https://pithybooks.com/tags/nonfiction/ Latest Pithy Books summaries tagged “nonfiction”. en Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:12:09 GMT https://pithybooks.com/books/between-the-world-and-me/ https://pithybooks.com/books/between-the-world-and-me/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Coates writes to his son about the Black body in America, from Howard to the loss of Prince Jones. https://pithybooks.com/books/drawing-on-the-right-side-of-the-brain/ https://pithybooks.com/books/drawing-on-the-right-side-of-the-brain/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Edwards teaches seeing edges spaces to draw via right brain exercises. https://pithybooks.com/books/everything-i-know-about-love/ https://pithybooks.com/books/everything-i-know-about-love/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Dolly Alderton recalls bad dates flatshares and female friendship in her twenties memoir. https://pithybooks.com/books/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/ https://pithybooks.com/books/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Raoul Duke and Gonzo binge Vegas covering Mint 400 and drug conference. https://pithybooks.com/books/greenlights/ https://pithybooks.com/books/greenlights/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT McConaughey shares outlaw stories and greenlight catching from Texas to Hollywood. https://pithybooks.com/books/john-adams/ https://pithybooks.com/books/john-adams/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT McCullough follows Adams from Braintree lawyer to second president. https://pithybooks.com/books/killers-of-the-flower-moon/ https://pithybooks.com/books/killers-of-the-flower-moon/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT In 1920s Oklahoma, Osage oil wealth makes tribal members targets for murder, forcing the young FBI under Tom White to expose the conspiracy behind the Reign of Terror. https://pithybooks.com/books/kitchen-confidential/ https://pithybooks.com/books/kitchen-confidential/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bourdain on rough kitchens, past drug use, Les Halles years, and why you should never order fish on Monday. https://pithybooks.com/books/maybe-you-should-talk-to-someone/ https://pithybooks.com/books/maybe-you-should-talk-to-someone/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Therapist Lori Gottlieb counsels John, Julie and Rita while seeing her own therapist Wendell after a breakup. https://pithybooks.com/books/spare/ https://pithybooks.com/books/spare/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Prince Harry recalls Diana's death in 1997, two tours in Afghanistan, and stepping back from royal life with Meghan in this frank 2023 memoir of grief, love and painful family rifts. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-boys-in-the-boat/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-boys-in-the-boat/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Washington rowers led by Joe Rantz chase gold in Hitler's Berlin in 1936. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-hiding-place/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-hiding-place/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Ten Booms hide Jews in Haarlem, suffer Ravensbruck, lose Betsie, and learn forgiveness. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-last-lecture/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-last-lecture/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Dying professor Pausch lectures really achieving childhood dreams. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-lean-startup/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-lean-startup/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ries lays out Build-Measure-Learn, MVPs, pivots and validated learning for building companies under extreme uncertainty. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-life-changing-magic-of-tidying-up/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-life-changing-magic-of-tidying-up/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Marie Kondo teaches the KonMari method: keep only what sparks joy, tidied by category for a lasting home reset. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-prince/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-prince/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Machiavelli advises Lorenzo on rule through fear and love, fortune, cruelty and mercy. https://pithybooks.com/books/think-and-grow-rich/ https://pithybooks.com/books/think-and-grow-rich/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hill teaches desire, faith and autosuggestion, distilling lessons from Carnegie interviews into thirteen principles for success. https://pithybooks.com/books/three-cups-of-tea/ https://pithybooks.com/books/three-cups-of-tea/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mortenson fails K2 builds schools in Pakistan after Korphe kindness. https://pithybooks.com/books/zero-to-one/ https://pithybooks.com/books/zero-to-one/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Thiel argues monopolies create value through vertical progress, not by copying competition. https://pithybooks.com/books/a-brief-history-of-time/ https://pithybooks.com/books/a-brief-history-of-time/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hawking walks from ancient spheres to big bang, black holes, and time arrows without equations.