Read 12 Non-Fiction Books

sadjackie Host

34 participants (422 books)

01 Jan 2024—31 Dec 2024

Overview

The goal is to read 12 Non-Fiction books in 2024.  These can be any type of Non-Fiction.

Challenge Books

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The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority by Ellen D. Wu

The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority

Ellen D. Wu

336 pages • 2013 • 5 editions

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country

Patricia Evangelista

448 pages • 2023 • 17 editions

nonfiction history memoir politics true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

The Woman in Me

Britney Spears

5h 32m • 2023 • 89 editions

nonfiction memoir music emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates

Men Who Hate Women

Laura Bates

14h 28m • 2020 • 44 editions

nonfiction feminism sociology challenging dark informative medium-paced
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang

The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II

Iris Chang

8h 4m • 1997 • 40 editions

nonfiction history dark informative sad slow-paced
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo

From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement

Paula Yoo

7h 36m • 2021 • 4 editions

nonfiction history race informative reflective slow-paced
Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle E by Kim Ghattas

Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle E

Kim Ghattas

16h 33m • 2020 • 11 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return by Zeina Abirached

A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return

Zeina Abirached

192 pages • 2007 • 30 editions

nonfiction graphic novel memoir emotional reflective fast-paced
It's Not About The Burqa by Mariam Khan

It's Not About The Burqa

Mariam Khan

6h 32m • 2019 • 7 editions

nonfiction essays feminism race religion informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Call Me American: A Memoir by Abdi Nor Iftin

Call Me American: A Memoir

Abdi Nor Iftin

309 pages • 2018 • 8 editions

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nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced