Book Talk, etc. Podcast 2024 Reading Challenge - hosted by tbretc

Non-fiction That's Not a Memoir
Read a non-fiction book that's not a memoir! True crime? Self-improvement? Political science? Biography?
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People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited by Louisa Lim

People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited

Louisa Lim

264 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House by Jared Cohen

Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House

Jared Cohen

512 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history politics
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson

640 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced
Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation by Collin Hansen

Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation

Collin Hansen

320 pages • missing pub info (editions)

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

381 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science emotional informative medium-paced
On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good by Elise Loehnen

On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good

Elise Loehnen

384 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction gender religion sociology informative medium-paced
The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet by Jeff Goodell

The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

Jeff Goodell

10 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction nature science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Glow in the F*cking Dark: Simple Practices to Heal Your Soul, from Someone Who Learned the Hard Way by Tara Schuster

Glow in the F*cking Dark: Simple Practices to Heal Your Soul, from Someone Who Learned the Hard Way

Tara Schuster

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction self help emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: Their stories are better than the bestsellers by Matt Eversmann, James Patterson

The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: Their stories are better than the bestsellers

Matt Eversmann, James Patterson

352 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction lighthearted fast-paced
Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II by Vicki Constantine Croke

Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II

Vicki Constantine Croke

368 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous emotional informative slow-paced