Person's 2022 Nonfiction Appreciation - hosted by apersonfromflorida

Hey! I was alive for this!
A book about recent history: from an event you were alive for/were too young to understand what was happening, or something that has happened within the past decade. You'll be surprised what you've missed.
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Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexiévich

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Голоса утопии #4

Svetlana Alexiévich

236 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history science dark emotional sad medium-paced
Them: Adventures with Extremists by Jon Ronson

Them: Adventures with Extremists

Jon Ronson

328 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction politics challenging funny reflective medium-paced
Bitch Doctrine: Essays for Dissenting Adults by Laurie Penny

Bitch Doctrine: Essays for Dissenting Adults

Laurie Penny

384 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism politics informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Orange Is the New Black: My Year In a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman

Orange Is the New Black: My Year In a Women's Prison

Piper Kerman

298 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Reckoning: Our Nation's Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal by Mary L. Trump

The Reckoning: Our Nation's Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal

Mary L. Trump

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Cybersexism: Sex, Gender and Power on the Internet by Laurie Penny

Cybersexism: Sex, Gender and Power on the Internet

Laurie Penny

45 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You by Margareta Magnusson

The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You

Margareta Magnusson

141 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction health psychology emotional funny reflective medium-paced
The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution by Marci Shore

The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution

Marci Shore

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history politics emotional reflective slow-paced
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America's Heartland by Dick Lehr

White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America's Heartland

Dick Lehr

416 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction crime true crime dark medium-paced