Earlier this week we took a tour of world literature and discussed our favorite classic characters. However, to be honest, The Grand Inquisitor doesn’t read much fiction. She has always been drawn to real life stories and real people, so about 90% of her books are nonfiction. In fact, I have a pile of about 25 books I have been trying to plow through since she finished grad school, with limited success (damn you, Crasstalk). There is just so much interesting stuff in the world and I never enough time to find it all out, and though I love my internet, 10 paragraphs is not enough to explain much. So today, tell me what true stories have fascinated and entertained you.
What is your favorite nonfiction book?
My favorite is easily The Guns of August, by Barbara Tuchman. She is also pretty much my favorite writer. She has a bit of the stuffy Brit lady thing going on, but she still writes in an easy to engage manner. The book is a chronicle of the folly in the first days of World War I. It is a heartbreaking account of how hubris and incompetence led to the death and suffering of millions of people. This is the edition I have, bought on a whim at a thrift store, but my copy no longer has a front cover because I have read it so many times.
Anyway, I showed you what a nerd I am, so now it is your turn.
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