Read 50 Nonfiction Books in 2022 - hosted by exploringmegan

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The Art of the Con: How to Think Like a Real Hustler and Avoid Being Scammed by R. Paul Wilson

The Art of the Con: How to Think Like a Real Hustler and Avoid Being Scammed

R. Paul Wilson

357 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art reference true crime adventurous informative slow-paced
The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life by A.J. Jacobs

The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life

A.J. Jacobs

9 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
On the Heights of Despair by Emil M. Cioran

On the Heights of Despair

Emil M. Cioran

150 pages • first pub 1933 (editions)

nonfiction essays philosophy challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Call Us What We Carry: Poems by Amanda Gorman

Call Us What We Carry: Poems

Amanda Gorman

228 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction poetry politics race emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Finding Their Way at Sea: The Story of the Portolan Charts, the Cartographers Who Drew Them and the Mariners Who Sailed by Them by Richard Pflederer
Finding Their Way at Sea: The Story of the Portolan Charts, the Cartographers Who Drew Them and the Mariners Who Sailed by Them
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Richard Pflederer

Finding Their Way at Sea: The Story of the Portolan Charts, the Cartographers Who Drew Them and the Mariners Who Sailed by Them

Richard Pflederer

168 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history
Once a Girl, Always a Boy: A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey by Jo Ivester

Once a Girl, Always a Boy: A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey

Jo Ivester

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ memoir hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
The Inner Smile: Increasing Chi Through the Cultivation of Joy by Mantak Chia

The Inner Smile: Increasing Chi Through the Cultivation of Joy

Mantak Chia

75 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy religion informative inspiring fast-paced
Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness by Ingrid Fetell Lee

Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness

Ingrid Fetell Lee

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction design psychology self help informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Phosphorescence by Julia Baird

Phosphorescence

Julia Baird

7 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction health memoir hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced
Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O'Meara

Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol

Mallory O'Meara

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history funny informative lighthearted medium-paced