Nonfiction Nudges - hosted by bookcasey

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Read a nonfiction book on your TBR about an interesting or important series of events. This could be a biography.
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Knife by Salman Rushdie

Knife

Salman Rushdie

211 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann Woodward, William S. McFeely

The Strange Career of Jim Crow

C. Vann Woodward, William S. McFeely

245 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments by Hadley Vlahos

The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments

Hadley Vlahos

272 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays health memoir religion emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Díaz

Ordinary Girls

Jaquira Díaz

321 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime by Ron Stallworth

Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime

Ron Stallworth

208 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir true crime informative reflective slow-paced
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder

David Grann

329 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime adventurous dark informative medium-paced
Mala's Cat: A Memoir of Survival in World War II by Mala Kacenberg

Mala's Cat: A Memoir of Survival in World War II

Mala Kacenberg

8 hours, 43 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption by Katy Kelleher

The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption

Katy Kelleher

8 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction essays history memoir sociology informative reflective medium-paced
He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters by Schuyler Bailar

He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters

Schuyler Bailar

370 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East by David D. Kirkpatrick

Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East

David D. Kirkpatrick

384 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced