Nonfiction Reading Challenge - hosted by hollanddavis

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From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty

From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

Caitlin Doughty

257 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction science travel informative reflective medium-paced
Chasing Ghosts: A Tour of Our Fascination with Spirits and the Supernatural by Marc Hartzman

Chasing Ghosts: A Tour of Our Fascination with Spirits and the Supernatural

Marc Hartzman

7 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

nonfiction dark informative mysterious medium-paced
The Book of Phobias and Manias by Kate Summerscale

The Book of Phobias and Manias

Kate Summerscale

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

nonfiction psychology challenging dark informative medium-paced
Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change, and Consumerism by Aja Barber

Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change, and Consumerism

Aja Barber

8 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Cook's Herb Garden: Grow, Harvest, Cook by Jeff Cox, Marie-Pierre Moine

The Cook's Herb Garden: Grow, Harvest, Cook

Jeff Cox, Marie-Pierre Moine

192 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction reference informative lighthearted slow-paced
Uproar! by Alice Loxton

Uproar!

Alice Loxton

12 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history politics funny informative medium-paced
The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World by Malcolm Gaskill

The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World

Malcolm Gaskill

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative reflective medium-paced
Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin

Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism

Jeffrey Toobin

432 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction biography politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Boys Enter the House: The Victims of John Wayne Gacy and the Lives They Left Behind by David B. Nelson

Boys Enter the House: The Victims of John Wayne Gacy and the Lives They Left Behind

David B. Nelson

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

Magic Cleaning #1

Marie Kondo

4 hours, 50 minutes • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction self help informative inspiring reflective fast-paced