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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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
Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife Mayhem by Laurie Notaro

Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife Mayhem

Laurie Notaro

246 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted medium-paced
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

How to Say Babylon

Safiya Sinclair

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The House of Being by Natasha Trethewey

The House of Being

Natasha Trethewey

96 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography essays literary memoir
The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life by Andy Miller

The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life

Andy Miller

363 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny reflective slow-paced
Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers by Marta McDowell

Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers

Marta McDowell

214 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction crime essays history nature informative slow-paced
The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson

The Seed Keeper

Diane Wilson

372 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary nature emotional reflective medium-paced
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq

Split Tooth

Tanya Tagaq

208 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical literary magical realism poetry challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Rose Quartz: Poems by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe

Rose Quartz: Poems

Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe

111 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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