Politics and Prose Reading Challenge 2024 - hosted by politicsprose

A book set in DC
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Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Bridge to Terabithia

Katherine Paterson

128 pages • paperback • 1977

fiction classics middle grade adventurous emotional sad fast-paced
A Spy in Plain Sight: The Inside Story of America's Most Damaging Russian Spy and the Implications for National Security Today by Lis Wiehl

A Spy in Plain Sight: The Inside Story of America's Most Damaging Russian Spy and the Implications for National Security Today

Lis Wiehl

336 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Sacred Sins by Nora Roberts

Sacred Sins

D.C. Detectives #1

Nora Roberts

368 pages • digital • 1987

fiction mystery romance mysterious tense fast-paced
Heartburn by Nora Ephron

Heartburn

Nora Ephron

179 pages • paperback • 1983

fiction contemporary emotional funny fast-paced
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

Monday's Not Coming

Tiffany D. Jackson

10 hours, 7 minutes • audio • 2018

fiction contemporary mystery young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital by Chris Myers Asch, George Derek Musgrove

Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital

Chris Myers Asch, George Derek Musgrove

624 pages • paperback • 2017

nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced
S Street Rising: Crack, Murder, and Redemption in D.C. by Rubén Castañeda

S Street Rising: Crack, Murder, and Redemption in D.C.

Rubén Castañeda

304 pages • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction history memoir true crime dark fast-paced
Sixteenth Street NW: Washington, DC's Avenue of Ambitions by John DeFerrari, Douglas Peter Sefton

Sixteenth Street NW: Washington, DC's Avenue of Ambitions

John DeFerrari, Douglas Peter Sefton

312 pages • hardcover

informative sad medium-paced
Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington by James Kirchick

Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington

James Kirchick

816 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative slow-paced
Personal History by Katharine Graham

Personal History

Katharine Graham

688 pages • paperback • 1997

nonfiction biography history memoir informative slow-paced