The Book Vipers discussion

The nominations thread for the December Non Fiction Read is now open, please suggest your book choices below.

To get a better variety of non fiction books we are suggesting themes for each month, but for December any can be nominated

This thread will remain open until 5th November and then will be closed for voting.

Please remember that the books need to be readily available in as many formats as possible at a reasonable price.

Nominated:
Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid
Romantic Moderns: English Writers, Artists and the Imagination from Virginia Woolf to John Piper
Nothing to Be Frightened Of


Nominated & Seconded:
Hitch-22: A Memoir
Rich Desserts and Captain's Thin: A Family and Their Times, 1831-1931
The Selfish Gene
Buried in Books: A Reader's Anthology
H is for Hawk

Reckless: My Life as a Pretender

I'd like to nominate Hitch-22: A Memoir by Christopher Hitchens.

Ooh, I second Annika's idea as this is a challenge book for me too.

Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid this one looks awesome so I nominate this one.

I will nominate Buried in Books: A Reader's Anthology by Julie Rugg

Lisa wrote: "Ooh, I second Annika's idea as this is a challenge book for me too."

Thanks Lisa! What challenge does Hitch-22 fall under for you?

I nominate Romantic Moderns: English Writers, Artists and the Imagination from Virginia Woolf to John Piper by Alexandra Harris

I would like to nominate Rich Desserts and Captain's Thin: A Family and Their Times, 1831-1931 as it has been on my bedside table all year since I allocated it to the Ace of Diamonds in the 2015 challenge and I think it will be a good read.

Linda wrote: "I would like to nominate Rich Desserts and Captain's Thin: A Family and Their Times, 1831-1931 as it has been on my bedside table all year since I allocated it to the Ace of Diamonds..."

I'll second this. (I have to, I just bought it. Looks like an interesting book.)

I would like to nominate The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins - something I have been meaning to read for ages but never quite get round to.

Annika wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Ooh, I second Annika's idea as this is a challenge book for me too."

Thanks Lisa! What challenge does Hitch-22 fall under for you?"

I've had it on my Kindle for ages so was going to include it as both a Dusty Shelf and the Biography/Memoir of Full Deck :)

Plus, I've heard it's a good read!

I will second The Selfish Gene.

Nothing to Be Frightened OfCan I nominate this and second Buried in Books

Sorry, have we had H is for hawk in our chosen books? I haven't got list of what we have read this year so far and am reading it now. Amazed it is non fiction.

If we haven't had it I would like to nominate it please.

I'll second H is for Hawk. I have read it and loved it, but be very interested to hear what others think.

H is for Hawk is excellent

This thread will be closed and the poll is now open:

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