmilyFox  Před rokem +1

      The genre can be really intimidating!

    • @americanbookdragon
      @americanbookdragon Před rokem +2

      @@BookswithEmilyFox
      So is Moby Dick, War and Peace and Bleak House. I think every genre has its intimidating side. Like, I’m on book 6 out of 15 on The Wheel of Time series. To one of my friends that’s amazing to him because he’s been trying and failing to read that series for years because of how long-winded it is and I’m just gliding on by like it’s nothing. I think it’s really because nonfiction gave me practice on long winded stories, 😂
      Gotta ease into it. Like you should absolutely not start off reading that 900 paged book on George Washington by Ron Chernow. Gotta start with relatively short memoirs and then anything weird that looks interesting. Like Stealing Lincoln’s Body by Thomas J. Craughwell or The Family That Couldn’t Sleep by D. T. Max. Eventually they’ll get less intimidating.

  • @jenniferjones2863
    @jenniferjones2863 Před rokem

    Thank you Emily. I just bought “The Emperor of All Maladies.”

  • @thepaperdavid
    @thepaperdavid Před rokem

    The non-fiction book I will recommend endlessly is Blackshirts & Reds by Michael Parenti. Nice video!

  • @_daniela_s
    @_daniela_s Před rokem

    I read Burnout by A. & E. Nagoski and quite liked it! Another non fiction book I read a few years ago that I like to recommend is "the end of night", which is about light pollution. So interesting!

  • @CathenaReads
    @CathenaReads Před rokem

    yayyy new emily video!

  • @aye.p
    @aye.p Před rokem

    I' ve just purchased The radium girls. Is still waiting on my tbr. And I'm planning to buy a copy of Invisible Women. This last one, because of your recommendation. 💜

  • @kateryna3381
    @kateryna3381 Před rokem

    I'm not very into nonfiction, so i just decided to watch the video just because it's here, but i ended up adding 5 books to my to-read-list, thanks for great recommendations. Also i saw a cover of islands of abandonment and was like huh, i know this place. And indeed, i assume this is the Tunnel of Love, and it's not abandoned, it's a fully functioning railroad through the forest 😅

  • @nummy_nummers
    @nummy_nummers Před rokem

    I think A Taste for Poison is the only nonfiction I've read this year (after seeing you talk about it) but I really enjoyed it. I've got a few more nonfiction books on my tbr but have been very bad at getting round to reading them! Also I've been on the waiting list for Atomic Habits for literally four months already and still have to wait another three 🤣

  • @jasonaz5409
    @jasonaz5409 Před rokem

    I have never heard the term "unalive yourself"? Where is Emily from? Anyone know?

    • @BookswithEmilyFox
      @BookswithEmilyFox  Před rokem +1

      I’m French Canadian but the reason I use certain expressions is because certain topics are “not advertiser friendly” like suicide or rape.

  • @lenani9143
    @lenani9143 Před rokem

    Emily, completely unrelated: but have you seen the french cover for The Last? It's super pretty and I immediately thought of you when I stumbled upon it 😄

  • @yaradeeb4300
    @yaradeeb4300 Před rokem +1

    Can you make a dedicated video about non-fiction books related to science and space

  • @Mohnair97
    @Mohnair97 Před rokem +1

    Hi! I think you may find interesting a non-fiction book originally written in swedish (yet to be translated into english), available and translated into french. It's called "Vies de Samis. Les déplacements forcés des éleveurs de rennes" by Elin Anna Labba. It's about the deportations of sami people about a hundred years ago. Both sad and relevant. I hope it sounds interesting. That's my rec. 😊

  • @devlyn873
    @devlyn873 Před rokem +1

    I've been reading Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman and deliberately reading it slowly because it does make me feel better about things so I want to savor that and make it last.

  • @priscillareads
    @priscillareads Před rokem

    Emily, I love you! This is perfection.

  • @Souljacker7
    @Souljacker7 Před rokem

    I just landed here randomly and I like you!

  • @Redbearyoga
    @Redbearyoga Před rokem

    Pop off Emily I love this. I’ve been told I have anxiety then oops I’d guess who has ankylosing spondylitis… literally have chronic arthritis and they wanted to put me on antidepressants when I have cPTSD. I’m on my own trying to heal myself because I can’t doctor myself through physicians anymore.

  • @christinew7725
    @christinew7725 Před rokem +3

    The way I audibly gasped at the “vulva is an ugly word” comment. Jesus. I have a 4 year old daughter an she uses the word vulva just fine.

    • @BookswithEmilyFox
      @BookswithEmilyFox  Před rokem +2

      Right?? The whole book I kept having the feeling that something was off but when I got there I felt really justified XD

  • @Melissabella
    @Melissabella Před rokem

    I would recommend an older book called The Pain Chronicles: Cures, Myths, Mysteries, Prayers, Diaries, Brain Scans, Healing, and the Science of Suffering by Melanie Thernstrom.
    I thought it was brilliant and definitely in line with the books you've read this year.

  • @catherinelalonge730
    @catherinelalonge730 Před rokem +1

    Thank you for the recommendation of A taste for Poison, just finished it and it was really good!!!
    Not sure if you read any Naomi Klein books, but I find them really good, easily readable and I think the subjects would interest you. The best one in my opinion: This changed everything
    Have a good day!

  • @skandar123keynes
    @skandar123keynes Před rokem

    I would highly recommend All the Young Men if you haven't read it yet. It was one of my favorite books I read this year!

  • @girlwithflowers8058
    @girlwithflowers8058 Před rokem

    I skipped on Ask me about my uterus because it hits too close to home. It took me 15 years to receive a diagnosis of deeply infiltrating endometriosis. After already being put on psychiatric medication because I'm "imagining" it. I am in therapy, working to heal hospital related trauma, but I can say this book is not great if you're in the middle of a crisis. I would absolutely recommend it to everyone else though, just to raise awareness on what women go through.

