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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Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty

Night of the Living Rez

Morgan Talty

285 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary short stories dark emotional sad medium-paced
Where the Line is Drawn: Crossing Boundaries in Occupied Palestine by Raja Shehadeh

Where the Line is Drawn: Crossing Boundaries in Occupied Palestine

Raja Shehadeh

230 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography history reflective slow-paced
I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti

I Saw Ramallah

Mourid Barghouti

184 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power by Noam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad

The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power

Noam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad

208 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War--A Tragedy in Three Acts by Scott Anderson

The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War--A Tragedy in Three Acts

Scott Anderson

576 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
Wilding by Isabella Tree

Wilding

Isabella Tree

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature informative slow-paced
Recado Confidencial a Los Chilenos by Elicura Chihuailaf

Recado Confidencial a Los Chilenos

Elicura Chihuailaf

214 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction memoir poetry race medium-paced
Educazione americana by Fabrizio Gatti

Educazione americana

Fabrizio Gatti

486 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics true crime
Israeli Feminist Scholarship: Gender, Zionism, and Difference by

Israeli Feminist Scholarship: Gender, Zionism, and Difference

384 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Embryo Wars by Dr Darrell Angle
Embryo Wars
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Dr Darrell Angle

Embryo Wars

Dr Darrell Angle

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

nonfiction science