Reading More Non-Fiction in 2021! - hosted by litficwithellie

A book about history
Ancient history, modern history, whatever floats your boat. Pick a historical figure, or period, and try to learn a bit more about them/it!
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The Gay Agenda: A Modern Queer History & Handbook by Ashley Molesso, Chessie Needham

The Gay Agenda: A Modern Queer History & Handbook

Ashley Molesso, Chessie Needham

missing duration info • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ emotional informative fast-paced
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

Robin Wall Kimmerer

168 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature informative reflective slow-paced
On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss

On Immunity: An Inoculation

Eula Biss

216 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction essays health science reflective slow-paced
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar

Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident

Donnie Eichar

288 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history mystery adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced
The Mountains of Saint Francis : Discovering the Geologic Events that Shaped our Earth by Walter Álvarez

The Mountains of Saint Francis : Discovering the Geologic Events that Shaped our Earth

Walter Álvarez

304 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
The Chagos Betrayal: How Britain robbed an island and made its people disappear by Florian Grosset

The Chagos Betrayal: How Britain robbed an island and made its people disappear

Florian Grosset

112 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Devil's Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea

The Devil's Highway: A True Story

Luis Alberto Urrea

8 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history politics emotional reflective slow-paced
Speed Tribes: Days and Night's with Japan's Next Generation by Karl Taro Greenfeld

Speed Tribes: Days and Night's with Japan's Next Generation

Karl Taro Greenfeld

304 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction sociology travel informative fast-paced
The Hive: The Story of the Honeybee and Us by Bee Wilson

The Hive: The Story of the Honeybee and Us

Bee Wilson

308 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history nature science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Black Women's History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry, Kali Nicole Gross

A Black Women's History of the United States

ReVisioning American History #5

Daina Ramey Berry, Kali Nicole Gross

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative inspiring medium-paced