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Unique Nonfiction Reads

Want to get into something new but not sure what? This list of titles, both digital and physical, includes nonfiction books centering on a unique topic, something a little less mainstream. If you didn't know you wanted to learn something new, check out this list.

Daviess County Public Library

20 items

  • Unknown, 2014Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, Inc. ; [Prince Frederick, Md.] : [Distributed by] OneClick Digital, 2014, p2008. — eAudio
  • The Trigger

    Taking the Journey That Led the World to War

    Butcher, Tim
    Unknown, 2014[United States] : Tantor Audio : Made available through hoopla, 2014. — eAudiobook hoopla
  • The Blindspots Between Us

    How to Overcome Unconscious Cognitive Bias and Build Better Relationships

    Tsipursky, Gleb
    eBook, 2020New Harbinger Publications, 2020
  • Bonk

    the Curious Coupling of Science and Sex /

    Roach, Mary,
    Book, 2008New York : W.W. Norton, c2008. — 612.6 Roac
  • What If?

    Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

    Munroe, Randall
    eBook, 2014HMH Books, 2014
  • Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

    and Other Lessons From the Crematory

    Doughty, Caitlin
    Unknown, 2014Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books ; [Prince Frederick, Md.] : [Distributed by] OneClick Digital, 2014, [2014] — eAudio
  • Isaac's Storm

    A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

    Larson, Erik
    eBook, 2011Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011
  • Full Body Burden

    Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats

    Unknown, 2012New York : Crown Publishers, c2012. — eBook
  • Parkland

    Birth of a Movement

    Cullen, David, 1961-
    Book, 2019New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] — 371.782 Cull
  • Destiny of the Republic

    a Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President

    Millard, Candice
    Book, 2011New York : Doubleday, c2011. — 973.84 Mill
  • Why We Sleep

    Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

    Walker, Matthew P,
    Book, 2017New York : Scribner, 2017. — 612.821 Walk
  • The Five

    the Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

    Rubenhold, Hallie,
    Book, 2019Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019. — 362.88 Rube
  • Beyond Words

    What Animals Think and Feel

    Safina, Carl
    Unknown, 2015[United States] : Tantor Audio : Made available through hoopla, 2015. — eAudiobook hoopla
  • Packing for Mars

    the Curious Science of Life in the Void

    Roach, Mary
    Unknown, 2010New York : W.W. Norton, c2010. — 629.477 Roac
  • Longitude

    the True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

    Sobel, Dava
    Unknown, 1995New York : Walker, 1995. — eBook
  • The Map of Knowledge

    a Thousand-year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found /

    Moller, Violet,
    Book, 2019New York : Doubleday, [2019] — 001.2091 Moll