The 2022 #SomethingBookishReadingChallenge - hosted by lipglossmaffia

A Book Inspired By Real-Life Events
Keep an open mind here, your entry can either be fiction or nonfiction.
All books added
Head Above Water: Reflections on Illness by Shahd Alshammari

Head Above Water: Reflections on Illness

Shahd Alshammari

194 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction feminism health memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama

We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies

Tsering Yangzom Lama

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional sad slow-paced
The Waiting by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

The Waiting

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

248 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction graphic novel historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Beyond the Breaks by Stacy Johnson

Beyond the Breaks

Stacy Johnson

244 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography essays memoir
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

229 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
I Am a Girl from Africa by Elizabeth Nyamayaro

I Am a Girl from Africa

Elizabeth Nyamayaro

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris

Cilka's Journey

The Tattooist of Auschwitz #2

Heather Morris

401 pages • first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder

Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

Timothy Snyder

18 hours, 16 minutes • first pub 2010 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

Zoulfa Katouh

417 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True by Gabrielle Union

We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True

Gabrielle Union

7 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced