12 Nonfiction Books in 2022 - hosted by missbsbookshelf

August Nonfiction
All books added
A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them by Neil Bradbury

A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

Neil Bradbury

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction science true crime dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

Robert Kolker

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

nonfiction biography psychology science emotional informative medium-paced
The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth about Birth by Katy Weitz, Philippa George

The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth about Birth

Katy Weitz, Philippa George

8 hours, 58 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative slow-paced
Memoir of a schizophrenic by Karl Willett
Memoir of a schizophrenic
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Karl Willett

Memoir of a schizophrenic

Karl Willett

750 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

emotional reflective slow-paced
Can Fish Count?: What Animals Reveal about our Uniquely Mathematical Mind by Brian Butterworth

Can Fish Count?: What Animals Reveal about our Uniquely Mathematical Mind

Brian Butterworth

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction science adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
Outback Midwife by Beth McRae

Outback Midwife

Beth McRae

9 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

6 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Unprotected: A Memoir by Billy Porter

Unprotected: A Memoir

Billy Porter

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir race emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Spectacles by Sue Perkins

Spectacles

Sue Perkins

8 hours, 43 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted medium-paced
A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power

A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide

Samantha Power

620 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced