Here is part four of Tattered Cover’s list of the best books for book clubs! Feel free to revisit the fiction choices — part one, part two, and part three. Here are the nonfiction recommendations:
- A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah
- Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
by Mary Roach
- The Post-American World
by Fareed Zarana
- Infidel
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
by Craig Childs
- The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story
by Diane Ackerman
- The Middle Place
by Kelly Corrigan
- Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
- God’s Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre
by Richard Grant
- Truck: A Love Story (P.S.)
by Michael Perry
- The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
by Sandy Tolan
- The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World
by Eric Weiner
- Wesley: The Story of a Remarkable Owl
by Stacey O’Brien
- Broken: A Love Story
by Lisa Jones
- 32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny: Life Lessons from Teaching
by Phillip Done
- Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals
by Temple Grandin
- Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual
by Michael Pollan
- The Longest Trip Home: A Memoir
by John Grogan
- Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
by Greg Mortenson
- The Forever War
by Dexter Filkens
- The Glass Castle: A Memoir
by Jeannette Walls
- Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction
by David Sheff
- Boxing For Cuba: An Immigrant’s Story of Despair, Endurance, & Redemption
by Guillermo Vincente Vidal
- An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
by Barbara Brown Taylor
