18 Nonfiction Reading Prompts - hosted by seaglass

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Read a book about a subject that you are completely or mostly unaware of.
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Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World's Oceans by James G. Stavridis

Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World's Oceans

James G. Stavridis

363 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics literary informative medium-paced
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

Magic Cleaning #1

Marie Kondo

4 hours, 50 minutes • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction self help informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis by Jared Diamond

Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis

Civilizations Rise and Fall #3

Jared Diamond

512 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar

Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident

Donnie Eichar

288 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history mystery adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced
Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin

Erebus: The Story of a Ship

Michael Palin

381 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history travel dark informative slow-paced
Annals of the Former World by John McPhee

Annals of the Former World

Annals of the Former World #5

John McPhee

696 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous informative slow-paced
Dragons' Teeth and Thunderstones: The Quest for the Meaning of Fossils by Ken McNamara

Dragons' Teeth and Thunderstones: The Quest for the Meaning of Fossils

Ken McNamara

288 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art nature informative medium-paced
The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained by Colin Dickey

The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained

Colin Dickey

missing page info • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history informative mysterious 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

496 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science emotional slow-paced
The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood by Krys Malcolm Belc

The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood

Krys Malcolm Belc

4 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ memoir reflective medium-paced