18 Nonfiction Reading Prompts - hosted by seaglass

Post-Bellum
Read a book about what happened after a war. The treaties, the rebuilding, the resettling of displaced people.
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom

Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Eating While Black: Food Shaming and Race in America by Psyche A. Williams-Forson

Eating While Black: Food Shaming and Race in America

Psyche A. Williams-Forson

10 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

nonfiction food and drink race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men by Eric Lichtblau

The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men

Eric Lichtblau

304 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Ich habe den Todesengel überlebt by Barbara Küper, Eva Mozes Kor, Lisa Rojany Buccieri

Ich habe den Todesengel überlebt

Barbara Küper, Eva Mozes Kor, Lisa Rojany Buccieri

222 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional sad medium-paced
People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present by Dara Horn

People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

Dara Horn

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Hierba by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

Hierba

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

488 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography graphic novel history dark emotional sad medium-paced
Year of the Rabbit by Tian Veasna

Year of the Rabbit

Tian Veasna

380 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel history memoir challenging informative sad medium-paced
Concretopia: A Journey around the Rebuilding of Postwar Britain by John Grindrod, John Grindrod

Concretopia: A Journey around the Rebuilding of Postwar Britain

John Grindrod, John Grindrod

352 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative medium-paced
They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South

Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

296 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced