2024 History Book Challenge - hosted by bookshelf_from_mars

A history of an object
Read any book that takes as its subject the history of an object or a series of objects. “Objects” can be anything from a household item to a building or large structure. 
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

Nathaniel Philbrick

320 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative sad slow-paced
The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes: Secrets from a Victorian Woman's Wardrobe by Kate Strasdin

The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes: Secrets from a Victorian Woman's Wardrobe

Kate Strasdin

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective medium-paced
Coffee Talk: The Stimulating Story of the World's Most Popular Brew by Morton Satin

Coffee Talk: The Stimulating Story of the World's Most Popular Brew

Morton Satin

368 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction informative medium-paced
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

Siddharth Kara

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction business history politics challenging emotional informative medium-paced
The Search for God and Guinness: A Biography of the Beer that Changed the World by Stephen Mansfield

The Search for God and Guinness: A Biography of the Beer that Changed the World

Stephen Mansfield

287 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction biography food and drink history informative medium-paced
Gory Details by Erika Engelhaupt

Gory Details

Erika Engelhaupt

8 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction science funny informative fast-paced
The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660–1900 by Barbara Burman, Ariane Fennetaux

The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660–1900

Barbara Burman, Ariane Fennetaux

264 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King

Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

Ross King

6 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2000 (editions) user-added

nonfiction art history informative slow-paced
Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World by Irene Vallejo

Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World

Irene Vallejo

464 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays history informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
It's All a Game: The History of Board Games from Monopoly to Settlers of Catan by Tristan Donovan

It's All a Game: The History of Board Games from Monopoly to Settlers of Catan

Tristan Donovan

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous medium-paced
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