diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a7a3e57..38ad501 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 - New table option `:max-width` to resize columns that would be too
   big, defaults to terminal width if possible.
+- Support more shapes of data directly, i.e. vector of vectors, or a
+  single map.
 
 ### Changed
 - The RenderTable/render-table protocol method signature has changed.
diff --git a/src/crockery/core.cljc b/src/crockery/core.cljc
index fabdd12..2afa6bb 100644
--- a/src/crockery/core.cljc
+++ b/src/crockery/core.cljc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
             [crockery.gfm :as gfm]
             [crockery.tsv :as tsv]
             [crockery.protocols :as p]
-            [crockery.util :refer [to-column-map normalize-column]]))
+            [crockery.util :refer [to-column-map normalize-column data->cols-rows]]))
 
 (def ^:dynamic *default-options* {:format :org
                                   :defaults {:align :left}})
@@ -83,12 +83,13 @@
    (let [{:keys [format defaults] :as opts} (merge *default-options* opts)
          renderer (get (builtin-renderers) format format)
          ;;_ (assert (satisfies? p/RenderTable renderer))
+         [detected-cols data] (data->cols-rows data)
          cols (into [] (comp (map to-column-map)
                              (map #(merge defaults %))
                              (map normalize-column))
                     (or cols
                         (:columns opts)
-                        (-> data first keys)))]
+                        detected-cols))]
      (p/render-table renderer opts cols data))))
 
 (defn print-table
diff --git a/src/crockery/util.cljc b/src/crockery/util.cljc
index c74ecee..2659448 100644
--- a/src/crockery/util.cljc
+++ b/src/crockery/util.cljc
@@ -20,6 +20,35 @@
                      s
                      (pad-spaces (Math/ceil half-padding)))))))
 
+
+(defn- non-string-seq? [coll]
+  (and (seqable? coll) (not (string? coll))))
+
+(defn data->cols-rows [data]
+  (cond
+    (map? data)
+    [[:key :value]
+     (map (fn [[k v]] {:key k :value v}) data)]
+
+    (non-string-seq? data)
+    (let [f (first data)]
+      (cond
+        (map? f)
+        [(keys f)
+         data]
+
+        (non-string-seq? f)
+        [(map-indexed (fn [i h] {:name i :title h}) f)
+         (rest data)]
+
+        :else
+        [[:value]
+         (map (fn [v] {:value v}) data)]))
+
+    :else
+    [[:value]
+     [{:value data}]]))
+
 (defn normalize-column [{:keys [key-fn title title-align align render-title render-cell] :as col}]
   (let [nm (:name col)]
     (merge col
diff --git a/test/crockery/core_test.clj b/test/crockery/core_test.clj
index 3d74f1b..0e0e23a 100644
--- a/test/crockery/core_test.clj
+++ b/test/crockery/core_test.clj
@@ -94,6 +94,51 @@
                                  people)
                 expected))))
 
+(deftest test-vec-of-vecs
+  (let [expected ["|-----------+-----|"
+                  "| Name      | Age |"
+                  "|-----------+-----|"
+                  "| Alice     | 29  |"
+                  "| Bob       | 22  |"
+                  "| Charlotte | 42  |"
+                  "|-----------+-----|"]
+        data (into [["Name" "Age"]]
+                   (map (juxt :name :age))
+                   people)]
+    (is (table? (table-as-string data) expected))))
+
+(deftest test-vec-of-strings
+  (let [expected ["|-------|"
+                  "| Value |"
+                  "|-------|"
+                  "| a     |"
+                  "| bbb   |"
+                  "| c     |"
+                  "|-------|"]
+        data ["a" "bbb" "c"]]
+    (is (table? (table-as-string data) expected))))
+
+(deftest test-plain-map
+  (let [expected ["|---------+----------|"
+                  "| Key     | Value    |"
+                  "|---------+----------|"
+                  "| :what   | 1        |"
+                  "| :are    | 42       |"
+                  "| :you    | testtest |"
+                  "| :Saying | 10.0     |"
+                  "|---------+----------|"]
+        data {:what "1" :are 42 :you "testtest" :Saying 10.0}]
+    (is (table? (table-as-string data) expected))))
+
+(deftest test-plain-value
+  (let [data #inst "2014-04-17T12:34:56.789-00:00"
+        expected ["|--------------------------|"
+                  "| Value                    |"
+                  "|--------------------------|"
+                  "| 2014-04-17T12:34:56.789Z |"
+                  "|--------------------------|"]]
+    (is (table? (table-as-string data) expected))))
+
 (deftest test-alignment
   (testing "Title alignment can differ"
     (let [rendered (table-as-string [{:key-fn :name