Read Harder 2022 - hosted by emilysbookishlife

Read a history about a period you know little about
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The Library of Legends by Janie Chang

The Library of Legends

Janie Chang

366 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical emotional informative mysterious medium-paced
Nicaragua, 1961-1990, Volume 2: The Contra War by David Francois

Nicaragua, 1961-1990, Volume 2: The Contra War

Latin America@War

David Francois

72 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Love in Vain: Robert Johnson 1911-1938, the graphic novel by J.M. Dupont

Love in Vain: Robert Johnson 1911-1938, the graphic novel

J.M. Dupont

72 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction comics music emotional informative reflective slow-paced
The Beast of Chicago: An Account of the Life and Crimes of Herman W. Mudgett, Known to the World As H.H. Holmes by Rick Geary

The Beast of Chicago: An Account of the Life and Crimes of Herman W. Mudgett, Known to the World As H.H. Holmes

Treasury of Victorian Murder

Rick Geary

80 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction comics history informative lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
The Lives of Sacco & Vanzetti by Rick Geary

The Lives of Sacco & Vanzetti

Treasury of XXth Century Murder

Rick Geary

82 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction comics history dark informative tense slow-paced
Fighters in the Shadows: A New History of the French Resistance by Robert Gildea

Fighters in the Shadows: A New History of the French Resistance

Robert Gildea

608 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Alone on the Ice by David Roberts

Alone on the Ice

David Roberts

11 hours, 39 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous slow-paced
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives by Sunil Khilnani

Incarnations: India in 50 Lives

Sunil Khilnani

656 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race by Douglas Brinkley

American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

Douglas Brinkley

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics science informative medium-paced
Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art by Rebecca Wragg Sykes

Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art

Rebecca Wragg Sykes

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced