Professional Book Nerds 2021 Reading Challenge - hosted by adamsockel

Read a non-fiction book by a woman historian.
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Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart

Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities

Amy Stewart

235 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history nature science informative medium-paced
Ugly Prey: An Innocent Woman and the Death Sentence That Scandalized Jazz Age Chicago by Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi

Ugly Prey: An Innocent Woman and the Death Sentence That Scandalized Jazz Age Chicago

Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi

336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime dark slow-paced
The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Katherine Streeter, Sarah Vowell

The Partly Cloudy Patriot

Katherine Streeter, Sarah Vowell

197 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction essays history reflective fast-paced
Educated by Tara Westover

Educated

Tara Westover

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell

Unfamiliar Fishes

Sarah Vowell

238 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history funny informative reflective slow-paced
The Library Book by Susan Orlean

The Library Book

Susan Orlean

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime informative medium-paced
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

Hallie Rubenhold

415 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

Ibram X. Kendi

512 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history race challenging informative reflective medium-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
The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara

The Lady from the Black Lagoon

Mallory O'Meara

336 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction art biography feminism history informative inspiring medium-paced
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