2021 Around the Year (ATY) Reading Challenge - hosted by leahb243

A non-fiction book other than biography, autobiography or memoir
All books added
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

476 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City: Murder, Secrets, and Scandal in Old Louisville by David Domine

A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City: Murder, Secrets, and Scandal in Old Louisville

David Domine

360 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction crime travel dark mysterious fast-paced
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexiévich

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

Voices of Utopia #5

Svetlana Alexiévich

470 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark informative reflective slow-paced
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations by

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations

Last Interview

208 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography sociology
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Audre Lorde

190 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today by Alice Wong

Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today

Alice Wong

139 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective medium-paced
My Grandfather's Knocking Sticks: Ojibwe Family Life and Labor on the Reservation by Brenda J. Child

My Grandfather's Knocking Sticks: Ojibwe Family Life and Labor on the Reservation

Brenda J. Child

224 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

Kirk Wallace Johnson

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime informative mysterious medium-paced
The Space Race by Patrick Chapman, Richard Kurti, Sue Nelson, Colin Brake, Andrew Mark Sewell, Helen Quigley, Richard Hollingham

The Space Race

Patrick Chapman, Richard Kurti, Sue Nelson, Colin Brake, Andrew Mark Sewell, Helen Quigley, Richard Hollingham

9 hours, 12 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous slow-paced
When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt by Kara Cooney

When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt

Kara Cooney

400 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative inspiring slow-paced