Modern Mrs Darcy Challenge 2021 - Brave the Backlist - hosted by mustbeinwantofawife

A nonfiction book.
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Tiny Moons: A Year of Eating in Shanghai by Nina Mingya Powles

Tiny Moons: A Year of Eating in Shanghai

Nina Mingya Powles

85 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction essays food and drink memoir informative reflective medium-paced
A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City: Murder, Secrets, and Scandal in Old Louisville by David Domine

A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City: Murder, Secrets, and Scandal in Old Louisville

David Domine

360 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction crime travel dark mysterious fast-paced
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexievich

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

Голоса утопии #5

Svetlana Alexievich

496 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark informative reflective slow-paced
Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream by Lyn Nguyen, Tung Nguyen, Katherine Manning

Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream

Lyn Nguyen, Tung Nguyen, Katherine Manning

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction cookbook food and drink memoir emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced
Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today by Alice Wong

Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today

Alice Wong

139 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective medium-paced
My Grandfather's Knocking Sticks: Ojibwe Family Life and Labor on the Reservation by Brenda J. Child

My Grandfather's Knocking Sticks: Ojibwe Family Life and Labor on the Reservation

Brenda J. Child

224 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

Kirk Wallace Johnson

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime informative mysterious medium-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

352 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Space Race by Andrew Mark Sewell, Sue Nelson, Richard Hollingham, Colin Brake, Richard Kurti, Helen Quigley, Patrick Chapman

The Space Race

Andrew Mark Sewell, Sue Nelson, Richard Hollingham, Colin Brake, Richard Kurti, Helen Quigley, Patrick Chapman

9 hours, 12 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous slow-paced
When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt by Kara Cooney

When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt

Kara Cooney

400 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative inspiring slow-paced