2024 Dewey Decimal Reading Challenge - hosted by jenabest

Class 900: History & Geography
Class 900 includes: 900 History; 910 Geography & Travel; 920 Biography & Genealogy; 930 History of the Ancient World; 940 History of Europe; 950 History of Asia; 960 History of Africa; 970 History of North America; 980 History of South America; 990 History of Other Areas 
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Subpar Parks: America's Most Extraordinary National Parks and Their Least Impressed Visitors by Amber Share

Subpar Parks: America's Most Extraordinary National Parks and Their Least Impressed Visitors

Amber Share

219 pages • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

nonfiction nature travel funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
The Basque History of the World by Mark Kurlansky

The Basque History of the World

Mark Kurlansky

12 hours, 43 minutes • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous slow-paced
John Adams by David McCullough

John Adams

David McCullough

751 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies by J.B. West

Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies

J.B. West

381 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir politics informative lighthearted medium-paced
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe

14 hours, 40 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative reflective medium-paced
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

535 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography business history true crime dark informative medium-paced
The Forgotten Girls by Monica Potts

The Forgotten Girls

Monica Potts

8 hours • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Apartment: A Century of Russian History by Alexandra Litvina

The Apartment: A Century of Russian History

Alexandra Litvina

64 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City by Jane Wong

Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City

Jane Wong

276 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Robin: The Definitive Biography of Robin Williams by Dave Itzkoff

Robin: The Definitive Biography of Robin Williams

Dave Itzkoff

528 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography reflective medium-paced