Club Read's Recommended Nonfiction Written by Women

Descrizione
Per the lively discussion on Club Read in recent weeks, we would like to read more nonfiction written by women, but often it's not as visible. So here is a place to make your recommendations. Any nonfiction works are welcome: history, art, science, music, memoirs. The only caveat is that this is a list of recommendations, so if the book was a stinker, don't add it. Thanks!
1
The Library Book
di Susan Orlean
5,047 utenti
287 recensioni
4.1
8 Members
waitingtoderail, janoorani24, rhian_of_oz, BLBera, ahef1963, dianeham, Julie_in_the_Library, KeithChaffee
2
Educated: A Memoir
di Tara Westover
10,137 utenti
515 recensioni
½ 4.3
9 Members
dchaikin, janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22, BLBera, ahef1963, dianeham
Spiegazioni
labfs39: memoir
3
La vita immortale di Henrietta Lacks
di Rebecca Skloot
14,751 utenti
740 recensioni
4.2
9 Members
waitingtoderail, rhian_of_oz, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22, BLBera, ahef1963, dianeham, Charon07
Spiegazioni
labfs39: medical history
4
84, Charing Cross Road
di Helene Hanff
5,952 utenti
353 recensioni
4.2
7 Members
janoorani24, rhian_of_oz, labfs39, Willoyd, japaul22, BLBera, ahef1963
Spiegazioni
labfs39: memoir, epistolary
5
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
di Michelle Alexander
5,439 utenti
137 recensioni
½ 4.4
7 Members
dchaikin, rocketjk, RidgewayGirl, arubabookwoman, japaul22, BLBera, mabith
6
Per mano nel buio
di Barbara Demick
3,257 utenti
178 recensioni
½ 4.4
7 Members
dchaikin, RidgewayGirl, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22, ahef1963, valkyrdeath
Spiegazioni
labfs39: journalism
7
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
di Robin Wall Kimmerer
4,329 utenti
123 recensioni
½ 4.5
5 Members
janoorani24, terran, japaul22, BLBera, Charon07
9
Contrattacco: la guerra non dichiarata contro le donne
di Susan Faludi
2,811 utenti
21 recensioni
4
4 Members
janoorani24, FlorenceArt, ahef1963, dianeham
10
ˆUn ‰treno per Auschwitz: una sconvolgente storia vera
di Caroline Moorehead
1,030 utenti
55 recensioni
3.9
5 Members
dchaikin, rhian_of_oz, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22
Spiegazioni
labfs39: WWII history
12
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
di Laura Hillenbrand
12,418 utenti
595 recensioni
½ 4.4
4 Members
janoorani24, terran, labfs39, japaul22
Spiegazioni
labfs39: WWII biography
13
Just kids
di Patti Smith
5,582 utenti
241 recensioni
4.1
5 Members
waitingtoderail, hipdeep, dchaikin, arubabookwoman, Charon07
14
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
di Hallie Rubenhold
1,600 utenti
66 recensioni
4.2
5 Members
Willoyd, arubabookwoman, japaul22, souloftherose, ahef1963
15
James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon
di Julie Phillips
748 utenti
33 recensioni
½ 4.4
3 Members
markon, dianeham, KeithChaffee
16
Preghiera per Černobyl'
di Svetlana Alexievich
2,406 utenti
80 recensioni
½ 4.3
4 Members
hipdeep, dchaikin, arubabookwoman, ahef1963
17
Uno specchio lontano: un secolo di avventure e di calamità: il Trecento
di Barbara W. Tuchman
7,245 utenti
120 recensioni
4.1
5 Members
janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22
Spiegazioni
labfs39: history
18
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
di Katherine Boo
4,451 utenti
293 recensioni
4.1
5 Members
markon, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22, ahef1963
Spiegazioni
labfs39: journalism
19
Stiff. The curious lives of human cadavers
di Mary Roach
11,079 utenti
458 recensioni
4.1
5 Members
waitingtoderail, ahef1963, valkyrdeath, Charon07, KeithChaffee
20
Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Found the Hidden Gospels
di Janet Soskice
393 utenti
24 recensioni
4.2
4 Members
markon, labfs39, souloftherose, dianeham
Spiegazioni
labfs39: history, religion
21
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
di Gretchen McCulloch
1,110 utenti
45 recensioni
4
4 Members
rhian_of_oz, mabith, Julie_in_the_Library, KeithChaffee
22
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
di Anne Fadiman
4,881 utenti
127 recensioni
4.2
4 Members
RidgewayGirl, labfs39, arubabookwoman, dianeham
Spiegazioni
labfs39: medical history
23
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
di Anne Fadiman
4,579 utenti
212 recensioni
4.2
5 Members
dchaikin, janoorani24, Willoyd, japaul22, BLBera
24
H Is for Hawk
di Helen Macdonald
4,457 utenti
283 recensioni
3.9
4 Members
waitingtoderail, dchaikin, BLBera, Charon07
25
When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II
di Molly Guptill Manning
977 utenti
63 recensioni
3.9
4 Members
labfs39, mabith, valkyrdeath, Julie_in_the_Library
Spiegazioni
labfs39: books about books
26
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
di Isabel Wilkerson
5,370 utenti
186 recensioni
½ 4.5
4 Members
dchaikin, arubabookwoman, BLBera, ahef1963
27
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
di Susan Orlean
2,791 utenti
73 recensioni
½ 3.7
4 Members
BLBera, ahef1963, dianeham, Charon07
28
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
di Sheri Fink
1,547 utenti
169 recensioni
4.1
4 Members
dchaikin, RidgewayGirl, labfs39, arubabookwoman
Spiegazioni
labfs39: journalism
