2024 Book’d Out Nonfiction Reader Challenge - hosted by maraihrcke

History
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A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich

A Little History of the World

Little Histories

E.H. Gombrich

284 pages • first pub 1935 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous fast-paced
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

John Green

293 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history memoir science hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Farewell to the East End by Jennifer Worth

Farewell to the East End

The Midwife Trilogy #3

Jennifer Worth

10 hours, 49 minutes • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional informative slow-paced
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester

7 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth

Shadows of the Workhouse

The Midwife Trilogy #2

Jennifer Worth

10 hours, 14 minutes • first pub 2005 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Mary Beard

606 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

Hallie Rubenhold

415 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar

Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident

Donnie Eichar

288 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history mystery adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced
A Courtly History: Romance in the 19th Century by Stephanie Insley Hershinow

A Courtly History: Romance in the 19th Century

The Great Courses

Stephanie Insley Hershinow

2 hours, 46 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history sociology
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Jack Weatherford

312 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced