18 Nonfiction Reading Prompts - hosted by seaglass

Areas In Contention
Read a book about a region that is historically or currently disputed. Examples: Taiwan, Tibet, Palestine, Northern Ireland, Native/Aboriginal lands, etc.  
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They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom

Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis

Are Prisons Obsolete?

Angela Y. Davis

128 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappé

Ten Myths About Israel

Ilan Pappé

192 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
Extreme Rambling: Walking Israel's Separation Barrier. For Fun. by Mark Thomas

Extreme Rambling: Walking Israel's Separation Barrier. For Fun.

Mark Thomas

352 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction politics travel funny informative reflective medium-paced
Spare by Prince Harry

Spare

Prince Harry

15 hours, 39 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

Angela Y. Davis

158 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism politics race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland by Fintan O'Toole

We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland

Fintan O'Toole

624 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir by Farah Bashir

Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir

Farah Bashir

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Memories of Life in Lhasa Under Chinese Rule by Tubten Khétsun, Matthew Akester

Memories of Life in Lhasa Under Chinese Rule

Tubten Khétsun, Matthew Akester

318 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional medium-paced
As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock by Dina Gilio-Whitaker

As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock

Dina Gilio-Whitaker

224 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced