Booking Through Thursday: Discuss!

I was wanting to try a certain author and wished I knew someone who had read her works so I could get a recommendation when it occurred to me that having a “YOU ask the question” Booking Through Thursday might be fun. Each participant could ask a question they’ve wanted to discuss with other readers. Perhaps, like me, you’d like a recommendation of a certain author’s best work, or perhaps you LOVE a certain genre or series but no one else you know does and you’d just like to discuss it with someone. Or perhaps you want to try a new genre and would like recommendations from seasoned readers.

Here’s my question:

I’ve been in a major nonfiction reading mode lately. Please help by either:

— suggesting a novel that will jar me loose, or

— suggesting a nonfiction book that knocked your socks off.
(May as well feed the addiction…)

Thank you!