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

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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?
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____ 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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____ 36:12 TBR for next year ____
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@BookswithEmilyFox Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

The Altas of the heart ❤️

@Kellas_Kat Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@queenelliee Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Love seeing Emily hyped and calling out authors! :)

@AndreaMGC Жыл бұрын

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 :)

@birtes1825 Жыл бұрын

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

@barbaralecis8639 Жыл бұрын

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!

@linjicakonikon7666 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@maddiewalvin1905 Жыл бұрын

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

@XxunforgottenxXxlove Жыл бұрын

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!

@BookswithEmilyFox Жыл бұрын

I definitely will!

@georgia_mccx Жыл бұрын

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

@hlas_hlas Жыл бұрын

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

@freckledklutz Жыл бұрын

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!

@laurenschenck5355 Жыл бұрын

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

@ladoctoralola Жыл бұрын

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

@blackroomred Жыл бұрын

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!

@BookswithEmilyFox Жыл бұрын

Omg that’s so nice of you! Your comment made my day :)

@caitlin6810 Жыл бұрын

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

@BookswithEmilyFox Жыл бұрын

It was hard to summarize 30 books in one video haha

@ering2467 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh, that book was incredible!!!

@syd-elbs Жыл бұрын

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

@nataliemoon1512 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@jestherrose Жыл бұрын

Definitely!! ❤ It was brilliantly written.

@rishyswishy Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@lidellaleice7571 Жыл бұрын

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

@BookswithEmilyFox Жыл бұрын

It's been fun!

@ZephyrChaosRyder Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@jaclynm8252 Жыл бұрын

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.

@princesschelsea1558 Жыл бұрын

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! 😊

@user-qu8zs7vs1x Жыл бұрын

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

@aboutchuckb3031 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@kathybryar06 Жыл бұрын

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!!

@BookswithEmilyFox Жыл бұрын

Representation is so important!

@laurenschenck5355 Жыл бұрын

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

@juliar2416 Жыл бұрын

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!

@Josephgreentv Жыл бұрын

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

@suzannemoore404 Жыл бұрын

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

@quiltdoctor1 Жыл бұрын

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

@syd-elbs Жыл бұрын

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!

@BookswithEmilyFox Жыл бұрын

Hope you'll enjoy them :)

@wywrd_mtnt 10 ай бұрын

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

@jampsonn1826 Жыл бұрын

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😅

@bookburdy Жыл бұрын

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!

@gabrielag.2030 Жыл бұрын

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

@la4.025 Жыл бұрын

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).

@soniagai8507 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@soniagai8507 Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@akihikoaikawa7032 Жыл бұрын

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!

@christinaalvarez332 11 ай бұрын

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

@jio5680 Жыл бұрын

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).

@Earendil1992 Жыл бұрын

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!

@xmilax96 Жыл бұрын

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

@ohhfeli9424 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@Outdoorfamilyadventures1 Жыл бұрын

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

@francescathomas3502 Жыл бұрын

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.

@zeynepzee Жыл бұрын

Wonderful recommendations, thank you so much!!!

@FMsukina Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@josiejosie3879 Жыл бұрын

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

@charlotte3elisabeth Жыл бұрын

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.

@angelaroberts7417 Жыл бұрын

Great reviews! Thank you!

@pauliina5565 Жыл бұрын

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!

@andrewstorm8240 Жыл бұрын

Good review and brings some ideas of future purchases

@mirandawiklund Жыл бұрын

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!

@saslkt Жыл бұрын

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?

@americanbookdragon Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

The genre can be really intimidating!

@americanbookdragon Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Katiedora122 Жыл бұрын

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

@CathenaReads Жыл бұрын

yayyy new emily video!

@christinew7725 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@ellenrooms_writes9047 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

@@Mill875 Thank you!

@hannajean8204 11 ай бұрын

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

@mckaychic Жыл бұрын

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?

@priscillareads Жыл бұрын

Emily, I love you! This is perfection.

@thestartrekunicorndog Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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!

@thepaperdavid Жыл бұрын

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

@kateryna3381 Жыл бұрын

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 😅

@aye.p Жыл бұрын

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. 💜

@BookswithEmilyFox Жыл бұрын

Both really good (but very frustrating lol)

@nummy_nummers Жыл бұрын

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 🤣

@BookswithEmilyFox Жыл бұрын

The waiting list can be so long lol

@jenniferjones2863 Жыл бұрын

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

@_daniela_s Жыл бұрын

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!

@Redbearyoga Жыл бұрын

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.

@devlyn873 Жыл бұрын

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.

@Mohnair97 Жыл бұрын

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. 😊

@catherinelalonge730 Жыл бұрын

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!

@laura_c547 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@spookyyjazz Жыл бұрын

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!

@thebookwormteacher Жыл бұрын

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

@BookswithEmilyFox Жыл бұрын

Merci!!

@betsyk489 Жыл бұрын

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.

@annerysanchez Жыл бұрын

Go off Emily!!! 🗣️

@lenani9143 Жыл бұрын

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 😄

@Melissabella Жыл бұрын

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.

@Souljacker7 Жыл бұрын

I just landed here randomly and I like you!

@laurenschenck5355 Жыл бұрын

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

@badfaith4u Жыл бұрын

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

@BookswithEmilyFox Жыл бұрын

You'll have to tell me how it is!

@cuppiesaur Жыл бұрын

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 😉😊

@girlwithflowers8058 Жыл бұрын

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.

@skandar123keynes Жыл бұрын

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!

@MarinaJohan Жыл бұрын

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.

@berglindheiarsdottir2773 Жыл бұрын

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

@berglindheiarsdottir2773 Жыл бұрын

... and putting it on my 2023 TBR to reread ...

@Senidhr Жыл бұрын

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.

@meljstephan Жыл бұрын

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

@MKPiatkowski Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@MKPiatkowski Жыл бұрын

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

@kangkana5744 Жыл бұрын

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.

@joellesoumis8041 Жыл бұрын

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

@janelles5444 Жыл бұрын

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!

@KristaH225 Жыл бұрын

I love non-fiction audiobooks, too.

@angelaholmes8888 Жыл бұрын

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

@gysahl Жыл бұрын

if you're interested in the history of medicine i definitely recommend the sawbones book! it's based on a long-running podcast of a doctor discussing the history of medicine with her (often horrified) husband and gets into some truly wild stories

@fanniszenek9400 Жыл бұрын

23:11 I love how Emily repeatedly saying "no" sounds different when she's read something misogynistic. I need it as a ringtone

@BookswithEmilyFox Жыл бұрын

The French tries to come out lol

@Ladydi1780 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@ElinWinblad Жыл бұрын

Honestly the hormone thing linked to who ppl are attracted to makes sense. Hormones drive a lot of attraction. As a teen I had terrible cramps but went away with a diet change that even now at 39 if I forget to eat I will go right back to horrible cramps the next month 😂😢