Thank you Steve. List of the books mentioned below. 1. The Black Rhinos of Namibia by Rick Bass 2. Sasquatch Legend Meets Science by Jeff Meldrum 3. Disinherited by Dale Van Every 4. The Life of Captain James Cook by J.C. Beaglehole 5. This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Browski 6. Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy by Anne Boyd Riox 7. On Reading Grapes of Wrath by Susan Shillinglawdd 8. The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan 9. Henry V The Scourge of God by Desmond Seward 10. The Devil in the Shape of a Woman by Carol Karlsen 11. A Night to Remember by Walter Lord 12. Africa by John Reader 13. Kafka Goes to the Movies by Hanns Zischler 14. Kafka The Decisive Years by Reiner Stach 15. The Private Franklin by Claude-Anne Lopez and Eugenia W. Herbert 16. The Annals of Imperial Rome by Tacitus 17. I Am of Ireland by Elizabeth Shannon 18. Pre-Raphaelites in Love by Gay Daily 19. Machiavelli In Love by Sebastian De Grazia 20. The Moon By Whale Light by Diane Ackerman 21. The Secret Lives of Bats by Merlin Tuttle 22. The Red Ape by Jeffrey Schwartz 23. Romans and Barbarians by E.A. Thompson 24. Do Travel Writers Go to Hell? by Thomas Kohnstamm 25. Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong 26. The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Gaskell 27. Eager by Ben Goldfarb 28. My Wars are Laid Away in Books by Alfred Habegger 29. The Life You Save May Be Your Own by Paul Elie 30. The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard 31. Killer on the road by Ginger Gail Strand 32. So Excellent A Fishe By Archie Carr 33. Complete History of Jack the Riper by Philip Sugden 34. A Message from Martha by Mark Avery 35. Edith Wharton by Hermione Lee 36. Astounding by Alex Nevala-Lee 37. The Mole People by Jennifer Toth 38. The Big Drop by John Long 39. The Literature of the United States by Cunlife 40. The Other Man by Michael Bergin 41. Charlie Chan by Yunte Huang 42. Bear Attacks by Stephen Herrero 43. In Joy Still Felt by Isaac Asimov 44. The Dinosauria by David B. Weishampel , Peter Dodson , et al 45. The Sprite by Ernest Harold Baynes 46. Illumination in the Flat Woods by Joe Hutto 47. Nero by Miriam T. Griffin 48. Dearie by Bob Spitz 49. The Owl Who Likes Sitting on Caesar by Martin Windrow 50. The Silent War by John Pina Craven 51. The Roman Way by Edith Hamilton 52. Edge of the Jungle by William Beebe 53. Tall Blondes by Lynn Sherr 54. The Winter Beach by Charlton Ogburn Jr 55. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown 56. The Worst of Evils by Thomas Dormandy 57. Shakespeare After All by Marjorie Garber 58. The Washing of the Spears by Donald Morris 59. City Poet by Brad Gooch 60. Prick Up Your Ears by John Lahr 61. The Book of the Courtier by Baldes Castigone 62. A Woman of Valor by Stephen B Oates 63. Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey 64. The Song of the Dodo by David Quammen 65. The Stranger From Paradise by G.E. Bentley (William Blake biography) 66. Voyaging by Janet Browne (Darwin biography) 67. The Big Bam by Leigh Montville 68. A Moment's Liberty by Virginia Woolf (diary) 69. Time and Turtles by Sy Montgomery 70. Tears for Crocodilia by Zach Ftzner 71. Bach by John Eliot Gardiner 72. American-Made by Nick Taylor 73. I Know What I Saw by Linda S Godfrey 74. Underland by Robert Macfarlane 75. Straight on Till Morning by Mary S. Lovell (Beryl Markham biography) 76. On Poetry by Glyn Maxwell 77. Finding Betty Crocker by Susan Marks 78. A Buffalo in the House by R.D. Rosen 79. De Gualle by Julian Jackson 80. Such Agreeable Friends by Grace Marmor Spruch 81. Reclaiming History by Vincent Bugliosi (JFK assassination) 82. Idi Amin by Mark Leopold 83. Robert Kennedy and His Times by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. 84. Waco Rising by Kevin Cook 85. Yurei: The Japanese Ghost by Zach Davisson 86. Paddy By R.D.Lawrence 87. Hyena Nights & Kalahari Days by Gus and Margie Mills 88. Magic by Chris Gosden 89. Orson Welles by Simon Callow 90. A Man on the Moon by Andrew Chaikin 91. Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates 92. Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate by Alexandra Minna Stern 93. Hatred, Ridicule or Contempt by Joseph Dean 94. The Life in the English Country House by Mark Girouard 95. Mozart by Robert W. Gutman 96. Where Wizards Stay Up Late by Katie Hafner and Mathew Lyons 97. The Korean War by Michael Hickey 98. On Moral Fiction by John Gardner 99. Pasolini Requiem by Barth David Schwartz 100. A Very Private Eye by Barbara Pym 101. Pure Wit by Francesca Peacock 102. The Singing Wilderness by Sigurd F. Olson 103. Philology by James Turner 104. Independence by Thomas P. Slaughter 105. War of Attrition by William Philpott (WW I) 106. The Poet and the Vampyre by Andrew McConnell Stott 107. Subirdia by John M. Mazluff

This is simply MUST-SEE BookTube. Your nonfiction recommendations have broadened my world, let alone my reading life. Thanks, Steve!

