New Year, New Wave 2023 - hosted by nobodyspoet

Read a non-fiction book
Tiny Daggers by INXS

Ever stop to wonder
"Should I question?"
Move a stone, look under
"Should I judge?" 
All books added
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

336 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
The Darkest Night: Two Sisters, a Brutal Murder, and the Loss of Innocence in a Small Town by Ron Franscell

The Darkest Night: Two Sisters, a Brutal Murder, and the Loss of Innocence in a Small Town

Ron Franscell

282 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction crime true crime dark emotional slow-paced
I Hate Men by Pauline Harmange

I Hate Men

Pauline Harmange

96 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism informative reflective fast-paced
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race

Reni Eddo-Lodge

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today by Alice Wong

Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today

Alice Wong

139 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Death by Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts by Kathryn Harkup

Death by Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts

Kathryn Harkup

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging dark informative medium-paced
Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone the First Woman to Play Professional Baseball in the Negro League by Martha Ackmann

Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone the First Woman to Play Professional Baseball in the Negro League

Martha Ackmann

288 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history sports challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes

The Times I Knew I Was Gay

Eleanor Crewes

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction comics lgbtqia+ memoir hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II by Liza Mundy

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II

Liza Mundy

416 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history informative inspiring slow-paced
1001 TV Shows You Must Watch Before You Die by

1001 TV Shows You Must Watch Before You Die

960 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art informative reflective fast-paced