Beyond the Bookends 2024 Reading Challenge - hosted by jackie_beyondthebookends

November- Read a Feel good Nonfiction
The November prompt is to Read a Feel good Nonfiction. With so much going on in the world, we were so happy to put together this list of uplifting reads. 

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Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things

Jenny Lawson

352 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective fast-paced
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

Dave Grohl

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir music funny inspiring reflective medium-paced
Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008 by Chris Payne

Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008

Chris Payne

13 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history music challenging dark informative medium-paced
A Field Guide to the Jewish People: Who They Are, Where They Come From, What to Feed Them, What They Have Against Foreskins, How Come They Carry Each Other ... Water, and Much More. Maybe Too Much More by Alan Zweibel, Dave Barry, Adam Mansbach

A Field Guide to the Jewish People: Who They Are, Where They Come From, What to Feed Them, What They Have Against Foreskins, How Come They Carry Each Other ... Water, and Much More. Maybe Too Much More

Alan Zweibel, Dave Barry, Adam Mansbach

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction religion funny slow-paced
From the Corner of the Oval by Beck Dorey-Stein

From the Corner of the Oval

Beck Dorey-Stein

330 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks by Annie Spence

Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks

Annie Spence

357 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Bossypants by Tina Fey

Bossypants

Tina Fey

277 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There by Angela Kinsey, Jenna Fischer

The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There

Angela Kinsey, Jenna Fischer

8 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
How Can I Feel Productive as a Mom? by Esther Engelsma

How Can I Feel Productive as a Mom?

Cultivating Biblical Godliness

Esther Engelsma

56 minutes • missing pub info (editions) user-added

nonfiction religion informative inspiring medium-paced
Clanlands in New Zealand: Kilts, Kiwis, and an Adventure Down Under by Graham McTavish, Sam Heughan

Clanlands in New Zealand: Kilts, Kiwis, and an Adventure Down Under

Graham McTavish, Sam Heughan

288 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous funny fast-paced