BOOK RIOT’S 2021 READ HARDER CHALLENGE - hosted by bookriot

Read a book by/about a non-Western world leader
All books added
A Burning by Megha Majumdar

A Burning

Megha Majumdar

7 hours, 23 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary thriller dark emotional sad medium-paced
Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa by Paul Kenyon

Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa

Paul Kenyon

480 pages • paperback • 2018

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Grandfather Gandhi by Bethany Hegedus, Arun Gandhi

Grandfather Gandhi

Bethany Hegedus, Arun Gandhi

48 pages • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction biography history emotional reflective fast-paced
Stalin and the Scientists: A History of Triumph and Tragedy, 1905-1953 by Simon Ings

Stalin and the Scientists: A History of Triumph and Tragedy, 1905-1953

Simon Ings

528 pages • hardcover • 2016

nonfiction history science informative tense slow-paced
For the Right to Learn: Malala Yousafzai's Story by Rebecca Langston-George

For the Right to Learn: Malala Yousafzai's Story

Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books

Rebecca Langston-George

40 pages • hardcover • 2015

nonfiction biography childrens hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen by Lili'uokalani

Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen

Lili'uokalani

9 hours, 52 minutes • audio • 1898 user-added

nonfiction autobiography history emotional informative reflective slow-paced
A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole

A Princess in Theory

Reluctant Royals #1

Alyssa Cole

384 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction contemporary romance lighthearted slow-paced
The Lady and the Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma by Peter Popham

The Lady and the Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma

Peter Popham

446 pages • paperback • 2011

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty

The Empire of Gold

The Daevabad Trilogy #3

S.A. Chakraborty

790 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya by Donna Jo Napoli

Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya

Donna Jo Napoli

40 pages • hardcover • 2010

nonfiction biography childrens reflective slow-paced