Nonfiction Reading Challenge - hosted by hollanddavis

Linguistics
Books about language, it’s structure, and how’s it’s changed 
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Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf

Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

Maryanne Wolf

308 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction education psychology science reflective slow-paced
Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever by John McWhorter

Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever

John McWhorter

6 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history funny informative medium-paced
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell

Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language

Amanda Montell

6 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism sociology funny informative reflective medium-paced
A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister

A Curious History of Sex

Kate Lister

8 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism health history funny informative medium-paced
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

Amanda Montell

309 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism sociology informative reflective medium-paced
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch

Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language

Gretchen McCulloch

8 hours • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction science sociology funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
A Guide to Midwestern Conversation by Taylor Kay Phillips

A Guide to Midwestern Conversation

Taylor Kay Phillips

2 hours, 34 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction sociology
Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English by Valerie Fridland

Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English

Valerie Fridland

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction reference challenging funny informative medium-paced
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