Worldbuilder's Book Club 2023 - hosted by quartzen

Work, Labor, and Daily Life
Choose a book about contemporary or historical work, labor, or daily life, including books about specific jobs, organized labor, the daily life people like homemakers or disabled people who may not be considered part of the "workforce" historically, an overview of daily life in a place or time contemporary or historical, aspects of daily life like cooking, and related topics.
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Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell

Confessions of a Bookseller

The Diary of a Bookseller #2

Shaun Bythell

324 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny slow-paced
Neither Snow Nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service by Devin Leonard

Neither Snow Nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service

Devin Leonard

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Best Circles: Society, Etiquette And The Season by Leonore Davidoff

The Best Circles: Society, Etiquette And The Season

Leonore Davidoff

127 pages • first pub 1973 (editions) user-added

nonfiction
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East by Amanda H. Podany

Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East

Amanda H. Podany

541 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous challenging informative medium-paced
At Day's Close: Night in Times Past by A. Roger Ekirch

At Day's Close: Night in Times Past

A. Roger Ekirch

480 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction historical history science informative reflective slow-paced
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