Audiobook Café
Audiobook Café
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Defining Quality Non-fiction
28 minutes Posted Feb 1, 2026 at 6:00 pm.
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Host Jacob Shymanski and guest Red Széll from the “My Life in Books” podcast break down the differences between bad and quality non-fiction. They share the dos and don’ts when it comes to non-fiction writing.
Books mentioned in this episode include:
• “Everything Is Tuberculosis” by John Green
• “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism” by Sarah Wynn-Williams
• “The Red Emperor: Xi Jinping and His New China” by Michael Sheridan
• “Jackie - Public, Private, Secret” by J. Randy Taraborrelli
• “The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder” by David Grann
• ""I Am the Son of the Yellow Earth"" ""autobiographical essay by Xi Jinping
• “The African Emperor: The Life of Septimius Severus” by Simon Elliott
This episode was produced by Andrika De Lanerolle.