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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How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-By-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling by James N. Frey

How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-By-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling

How to Write a Damn Good Novel #1

James N. Frey

192 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction reference informative fast-paced
Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge by Richard Ovenden

Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge

Richard Ovenden

9 hours, 49 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
One of Us: The Story of a Massacre in Norway -- And Its Aftermath by Åsne Seierstad

One of Us: The Story of a Massacre in Norway -- And Its Aftermath

Åsne Seierstad

560 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

Cleopatra: A Life

Stacy Schiff

14 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced
It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror by Joe Vallese

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror

Joe Vallese

298 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays horror lgbtqia+ emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Annulé(e) : Réflexions sur la cancel culture by Judith Lussier

Annulé(e) : Réflexions sur la cancel culture

Judith Lussier

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays
Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change & Consumerism by Aja Barber

Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change & Consumerism

Aja Barber

290 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern Rock by Michael Ray Fitzgerald
Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern Rock
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Michael Ray Fitzgerald

Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern Rock

Michael Ray Fitzgerald

224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history music informative medium-paced
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Mary Roach

303 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history science dark funny informative medium-paced
Recado Confidencial a Los Chilenos by Elicura Chihuailaf

Recado Confidencial a Los Chilenos

Elicura Chihuailaf

214 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction memoir poetry race medium-paced