Here are some ideas for my Nonfiction Challenge from Book'd Out this year. Not sure if I'll read all of these or find completely different ones that fit each category but this list means I at least have ideas so I have no excuses!
1. Biography
Ida: A Sword Among Lions by Paula Giddings
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne
You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington by Alexis Coe
2. Travel
Tracks by Robyn Davidson
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
3. Self-help
I have a couple Brene Brown I was thinking about.
4. Essay Collection
Zadie Smith, Samantha Irby, Rebecca Solnit, Toni Morrison
Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby
5. Disease
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Great Influenza by John M. Barry
Emperor of all Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
6. Oceanography
The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson
Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves by James Nestor
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery
7. Hobbies
One of my crochet books, survival books I own/camping.
8. Indigenous Cultures
Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs by Camilla Townsend
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer
9. Food
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Cork Dork by Biana Bosker
Wine Girl by Victoria James
Blood, Bones, & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton
10. Wartime experiences
A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City by Anonymous
Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II by Svetlana Alexievich
The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich
11. Inventions
Broad Band: The Untold Story of Women Who Made the Internet by Claire L. Evans
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel
12. Published in 2021
400 Souls: A Community of History of African America, 1619-2019 edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going by Neil deGrasse Tyson and James Trefil
Noise: How to Overcome the High, Hidden Cost of Inconsistent Decision Making by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass Sunstein
I'm impressed you read a lot of nonfiction each year. Deep reads too, not just memoirs! Of all these you mention, I think I'm most interested in the Malcolm X biography ... I wouldn't mind rereading his Autobiography. Such an interesting icon in the movement. Good luck with your goals & reading.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to that one this year! I read Manning Marable's book on Malcolm X a few years ago and loved it so I'm hoping this one is just as informative.
DeleteYou have great options to choose from - good luck!
ReplyDeleteI'm excited! It should be a great reading year!
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