Nonfiction Nudges - hosted by bookcasey

Humanities or Politics
Bonus: Read a nonfiction book on your TBR to better understand a historic event, political topic, or societal phenomenon.
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Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology by Jess Zimmerman

Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology

Jess Zimmerman

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender dark informative medium-paced
Unlikeable Female Characters by Anna Bogutskaya

Unlikeable Female Characters

Anna Bogutskaya

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction feminism funny informative reflective medium-paced
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre

A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal

Ben Macintyre

368 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Chow Chop Suey: Food and the Chinese American Journey by Anne Mendelson

Chow Chop Suey: Food and the Chinese American Journey

Anne Mendelson

352 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history informative reflective slow-paced
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

Kristin Kobes Du Mez

366 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Отрицание цивилизации : каннибализм, инцест, детоубийство, тоталитаризм by Юрий Миранович Антонян

Отрицание цивилизации : каннибализм, инцест, детоубийство, тоталитаризм

Юрий Миранович Антонян

256 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction crime psychology sociology
Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit by Ashley Mears

Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit

Ashley Mears

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction sociology informative inspiring slow-paced
A Little History of Canada by H.V. Nelles

A Little History of Canada

H.V. Nelles

304 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister

A Curious History of Sex

Kate Lister

464 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism health history funny informative medium-paced
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

The Undocumented Americans

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

185 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics challenging emotional reflective medium-paced