Book Rant's 2021 Reading Challenge - hosted by bookrantpodcast

Read a non-fiction book
There are so many! Have at it!
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Ibram X. Kendi

19 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society by Judy Christie, Lisa Wingate

Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society

Judy Christie, Lisa Wingate

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime emotional informative sad slow-paced
Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art by Rebecca Wragg Sykes

Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art

Rebecca Wragg Sykes

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate by Peter Wohlleben

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate

The Mysteries of Nature Series #1

Peter Wohlleben

272 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction nature informative reflective slow-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

400 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

Gender Queer

Maia Kobabe

240 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction gender graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced
Butch Heroes by Ria Brodell

Butch Heroes

Ria Brodell

96 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction art gender history lgbtqia+ informative slow-paced
The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair

The Secret Lives of Color

Kassia St. Clair

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction art history science informative medium-paced
Rewild Yourself: 23 Spellbinding Ways To Make Nature More Visible by Simon Barnes

Rewild Yourself: 23 Spellbinding Ways To Make Nature More Visible

Simon Barnes

198 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction nature informative reflective slow-paced
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced