Historathon 2023 - hosted by tahlia__nerds_out

1820 to present
 Q4: October - December 
All books added
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

286 pages • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography health history science dark informative reflective medium-paced
The A-Z of Victorian Crime by Neil R. a. Bell, Kate Clarke, Trevor Bond

The A-Z of Victorian Crime

Neil R. a. Bell, Kate Clarke, Trevor Bond

352 pages • first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

nonfiction historical true crime challenging dark informative slow-paced
Charlotte Brontë: A Fiery Heart by Claire Harman

Charlotte Brontë: A Fiery Heart

Claire Harman

472 pages • first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks: Life and Death Under Soviet Rule by Jamie Richards, Igort

The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks: Life and Death Under Soviet Rule

Jamie Richards, Igort

384 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction comics history informative reflective slow-paced
This Place: 150 Years Retold by David A. Robertson, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Jen Storm, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Chelsea Vowel, Brandon Mitchell, Richard Van Camp, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Katherena Vermette, Sonny Assu

This Place: 150 Years Retold

David A. Robertson, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Jen Storm, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Chelsea Vowel, Brandon Mitchell, Richard Van Camp, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Katherena Vermette, Sonny Assu

287 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction graphic novel historical short stories young adult emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan

Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China's Cultural Revolution

Tania Branigan

9 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
Murder by the Book: The Crime That Shocked Dickens's London by Claire Harman

Murder by the Book: The Crime That Shocked Dickens's London

Claire Harman

252 pages • first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history true crime informative mysterious slow-paced
Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World by Christian Cooper

Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World

Christian Cooper

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir nature race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Monk in the Garden: The Lost and Found Genius of Gregor Mendel, the Father of Genetics by Robin Marantz Henig

The Monk in the Garden: The Lost and Found Genius of Gregor Mendel, the Father of Genetics

Robin Marantz Henig

304 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats by Daniel Stone

The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats

Daniel Stone

397 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography food and drink history adventurous informative medium-paced