Expand your mind with Nonfiction 2023 - hosted by tyler_j

History
Read a book about history in some way. It could be a microhistory of something in particular or a period in history etc.
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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

Rashid Khalidi

319 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom

Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang

The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II

Iris Chang

360 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative sad slow-paced
People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present by Dara Horn

People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

Dara Horn

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals by Saidiya Hartman

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals

Saidiya Hartman

464 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history lgbtqia+ race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

Hanif Abdurraqib

300 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history music race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
История старой квартиры by Александра Литвина

История старой квартиры

Александра Литвина

56 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Christianity's Criminal History by K. D.

Christianity's Criminal History

K. D.

328 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction education medium-paced
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Adam Higginbotham

13 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative tense slow-paced
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us by Steve Brusatte

The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us

The Rise and Fall

Steve Brusatte

496 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history nature science adventurous informative medium-paced