Nonfiction Reading Challenge - hosted by hollanddavis

History
Books about historical events and the past
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The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective by Steven Johnson

The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective

Steven Johnson

384 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history politics
The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War by Joanne B. Freeman

The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War

Joanne B. Freeman

11 hours, 19 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City's Soul by Scott W. Berg

The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City's Soul

Scott W. Berg

464 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice by Alex Hortis

The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice

Alex Hortis

336 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction medium-paced
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder

David Grann

329 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime adventurous dark informative medium-paced
The Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann Woodward, William S. McFeely

The Strange Career of Jim Crow

C. Vann Woodward, William S. McFeely

245 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Studies In Pessimism: The Essays Of Arthur Schopenhauer by T. Bailey Saunders

Studies In Pessimism: The Essays Of Arthur Schopenhauer

T. Bailey Saunders

76 pages • first pub 1890 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays history literary philosophy reflective medium-paced
Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance by Marv Waterstone, Noam Chomsky

Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance

Marv Waterstone, Noam Chomsky

400 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America by Ari Berman

Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America

Ari Berman

12 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister

A Curious History of Sex

Kate Lister

8 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism health history funny informative medium-paced