#19Nonfiction Reading Challenge 2023 - hosted by bookitqueen

Microhistory
a genre of history that focuses on small units of research, such as an event, community, individual or a settlement
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Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn

Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World

Elinor Cleghorn

14 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism health history challenging informative medium-paced
Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso: A Tale of Race, Sex, and Violence in America by Kali Nicole Gross

Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso: A Tale of Race, Sex, and Violence in America

Kali Nicole Gross

232 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime informative reflective slow-paced
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin

The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights

Steve Sheinkin

208 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history middle grade informative fast-paced
The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream by Patrick Radden Keefe

The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream

Patrick Radden Keefe

414 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction crime history challenging informative fast-paced
My Selma by Willie Mae Brown

My Selma

Willie Mae Brown

5 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history memoir middle grade race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Six Days: The Incredible Story of D-Day's Lost Chapter by Robert Venditti, Kevin Maurer

Six Days: The Incredible Story of D-Day's Lost Chapter

Robert Venditti, Kevin Maurer

148 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction comics history emotional sad medium-paced
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World by Patrik Svensson

The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World

Patrik Svensson

6 hours, 24 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir nature science informative reflective medium-paced
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

Timothy Egan

404 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging dark informative medium-paced
2022: Reckoning with Power and Privilege by Michael Hopkin

2022: Reckoning with Power and Privilege

Michael Hopkin

240 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays politics
She Memes Well by Quinta Brunson

She Memes Well

Quinta Brunson

8 hours, 38 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

nonfiction essays memoir funny reflective medium-paced