6 non-fiction books in 2024

Hosted by amourfou

6 participants, 23 books added

Starts: Friday, 05 July 2024

Ends: Tuesday, 31 December 2024

Going through my TBR list with the goal of reading one non-fiction book for every month left of 2024. Better if there's variety of topics and authors: art, history, philosophy, autobiographies/biographies, feminism, etc...

All books added
84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

84 Charing Cross Road

Helene Hanff

230 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted fast-paced
Hiroshima by John Hersey

Hiroshima

John Hersey

208 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

nonfiction classics history dark informative sad medium-paced
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough, Michael Braungart

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things

William McDonough, Michael Braungart

193 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction design informative reflective slow-paced
Autoritratto. Accardi, Alviani, Castellani, Consagra, Fabro, Fontana, Kounellis, Nigro, Paolini, Pascali, Rotella, Scarpitta, Turcato, Twombly by Carla Lonzi, Laura Iamurri

Autoritratto. Accardi, Alviani, Castellani, Consagra, Fabro, Fontana, Kounellis, Nigro, Paolini, Pascali, Rotella, Scarpitta, Turcato, Twombly

Carla Lonzi, Laura Iamurri

299 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

challenging funny sad medium-paced
The Care Manifesto: The Politics of Interdependence by The Care Collective

The Care Manifesto: The Politics of Interdependence

The Care Collective

128 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction essays politics informative reflective slow-paced
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

1141 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich

A Little History of the World

Little Histories

E.H. Gombrich

284 pages • first pub 1935 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Los diarios perdidos de Manuela Sáenz y otros papeles by Manuela Sáenz

Los diarios perdidos de Manuela Sáenz y otros papeles

Manuela Sáenz

183 pages • first pub 2005 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography
Fear of Diversity: The Birth of Political Science in Ancient Greek Thought by Arlene W. Saxonhouse

Fear of Diversity: The Birth of Political Science in Ancient Greek Thought

Arlene W. Saxonhouse

268 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy
Latin American Women: Historical Perspectives by Asuncion Lavrin

Latin American Women: Historical Perspectives

Contributions in Women's Studies

Asuncion Lavrin

343 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history sociology medium-paced