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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Still Life with Bones by Alexa Hagerty

Still Life with Bones

Alexa Hagerty

8 hours, 8 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction history memoir true crime dark emotional informative medium-paced
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew by Emmanuel Acho, Noa Tishby

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew

Emmanuel Acho, Noa Tishby

7 hours, 32 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction sociology challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

Poverty, by America

Matthew Desmond

296 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Erik Larson

447 pages • paperback • 2003

nonfiction history true crime dark informative mysterious slow-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

Kate Moore

481 pages • hardcover • 2016

nonfiction biography history science emotional informative sad medium-paced
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

368 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction feminism memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park, Maryanne Vollers

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

Yeonmi Park, Maryanne Vollers

288 pages • hardcover • 2015

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes by Anthony Bale

A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes

Anthony Bale

320 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism by Lerone A Martin

The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism

Lerone A Martin

352 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction history politics race religion challenging dark medium-paced