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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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[–] brisk@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm reading through that right now! Fascinating but dense as a brick.

My last nonfiction was Graeber's Debt: the First 5000 years which is worldview changing exploration of the origin and concept of money which I recommend highly.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's a rare book that is so dense yet so enjoyable (to me at least).

I've got Debt on my list, too; I'm looking to read everything those guys put out. It's such a a shame that Graeber passed away, he still had so much to give to the world.