Today we welcome Mercedes of Mercy's Bookish Musings to the pod to chat all things non-fiction. Sarah, Jenny and Mercedes share why they love non-fiction, where they get their recommendations from and talk through some of their favourites. And, as always, we share our recent and current reads.
Books mentioned
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
Dead Mountain by Donnie Eichar
Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country by Sierra Crane Murdoch
How the Pill Changes Everything by Dr Sarah. E. Hill
Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness by Catherine Cho
I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O'Farrell
Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India by Shashi Tharoor
The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thomson
Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land by Toni Jensen
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Missoula by Jon Krakauer
Other stuff mentioned
Bailie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
Walter Scott Prize
Graywolf Press
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