2024 History Book Challenge - hosted by bookshelf_from_mars

A history book your mom might like
We’ve all heard of “dad history” books; find one you think your mom would like.
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The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition by Thenmozhi Soundararajan

The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition

Thenmozhi Soundararajan

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history politics religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Hitler's Shadow Empire: Nazi Economics and the Spanish Civil War by Pierpaolo Barbieri

Hitler's Shadow Empire: Nazi Economics and the Spanish Civil War

Pierpaolo Barbieri

349 pages • first pub 2015 (editions) user-added

nonfiction economics history informative slow-paced
The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire by John Newsinger

The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire

John Newsinger

286 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts by Loren Grush

The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts

Loren Grush

416 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative inspiring medium-paced
She Kills Me: The True Stories of History's Deadliest Women by Jennifer Wright

She Kills Me: The True Stories of History's Deadliest Women

Jennifer Wright

3 hours, 46 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history true crime dark informative fast-paced
Snacks: A Canadian Food History by Janis Thiessen

Snacks: A Canadian Food History

Janis Thiessen

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history informative lighthearted medium-paced
The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History by Karen Valby

The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History

Karen Valby

292 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction art history emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League by Britni de la Cretaz, Lyndsey D'Arcangelo

Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League

Britni de la Cretaz, Lyndsey D'Arcangelo

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history sports informative medium-paced
It's Elemental: The Hidden Chemistry in Everything by Kate Biberdorf

It's Elemental: The Hidden Chemistry in Everything

Kate Biberdorf

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
Superheavy: Making and Breaking the Periodic Table by Kit Chapman

Superheavy: Making and Breaking the Periodic Table

Kit Chapman

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative medium-paced
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