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Nonfiction book that had facts that shocked you (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.ml

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I've taken a break from nonfiction for a while (finished lotr and read a whole bunch of Stephen king). Now I want to go back to reading nonfiction, but I want something that will pull me in another world of facts I didn't know about. Be it political, sociology.... anything really. I don't know if "facts" is the word I'm looking for here (English is my second language). Can I say "discoveries"? Things you've found through the book that shocked you? Hope that makes sense.
Thanks in advance

Edit: Thank you all for the great suggestions. I've saved this post and will go through the list. Much, much appreciated 🫶🏽

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[–] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prize%3A_The_Epic_Quest_for_Oil%2C_Money%2C_and_Power

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm actually quarter way through this book and stopped a while ago. The author goes into so much details and it gets really boring. So, I've put it aside for now.

[–] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But that's just not true, the author doesn't go into so much detail that it gets boring, it's a deeply fascinating book.

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

It's a matter of preference.