Book Riot's 2020 Read Harder Challenge - hosted by thestorygraph

Read a memoir by someone from a religious tradition (or lack of religious tradition) that is not your own
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

Caitlin Doughty

254 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Georgia Hardstark, Karen Kilgariff

Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide

Georgia Hardstark, Karen Kilgariff

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir self help true crime emotional funny reflective medium-paced
When They Call You a Terrorist (Young Adult Edition): A Story of Black Lives Matter and the Power to Change the World by asha bandele, Patrisse Khan-Cullors

When They Call You a Terrorist (Young Adult Edition): A Story of Black Lives Matter and the Power to Change the World

asha bandele, Patrisse Khan-Cullors

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Women Talking by Miriam Toews

Women Talking

Miriam Toews

216 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi

Embroideries

Marjane Satrapi

144 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel memoir funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

Stone Butch Blues

Leslie Feinberg

308 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-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

392 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Mercedes Bentso – Totuus ja tunnustus by Linda-Maria Roine

Mercedes Bentso – Totuus ja tunnustus

Linda-Maria Roine

223 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative slow-paced
The Truth Hurts by Andrew Boe

The Truth Hurts

Andrew Boe

missing page info • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston

The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts

Maxine Hong Kingston

224 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

nonfiction classics feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced