The Booklist Queen Reading Challenge 2021 - hosted by jrf1108

Nonfiction from the NYT Bestseller list
All books added
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

Reni Eddo-Lodge

5 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race young adult challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

Angela's Ashes

The Frank McCourt Memoirs #1

Frank McCourt

426 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction memoir dark emotional funny sad medium-paced
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

Caitlin Doughty

254 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

476 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

Heather McGhee

448 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

Austin Channing Brown

192 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

Ronan Farrow

448 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative tense medium-paced
You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson

You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain

Phoebe Robinson

320 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir funny informative reflective fast-paced
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

8 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced