Start with high-confidence sociolinguistics books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
What Every BODY Is Saying
Joe Navarro, Marvin Karlins
Mother Tongue
Beth Hicks, Jenni Nuttall
Talk
Alison Wood Brooks
Fluent Forever
Gabriel Wyner
Merriam-webster’s Dictionary of Law
Merriam-Webster, Anonymous
Words From Hell
Jess Zafarris
Phraseology
Barbara Ann Kipfer PhD, Barbara Ann Kipfer
The Synesthesia Experience
Maureen Seaberg
English As a Lingua Franca Among Adolescents
Katharina Beuter
Proto
Laura Spinney
