Read Your Shelves 2023 - hosted by caitlinsbooks

A biography/ autobiography
I really reeeeally need to read more of my non-fiction books this year, and a good place to start is with my biographies/ autobiographies!
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Manual para incendiar el paraíso: La revolución prohibida de las mujeres by María Murnau

Manual para incendiar el paraíso: La revolución prohibida de las mujeres

María Murnau

187 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism medium-paced
All In: The Autobiography ofBillie Jean King by Billie Jean King

All In: The Autobiography ofBillie Jean King

Billie Jean King

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography lgbtqia+ memoir sports informative medium-paced
Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout by Lauren Redniss

Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout

Lauren Redniss

208 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography graphic novel history science informative reflective medium-paced
Persist by Elizabeth Warren

Persist

Elizabeth Warren

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Anthony Bourdain

317 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective fast-paced
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Laura Hillenbrand

500 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced
The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou

The Heart of a Woman

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #4

Maya Angelou

288 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

398 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Sex Cult Nun by Faith Jones

Sex Cult Nun

Faith Jones

386 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood; Youth; Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen

The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood; Youth; Dependency

The Copenhagen Trilogy #1-3

Tove Ditlevsen

384 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced