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The Hardest Reading Challenge You’ll Ever Do (HRCYED) - hosted by looski

Complete the Genre Challenge: Nonfiction
Read one book for each genre listed: Fantasy, Scifi, Mystery/Thriller, Horror, Historical Fiction, Romance, Nonfiction, Literary Fiction.  You may use other books to double up but you may NOT double up genres (i.e. a fantasy romance can only be used in either Romance or Fantasy, not both)
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • hardcover • 2013

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

Dave Grohl

376 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction memoir music funny inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

Tom Wolfe

13 hours, 37 minutes • audio • 1968

nonfiction classics history adventurous dark slow-paced
How They Broke Britain by James O'Brien

How They Broke Britain

James O'Brien

369 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction politics informative reflective medium-paced
Zes miljoen stappen by Lies Dieben

Zes miljoen stappen

Lies Dieben

221 pages • paperback • 2024

nonfiction travel
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

Nathaniel Philbrick

334 pages • paperback • 2000

nonfiction history adventurous dark informative medium-paced
Mama's laatste omhelzing by Frans de Waal

Mama's laatste omhelzing

Frans de Waal

368 pages • digital • 2019

nonfiction
The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones

The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England

Dan Jones

21 hours, 43 minutes • audio • 2024 user-added

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI by Madhumita Murgia

Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI

Madhumita Murgia

311 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction politics technology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Introducing Literary Criticism: A Graphic Guide by Owen Holland, Piero

Introducing Literary Criticism: A Graphic Guide

Owen Holland, Piero

176 pages • paperback • 2016

nonfiction informative reflective slow-paced