Literary Legends book challenge - hosted by theunfinishedbookshelf

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No Shame by Tom Allen

No Shame

Tom Allen

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography lgbtqia+ memoir emotional funny hopeful 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
What it Takes: My Playbook on Life and Leadership by Sarina Wiegman, Jeroen Visscher

What it Takes: My Playbook on Life and Leadership

Sarina Wiegman, Jeroen Visscher

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir sports hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke by Ronald Reng

A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke

Ronald Reng

400 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography sports emotional sad slow-paced
Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane by Andrew Graham-Dixon

Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane

Andrew Graham-Dixon

544 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction art biography history dark informative medium-paced
The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I by Lindsey Fitzharris

The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I

Lindsey Fitzharris

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris

The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

Lindsey Fitzharris

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography health history science dark informative reflective medium-paced
Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self by Claire Tomalin

Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self

Claire Tomalin

465 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
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