Quest to Lighten My Non-Fiction TBR - hosted by misfitmoxie

History
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The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa's Wealth by Tom Burgis

The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa's Wealth

Tom Burgis

352 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller

Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

Lulu Miller

228 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir nature science reflective medium-paced
Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street by Victor Luckerson

Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street

Victor Luckerson

672 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

Hallie Rubenhold

432 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

Erik Larson

448 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative slow-paced
Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey by Fiona Carnarvon

Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey

Fiona Carnarvon

353 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography historical history
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism

bell hooks

205 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Chicago: A Novel of Prohibition by David Mamet

Chicago: A Novel of Prohibition

David Mamet

352 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history reference sociology informative reflective slow-paced
The Library Book by Susan Orlean

The Library Book

Susan Orlean

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime informative medium-paced
Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir by John McCain

Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir

John McCain

368 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics informative reflective slow-paced