18 Nonfiction Reading Prompts - hosted by seaglass

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Why Didn't We Riot?: A Black Man in Trumpland by Issac J. Bailey

Why Didn't We Riot?: A Black Man in Trumpland

Issac J. Bailey

190 pages • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

nonfiction essays politics race
What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton

What Happened

Hillary Rodham Clinton

512 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics informative reflective medium-paced
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery

Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design

Charles Montgomery

368 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction design challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time by Jeff Speck

Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time

Jeff Speck

312 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction business design informative slow-paced
Fat Nation: A History of Obesity in America by Jonathan Engel

Fat Nation: A History of Obesity in America

Jonathan Engel

216 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction health history informative medium-paced
The Hidden History of Burma: A Crisis of Race and Capitalism by Thant Myint-U

The Hidden History of Burma: A Crisis of Race and Capitalism

Thant Myint-U

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial by Rabia Chaudry

Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial

Rabia Chaudry

14 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction true crime challenging dark informative slow-paced
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell

Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language

Amanda Montell

291 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism sociology funny informative reflective medium-paced
On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed

On Juneteenth

Annette Gordon-Reed

3 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Know-It-All Society: Truth and Arrogance in Political Culture by Michael P. Lynch

Know-It-All Society: Truth and Arrogance in Political Culture

Michael P. Lynch

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy politics sociology reflective slow-paced