18 Nonfiction Reading Prompts - hosted by seaglass

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On Palestine by Ilan Pappé, Noam Chomsky

On Palestine

Ilan Pappé, Noam Chomsky

220 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
Ten Myths about Israel by Ilan Pappé

Ten Myths about Israel

Ilan Pappé

192 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom

Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
The Conscious Closet: The Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good by Elizabeth L. Cline

The Conscious Closet: The Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good

Elizabeth L. Cline

9 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction self help informative inspiring medium-paced
The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves by J.B. MacKinnon

The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves

J.B. MacKinnon

11 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction sociology challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
Radikalisierter Konservatismus: Eine Analyse by Natascha Strobl

Radikalisierter Konservatismus: Eine Analyse

Natascha Strobl

192 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction politics sociology challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism by Angus Deaton, Anne Case

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism

Angus Deaton, Anne Case

11 hours, 38 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

nonfiction economics politics psychology sociology
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

Angela Y. Davis

180 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism politics race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Ausbruch: Innenansichten einer Pandemie by Georg Mascolo, Katja Gloger

Ausbruch: Innenansichten einer Pandemie

Georg Mascolo, Katja Gloger

334 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

medium-paced
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis

Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

Michael Lewis

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction business economics informative medium-paced