  • @MarinaJohan
    @MarinaJohan Před rokem

    Thank you for this video! Looking forward to reading more non-fiction. If you ever come across a better book on Birth Control, please let us know (: I would like to read one.

  • @spookyyjazz
    @spookyyjazz Před rokem

    I went through the same thing finding out I had endo, I’m sorry to hear it was also your experience (and endo/pcos are v painful❤). I also have epilepsy - as far as neurologists making irrelevant suggestions - the limit does not exist 😅😪 i guess it must be my anxiety, or my diet!

  • @annerysanchez
    @annerysanchez Před rokem

    Go off Emily!!! 🗣️

  • @meljstephan
    @meljstephan Před rokem

    Nonfiction is my favorite genre and I highly recommend audiobooks, especially if an author is reading their own memoir

  • @angelaholmes8888
    @angelaholmes8888 Před rokem

    Just love reading memoirs
    I recently finished greenlights by Matthew McConaughey his memoir

  • @betsyk489
    @betsyk489 Před rokem

    Oh my so many books to recommend! I see you have I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yung. I loved that book. Highly recommend. A memoir I would recommend is Know My Name by Chanel Miller. Social justice book I recommend is Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. A fun and disgusting book to read is The Royal Art of Poison by Eleanor Herman. A graphic memoir that I thoroughly enjoyed is Good Talk by Mira Jacob. If you want to read about climate change or how we are bringing on the next extinction I recommend Under A White Sky and The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert. I also enjoyed Born A Crime by Trevor Noah. I could go on and on but I will stop here. 😂 Thanks for sharing what you read. I am always looking for more NF books to read.

  • @laurenschenck5355
    @laurenschenck5355 Před rokem

    Happy Sunday Emily hope you have a great weekend xoxo 😚 🍁🍂🦃🍃🦃🍁🍁❤️❤️❤️🍃🦃🍁🍁📖📙🤎🤎❤️❤️🧡🧡🧡🧡📙📚🍁🍂🍂❤️🤎📖📚🍁🍃🍃❤️🤎❤️❤️🍃🦃🍂📖📙🍁🍂🤎❤️❤️🍃🦃🦃

  • @cuppiesaur
    @cuppiesaur Před rokem

    You need to read Quackery - is amazingly fun! ♥
    Also some recs; The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris and The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean - if you haven't read them already 😉😊

  • @thebookwormteacher
    @thebookwormteacher Před rokem

    J’viens juste de te trouver sur BookTube pis j’tellement contente!! T’es fantastique :)
    Thanks girlie!
    ~ Mariam 🇨🇦

  • @joellesoumis8041
    @joellesoumis8041 Před rokem

    I think you would really like Maquillée by Daphné B. There is also an English version!

  • @laura_c547
    @laura_c547 Před rokem +1

    I ended up reading a non fiction book because I saw It on one of your Tbr. I really really liked it. Its is funny and very interesting. I noticed that you necer talked about it again. Its called humble pi by matt parker. I would totally recomend it :)

    • @BookswithEmilyFox
      @BookswithEmilyFox  Před rokem +2

      I think you saw a library tbr! It's still on my waiting list :)

  • @Senidhr
    @Senidhr Před rokem

    I just read one this year (got to say that i only read 14 books this year) and is about forensics "Corpse: Nature, Forensics, and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death" by Jessica Snyder Sachs. I loved it but i'm also bias, i love forensics and which i could work in the subject. Is about the difficulty of stablishing a time of death and how many sciences were added through time: initially started with only the medics through pathologists and with time and cases and problems anthropology, entomology, botany and now more sciences were added. A big chunk is dedicated to forensic entomology, which i like since i'm an entomologist (forest and agriculture pests) but if is not your thing, yah, don't read it.

  • @badfaith4u
    @badfaith4u Před rokem +2

    I loved The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene! I am currently reading The Song of The Cell. ❤️📚❤️📚❤️📚

  • @pamdavies6199
    @pamdavies6199 Před rokem

    hiya hope your well x have u ever read karin slaughter books there murder ive read a couple pretty gruesome but my daughter love her x

    • @BookswithEmilyFox
      @BookswithEmilyFox  Před rokem

      I've tried two of her books and I find them too graphic/sexually violent. She's not for me!

  • @MKPiatkowski
    @MKPiatkowski Před rokem +1

    Libby apps are great. Shout out the Toronto Library, as I can take out 50 books at a time, put 100 on hold, and also use Libby and get more books. I noticed that getting physical copies is faster than ebooks, which is fine because I find I need a physical book to read non-fiction.

    • @jessabeauty917
      @jessabeauty917 Před rokem

      That’s fantastic! New York has a surprisingly limited selection.

    • @MKPiatkowski
      @MKPiatkowski Před rokem

      @@jessabeauty917 Honestly, I think the Toronto Library is the best system in the world. I know it has one of the highest circulation numbers.

  • @berglindheiarsdottir2773

    Burnout is the only non fiction book I have ever bought a physical copy after listening to the audio. The best book I have ever read about the pressure of being a woman today. Looking forward to know what you think

  • @Ladydi1780
    @Ladydi1780 Před rokem +1

    I think you would enjoy Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez (if you haven’t already read it, I’m new to your channel).

    • @BookswithEmilyFox
      @BookswithEmilyFox  Před rokem

      I did! I really liked it (even though I was mad the whole time lol)

  • @kangkana5744
    @kangkana5744 Před rokem

    I feel I love Emily ranting about books more than appreciating it.. 😆 I mean her expressions are on point. And yaa I do trust her opinions on book. Like if she hates a book then definitely there's a problem with the book.