#BoosBookishChallenge 2024 - hosted by bookswithboo

June: featuring a subject you know nothing about
All books added
Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics by Jeremy Schaap

Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics

Jeremy Schaap

7 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction biography history sports emotional informative medium-paced
Just Sayin': My Life in Words by Malorie Blackman

Just Sayin': My Life in Words

Malorie Blackman

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
White Horse by Yan Ge

White Horse

Yan Ge

88 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction young adult emotional reflective slow-paced
Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season by Stewart O'Nan, Stephen King

Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season

Stewart O'Nan, Stephen King

445 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction sports informative slow-paced
Transitional: In One Way or Another, We All Transition by Munroe Bergdorf

Transitional: In One Way or Another, We All Transition

Munroe Bergdorf

208 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

Us Against You

Beartown #2

Fredrik Backman

448 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary sports emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoë Schlanger

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

Zoë Schlanger

290 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

15 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard

Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

Mary Beard

493 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly

349 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history race science informative inspiring slow-paced