2024 Dewey Decimal Reading Challenge - hosted by jenabest

Class 800: Literature
Class 800 includes: 800 Literature, Rhetoric, & Criticism; 810 American Literature in English; 820 English & Old English Literatures; 830 German & Related Literatures; 840 French & Related Literatures; 850 Italian, Romanian, & Related Literatures; 860 Spanish, Portuguese, & Galician Literatures; 870 Latin & Italic Literatures; 880 Classic & Modern Greek Literatures; 890 Other Literatures
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Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir by Walela Nehanda

Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir

Walela Nehanda

6 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir poetry young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
How to Read Now by Elaine Castillo

How to Read Now

Elaine Castillo

9 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Anatomical Venus by Helen Ivory

The Anatomical Venus

Helen Ivory

64 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

philosophy poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Shel Silverstein

166 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

fiction childrens classics poetry funny lighthearted fast-paced
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Audre Lorde

7 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Skid Dogs by Emelia Symington-Fedy

Skid Dogs

Emelia Symington-Fedy

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir true crime
Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction by Melanie R. Anderson, Lisa Kröger

Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction

Melanie R. Anderson, Lisa Kröger

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history challenging dark informative fast-paced
Gilgamesh: A New Translation of the Ancient Epic by Sophus Helle

Gilgamesh: A New Translation of the Ancient Epic

Sophus Helle

320 pages • first pub -1200 (editions)

fiction classics poetry adventurous fast-paced
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

The Complete Maus

Maus #1-2

Art Spiegelman

296 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel history dark emotional sad medium-paced
Enraged: Why Violent Times Need Ancient Greek Myths by Emily Katz Anhalt

Enraged: Why Violent Times Need Ancient Greek Myths

Emily Katz Anhalt

288 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction classics history challenging informative reflective slow-paced