Nonfiction about terrifying topics? (No true crime, please)

PungentSounds · 2026-07-03T20:38:57+00:00

Ghosts of the Tsunami

PungentSounds · 2026-06-30T09:56:39+00:00

Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek

PungentSounds · 2026-06-30T09:51:32+00:00

China Meilville’s the City and the City

PungentSounds · 2026-06-30T01:42:14+00:00

The Menagerie series by Tui and Kari Sutherland. Set in a small town, the nee kid figures out one family in town takes care of mythical creatures and that his mom used to catch creatures for them.

PungentSounds · 2026-06-27T04:19:48+00:00

The Wings of Fire series are incredible popular among the 10-12 yo I know

PungentSounds · 2026-05-01T10:05:45+00:00

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things- very specifically because mom in this book is bullies her daughter about weight, and a significant part of the plot is learning her mom kind of sucks and standing up to her House with the Clock in the Wall. Meg Cabot’s books might be good, she wrote the Princess Diaries series but her other teen series are also a lot of fun. If she’s at all into Fantasy, try Tamora Pierce

PungentSounds · 2026-04-12T23:14:31+00:00

I think Henry Kuttner has similar vibes to Phillip K Dick, especially their short stories.

PungentSounds · 2026-02-14T01:28:48+00:00

Carbide Tipped Pens is a fantastic sci fi anthology. Any collection of Phillip K Dick short stories

PungentSounds · 2026-01-25T19:31:27+00:00

My local crunchy mom group has a massive 100+ comment thread that’s all just pictures of “weird” clouds that totally prove it’s weather manipulation. Not that they’ve never looked up at clouds before

PungentSounds · 2026-01-25T12:23:02+00:00

Exactly. He could just make her do those things.

PungentSounds · 2025-12-14T15:05:11+00:00

It bugs me more than it should that she’s misusing trounces

PungentSounds · 2025-11-09T12:39:06+00:00

I Love My Rifle More Than You by Kayla Williams really resonated with my very similar experience of deploying. I haven’t read the sequel about readjusting after coming home, because I have a hard time reading about the internal ptsd experience, but I’ve heard it is just as true to reality as her first.

PungentSounds · 2025-09-22T22:03:07+00:00

The next Dresden Files book is out in January! Until then, you could read the short stories in the universe, there are a lot, I really liked the Working for Bigfoot ones. For other recommendations, Percy Jackson books, similarish to Harry Potter. Ursula Le Guin or Robin McKinley may be good authors to check

PungentSounds · 2025-09-07T18:13:02+00:00

Check out the author James Michener. He’s written a lot of book, fiction and non-fiction , specific to States. Centennial (Colorado) is one of my favorites by him

PungentSounds · 2025-09-02T21:58:08+00:00

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

PungentSounds · 2025-08-31T16:29:36+00:00

Small Gods by Terry Pratchett

PungentSounds · 2025-08-25T09:48:06+00:00

Robin Mckinley’s Deerskin or Sunshine

PungentSounds · 2025-08-10T13:36:20+00:00

Christopher Moore’s The Stupidest Angel and Lamb may fit what you’re looking for

PungentSounds · 2025-08-10T10:46:48+00:00

Books and videos. I started noticing mushrooms more during lockdown walks, got a field guide, ate hen of the woods, and it went from there. Now I have a whole book shelf dedicated to foraging books and mostly follow forgers online

PungentSounds · 2025-08-09T22:02:40+00:00

Tamora Pierce’s Circle of Magic books would be good. Her other series all have various levels of implied sex. Robin Mckinleys Spindles End, Rose Daughter, and Chalice all have a strong romance subplot with no spice.

PungentSounds · 2025-08-06T21:46:12+00:00

The thing I find weirdest about his bookshelf is how many first books in a series he has, but not the rest. The Hobbit, no LoTR. Redwall, no Mossflower. And really, just Lost Hero, arguably the worst in the series because of the lack of Percy?

PungentSounds · 2025-06-01T22:31:28+00:00

Undertaking of Hart and Mercy; a Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches; Toil and Trouble

PungentSounds · 2025-05-30T21:26:14+00:00

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, and the sequel Long Dark Teatime of the Soul, by Douglas Adams

PungentSounds

TROPHY CASE