This is one of the best videos I’ve seen in quite a while: the enthusiasm, the brief but intriguing intros to the books; just great.

Steve, this is one of the most impressive videos I've ever watched on booktube. I hope you drank plenty of water after filming this!

Two hours of nonfiction recommendations? Wonderful. Thank you Sir.

Thank you for this! It's been so cool to see more of the kinds of books you're interested in, and of course, there are some absolute gems here.

I made my peace a long time ago with the reality that I am never going to read ALL the books, but these videos make it sooooo hard. I'm still recovering from the last one, but managed to snag a copy of Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg's book on Genesis based on your recommendation.

My tbr list is so ridiculous from watching this channel

Whee, wonderful non- fiction, this is the sort of video that makes my day, and for months a wonderful reading life. You are a star, Steve. You seem happier today, I hope that is so. It's been a grim news week.

Amazing list! Thank you, Steve. ❤

INCREDIBLE! Thank you Steve for doing this for us! My TBR just exploded!

This is an absolute treasure!

Brilliant! thank you.

Thank you for the recommendations... 🙏🏾😃✨

A Night to Remember is free for Audible members!

That was epic! I'm also pleased that I've read some of the books you recommend!

Thank you for making this. So many interesting recommendations.

Wow!! Thank you for this amazing video!!

To describe this guy's knowledge of the subject matter is a gift to us all .Not good English l know but cannot find the right sentiments...

I had more than 2800 books on my wishlist anyway, and then you come along with this video!

A great video steve the two hours flew by 😊

Very good, making a list. Cheers.

I watched the whole video and now I have 2 hours less time of reading but I also gained a years worth of reading suggestions. Loved the video. Thanks for your effort.

this was a great vid!!! more 2 hour long vids!!! :)

I do so love Meg Jo Beth Amy! Lovely to see it here. I’m settling in with pencil in hand for the next little while. Thank you.

Hi Steve, I’m currently on an artistic kick, drawing more than reading (ups!) could I ask for a list on art/artists/history of art ?? I love these lists you make! ❤ X.

I’m really impressed by the variety of genres here even though I suppose some themes come up again and again (e.g. biography, travelogue, natural history) but I will just comment on the Dinosauria because I was especially surprised to see something that technical on here. I’ve been interested in animals and science all my life and read it when I was relatively young, and I had trouble understanding a lot of the terminology (though it’s so massive even understanding 10% will give you a lot of info). I now work as a postdoc in evolutionary biology and often think of evo bio books I’ve read and loved but in retrospect I have to remember that the Dinosauria itself was probably one of the main books that convinced me of the truth of evolution. I can remember still a figure showing the gradual reduction of dinosaur fingers to the single finger of bird wings. For many people the book may have far too much detail on the minutiae of morphology for every dinosaur family under the sun but that sheer detail really gave me the ability to wrap my head around the dinosaur-bird transition and I suppose having that one clear example made me understand the process more generally.

Todd here. Well, I finally finished The Steve Donoghue Movie. The Book on Poetry, The Book on Babe Ruth, and the book on the Italian filmmaker all look interesting!

This is an absolute gold mine, thank you! Re: writers befriending wild animals - have you read Corvus by Esther Woolfson? It details her experiences and feelings with a rook and a magpie she had taken in. It was beautifully written and sensitive, and also details her own realisation that these birds were, doubtlessly, individual people in their own right.

I'm so glad you cover natural history books. "Eager" is a must read for me...I've seen beavers do some remarkable things, including being able to totally propel themselves out of the water and bringing that tail down in a thunderous clap. (I witnessed that fishing the Winooski River in Vermont, a bit too close to a dam.)

Thank you so much! My next reading will include Hamilton’s the Roman way and Woolf A moments liberty 😊

a 2 hour video oh what a bliss .

I've read a few of these books already, but 'll be watching out for some of the rest over the next few years.

Just in time for Non-fiction November. Getting out my pen again once the Chinese food is delivered!

Also! What do you think of Robert Sapolski new book?

I completely agree about the Welles biographies by Simon Callow. I've read each one several times and I can't wait for the last one to come out. The Bach biography by JEG is pretty dry, and if you are new to the subject you'd be better off starting with something a bit less intimidating. Of course, Gardiner is in the dog house right now after punching one of his singers so I'm not sure how much we'll be seeing of him in the future.

Merlin Tuttle. Yes, yes, yes.

Asimov's later (posthumously released) autobiography I, Asimov was great too. How do you think the earlier two compare?

I had to take physics in college and I prepared for it by reading Asimov's Understanding Physics which imo is the best introduction to the subject written for laymen and I got an A mostly because of what I learned from that book

Incredibly useful and entertaining video! I appreciate you 😊

Now, I am just a mildly read midwesterner…but I am sure there is no A in squirrel. #tagthisman

I love you Steve Donoghue

So many books so little time.

AMAZING AND TERRIFYING. How will I ever be able to read all this books?

Hi, Steve, nice list. But you've never done a list of your favorite graphic novels. I would love to know what were or are your favorite newspaper strips. Do you like underground comics ( Crumb etc) ? Heavy metal magazine? Did you read Mad(or Cracked, or Sick)magazine growing up? You seem not impressed by EC comics, why not ?Comic book Wednesdays are great but the topics are mostly limited to superhero comics and the Conan. Would be nice to hear your opinions about all the other comic genres. Thank you

Mole People is one of the worst written books I have ever had the misfortune to read. If you are 11-12 go for it, if you want anything with intelligence forget it. I tossed my copy in the garbage can.