Nonfiction Challenge - hosted by mehmihmoh

A book describing the political environment or history (ex-US countries)
All books added
The United Nations: A Very Short Introduction by Jussi M. Hanhimäki

The United Nations: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Jussi M. Hanhimäki

171 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
History: A Very Short Introduction by John H. Arnold

History: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

John H. Arnold

137 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy informative slow-paced
The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, Laura L. Sullivan

The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival

Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, Laura L. Sullivan

12 hours, 13 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir young adult emotional fast-paced
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos by Judy Batalion

The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos

Judy Batalion

576 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional slow-paced
The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria by Alia Malek

The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria

Alia Malek

334 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Ishmael Beah

229 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging dark sad medium-paced
Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and then Took on the West by Catherine Belton

Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and then Took on the West

Catherine Belton

624 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark tense slow-paced
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

The Undocumented Americans

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

185 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century by Thant Myint-U

The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century

Thant Myint-U

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Malala Yousafzai

327 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography feminism emotional informative inspiring medium-paced