crazylady_usmc's
2024
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt by Kara Cooney

When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt

Kara Cooney

400 pages • hardcover • 2018

crazylady_usmc's review
nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War by Howard W. French

Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War

Howard W. French

512 pages • hardcover • 2021

4.5crazylady_usmc's review
nonfiction history race challenging informative medium-paced
The Einstein Effect: How the World's Favorite Genius Got Into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms, and Our Minds by Benyamin Cohen

The Einstein Effect: How the World's Favorite Genius Got Into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms, and Our Minds

Benyamin Cohen

384 pages • paperback

4.0crazylady_usmc's review
nonfiction biography history memoir science
In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife by Sebastian Junger

In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

Sebastian Junger

176 pages • hardcover • 2024

4.5crazylady_usmc's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney

Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

Liz Cheney

384 pages • hardcover • 2023

4.75crazylady_usmc's review
nonfiction memoir politics informative reflective medium-paced
Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution by Elie Mystal

Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution

Elie Mystal

281 pages • digital • 2022

4.5crazylady_usmc's review
nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance by Gavin Menzies

1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance

Gavin Menzies

368 pages • paperback • 2008

4.25crazylady_usmc's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine

Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

371 pages • hardcover • 2014

crazylady_usmc's review
nonfiction biography history science dark informative reflective medium-paced
Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage by Rachel E. Gross

Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage

Rachel E. Gross

320 pages • hardcover • 2022

5.0crazylady_usmc's review
nonfiction science challenging informative medium-paced
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism

bell hooks

205 pages • paperback • 1981

4.5crazylady_usmc's review
nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative inspiring slow-paced