The 52 Book Club's 2024 Reading Challenge - hosted by the52bookclub

Non-fiction recommended by a friend
All books added
Briefe an einen jungen Dichter by Rainer Maria Rilke

Briefe an einen jungen Dichter

Rainer Maria Rilke

80 pages • paperback • 1929

nonfiction classics essays poetry inspiring reflective fast-paced
A Horse at Night: On Writing by Amina Cain

A Horse at Night: On Writing

Amina Cain

136 pages • digital • 2022

nonfiction essays literary inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough

The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

David McCullough

352 pages • digital • 2019

nonfiction history challenging reflective slow-paced
Baking Yesteryear: Plating the Past with the Best Recipes from the 1900s to The 1980s by B. Dylan Hollis

Baking Yesteryear: Plating the Past with the Best Recipes from the 1900s to The 1980s

B. Dylan Hollis

256 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction cookbook funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
Spinning by Tillie Walden

Spinning

Tillie Walden

395 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Top of the World by Martin Hibbert
Top of the World
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Martin Hibbert

Top of the World

Martin Hibbert

250 pages • 2024 user-added

nonfiction
A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy by Kathy Kleiner Rubin, Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi

A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy

Kathy Kleiner Rubin, Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi

303 pages • digital • 2023

nonfiction memoir true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago by Douglas Perry

The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago

Douglas Perry

304 pages • hardcover • 2010

nonfiction crime history true crime informative mysterious medium-paced
Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath by Bill Browder

Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath

Bill Browder

10 hours, 29 minutes • audio • 2022 user-added

nonfiction politics dark informative tense medium-paced
Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs by Johann Hari

Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs

Johann Hari

8 hours, 27 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction health science informative reflective medium-paced