Professional Book Nerds 2021 Reading Challenge - hosted by adamsockel

Read a non-fiction book by a woman historian.
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All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat

All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team

Christina Soontornvat

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography middle grade sports emotional inspiring fast-paced
Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz

Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age

Annalee Newitz

8 hours, 14 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative reflective medium-paced
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller

Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

Lulu Miller

228 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir nature science reflective medium-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

352 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Geisha, a Life by Mineko Iwasaki

Geisha, a Life

Mineko Iwasaki

297 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir informative slow-paced
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
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

ReVisioning American History

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

296 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Radium Girls by Kate Moore

The Radium Girls

Kate Moore

480 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science emotional slow-paced
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

Kristin Kobes Du Mez

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The American Resting Place: 400 Years of History Through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds by Marilyn Yalom, Reid S. Yalom

The American Resting Place: 400 Years of History Through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds

Marilyn Yalom, Reid S. Yalom

336 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced