B&N Reading Challenge 2023 - hosted by ejsimpson

A non-fiction topic you know nothing about
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Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

Poverty, by America

Matthew Desmond

284 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Playing Fans: Negotiating Fandom and Media in the Digital Age by Paul Booth

Playing Fans: Negotiating Fandom and Media in the Digital Age

Paul Booth

240 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

challenging dark funny medium-paced
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

Kate Moore

496 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science emotional slow-paced
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx

The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx

14 hours, 43 minutes • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography memoir music funny fast-paced
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

All Boys Aren't Blue

George M. Johnson

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir race young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Sea Monsters: A Voyage Around the World's Most Beguiling Map by Joseph Nigg

Sea Monsters: A Voyage Around the World's Most Beguiling Map

Joseph Nigg

160 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
Why North Is Up: Map Conventions and Where They Came from by Mick Ashworth

Why North Is Up: Map Conventions and Where They Came from

Mick Ashworth

224 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction informative slow-paced
The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston

The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story

Douglas Preston

336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous informative fast-paced
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker

Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

Steven Pinker

556 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy science informative inspiring fast-paced
The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston

The Monster of Florence

Douglas Preston

322 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history mystery true crime dark mysterious tense medium-paced