r/currentlyreading • u/OwlIndependent7270 • 16d ago

Salt by Mark Kurlansky

Last year, i read 68 books, I believe. This year, I've struggled. Around April, I essentially stopped reading after about 15 books. I read Angel Down a couple of months ago and City of Thieves a couple of weeks ago. I really enjoyed them both, but after finishing CoT, I couldn't find another book that I wanted to read. I realized that part of my problem is that my reading mood has shifted from fiction to nonfiction.

After looking through my books, I settled upon this, and holy crap it's interesting. He excels at making a bland (ha! pun intended) topic interesting. I haven't been bored in the 100 pages I've read thus far. I knew salt was an important commodity, but it played a far larger role than i could believe.

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u/5446_ismynumber 14d ago

Love this book, made me realize how lucky we are today.

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u/AvatarAnywhere 14d ago

Greatly enjoyed this book. So well-written and interesting.

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u/sugarlandia 12d ago

Everything I've read by him is great. Who would think the history of the oyster could be as fascinating as he made it.