I love Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City. It's a non-fiction book about Chicago in 1893 which reads much like a novel. I'd like to read other books written in the same novel-esque style about some other cities or historic events. Know of any novel-like non-fiction reads?
posted on Jun 29, 2008 - 43 answers

Précis, outlines, abstracts for contemporary non-fiction books -- are there any sites or publications doing this? [more inside]
posted on Jun 26, 2008 - 5 answers

Do you have any recommendations for solid creative non-fiction magazine columns or the like? [more inside]
posted on Dec 5, 2006 - 4 answers

I'm looking for the longest sentence in Proust's Remembrance of Things Past. [more inside]
posted on Mar 24, 2006 - 16 answers

Audiobooks: My Audible wish list is empty -- help me fill it with compelling, commute-friendly nonfiction and literary fiction. [more inside]
posted on Mar 16, 2006 - 24 answers

As a lay...very lay...student of Roman Republic and Empire, and anticipating the upcoming HBO/BBC series Rome with relish, I'm reading everything I can get my hands on about both Republic and Empire. Currently I'm reading an abridgement of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire I just inherited. What next? [insert Latin for "more inside" here].
posted on Sep 2, 2004 - 19 answers