I've just created this community for the discussion of nonfiction books but essays, short pieces etc. Are welcome. Write a little about yourself and the sort of nonfiction you read below.
Hi, I'm a full stack dev at work who likes to read nonfiction (but also scifi and fantasy, although that's offtopic here) as one of the many hobbies.
I don't have a specific nonfiction genre I'm interested in, I usually read stuff that I find interesting in a particular moment, although I tend towards science, politics and a little bit of self-help.
Some of my favourites nonfiction books are "Atomic habits" by James Clear, "The Dictator's Handbook" by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman.
Science and self-help are becoming a little tricky though, because lots of popular books, especially in social and behavioural sciences and pop science, are affected by the replication crisis.
I also have discovered a podcast where they debunk some parts of some books (or the whole book if it is very controversial): it is called "If Books Could Kill" (if you are interested, you may find it wherever you listen to podcast; I personally use PocketCasts). They already have done an episode on "Freakonomics" (which I read a year ago) and on the 15th of June they have released an episode on "Atomic Habits" (also read a year ago); I will definitely listen to what they have to say about it, hoping that they will not "destroy" the whole book ahahahah