Reading Glasses 2021 Challenge - hosted by babayagaofficial

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The Return of Martin Guerre by Natalie Zemon Davis

The Return of Martin Guerre

Natalie Zemon Davis

176 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman

The Genius of Birds

Jennifer Ackerman

352 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative medium-paced
Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus by Monica Murphy, Bill Wasik

Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus

Monica Murphy, Bill Wasik

8 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks by Amy Stewart

The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks

Amy Stewart

400 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history science informative lighthearted slow-paced
Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You by Jenara Nerenberg

Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You

Jenara Nerenberg

6 hours, 37 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction psychology challenging informative slow-paced
Packing for Mars by Mary Roach

Packing for Mars

Mary Roach

334 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction science funny informative medium-paced
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo

Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America

Ijeoma Oluo

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West by Lauren Redniss

Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West

Lauren Redniss

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel history nature politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live by Danielle Dreilinger

The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live

Danielle Dreilinger

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History by Florence Williams

Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History

Florence Williams

338 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction health history science challenging informative slow-paced