29
Square Haunting: Five Women, Freedom and London Between the Wars
di Francesca Wade
338 utenti
10 recensioni
4.2
3 Members
Willoyd, japaul22, BLBera
30
Becoming
di Michelle Obama
8,719 utenti
346 recensioni
½ 4.4
4 Members
dchaikin, rhian_of_oz, BLBera, ahef1963
31
Lo stupro di Nanchino: l'olocausto dimenticato della seconda guerra mondiale
di Iris Chang
3,442 utenti
80 recensioni
4.1
4 Members
labfs39, arubabookwoman, BLBera, mabith
Spiegazioni
labfs39: WWII history
32
Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
di Barbara Mertz
466 utenti
8 recensioni
4.2
3 Members
arubabookwoman, mabith, valkyrdeath
33
One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway
di Åsne Seierstad
637 utenti
27 recensioni
4.2
4 Members
janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, ahef1963, dianeham
34
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
di Isabel Wilkerson
4,412 utenti
169 recensioni
½ 4.4
4 Members
janoorani24, arubabookwoman, japaul22, dianeham
35
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
di Harriet A. Jacobs
4,395 utenti
78 recensioni
4
3 Members
hipdeep, arubabookwoman, BLBera
36
Proust e il calamaro: storia e scienza del cervello che legge
di Maryanne Wolf
1,788 utenti
49 recensioni
½ 3.7
3 Members
hipdeep, janoorani24, japaul22
37
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
di Jennifer Lee
958 utenti
49 recensioni
½ 3.7
3 Members
waitingtoderail, janoorani24, KeithChaffee
38
The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
di Caroline Alexander
686 utenti
22 recensioni
4.1
3 Members
janoorani24, mabith, valkyrdeath
39
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout
di Lauren Redniss
774 utenti
50 recensioni
4.2
3 Members
markon, dchaikin, labfs39
Spiegazioni
labfs39: biography, graphic novel
40
Gulag: storia dei campi di concentramento sovietici
di Anne Applebaum
2,685 utenti
43 recensioni
4.1
3 Members
labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22
Spiegazioni
labfs39: history
41
Barracoon. L'ultimo schiavo
di Zora Neale Hurston
1,712 utenti
65 recensioni
4
3 Members
dchaikin, japaul22, Charon07
42
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
di Anne Lamott
10,322 utenti
240 recensioni
4.1
3 Members
janoorani24, ahef1963, Julie_in_the_Library
43
Capire Israele in 60 giorni (e anche meno)
di Sarah Glidden
404 utenti
24 recensioni
½ 3.6
3 Members
dchaikin, valkyrdeath, Julie_in_the_Library
44
Jane Austen: A Life
di Claire Tomalin
1,621 utenti
34 recensioni
4
3 Members
janoorani24, Willoyd, japaul22
45
Dieci brutali delitti
di Michelle McNamara
3,550 utenti
166 recensioni
4
3 Members
RidgewayGirl, ahef1963, dianeham
46
Figuring
di Maria Popova
495 utenti
9 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
waitingtoderail, RidgewayGirl
47
Howards End is on the Landing
di Susan Hill
1,147 utenti
79 recensioni
½ 3.7
4 Members
janoorani24, Willoyd, arubabookwoman, BLBera
48
Scoundrel Time
di Lillian Hellman
468 utenti
8 recensioni
3.9
3 Members
janoorani24, rocketjk, BLBera
49
The Wordy Shipmates
di Sarah Vowell
2,841 utenti
157 recensioni
½ 3.7
3 Members
janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, BLBera
50
Omicidio a Road Hill House, ovvero Invenzione e rovina di un detective
di Kate Summerscale
3,509 utenti
172 recensioni
½ 3.4
3 Members
arubabookwoman, japaul22, Charon07
51
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
di Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
2,222 utenti
34 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
labfs39, japaul22
Spiegazioni
labfs39: history
52
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
di Caroline Alexander
1,531 utenti
31 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
mabith, valkyrdeath
53
So you want to talk about race
di Ijeoma Oluo
2,837 utenti
87 recensioni
½ 4.5
3 Members
janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, BLBera
54
Roughing it in the Bush
di Susanna Moodie
540 utenti
8 recensioni
½ 3.5
3 Members
arubabookwoman, ahef1963, dianeham
55
Una stanza tutta per sé
di Virginia Woolf
12,531 utenti
168 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
dchaikin, BLBera
56
Cleopatra: una vita
di Stacy Schiff
4,433 utenti
187 recensioni
½ 3.7
3 Members
labfs39, japaul22, dianeham
Spiegazioni
labfs39: biography
57
La sesta estinzione: una storia innaturale
di Elizabeth Kolbert
3,735 utenti
164 recensioni
4.1
3 Members
waitingtoderail, arubabookwoman, japaul22
58
Infedele
di Ayaan Hirsi Ali
4,619 utenti
192 recensioni
4.2
3 Members
janoorani24, labfs39, japaul22
Spiegazioni
labfs39: memoir
60
Black London: Life Before Emancipation
di Gretchen Gerzina
121 utenti
1 recensione
3.9
2 Members
Willoyd, arubabookwoman
61
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
di Elisabeth Tova Bailey
1,328 utenti
94 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
labfs39, Charon07
Spiegazioni
labfs39: science, memoir
62
Mao: la storia sconosciuta
di Jung Chang
2,867 utenti
53 recensioni
½ 3.7
2 Members
lilisin, arubabookwoman
63
How to Be a Victorian: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life
di Ruth Goodman
948 utenti
35 recensioni
4.2
3 Members
arubabookwoman, mabith, valkyrdeath
64
Vesper Flights
di Helen Macdonald
763 utenti
31 recensioni
4
2 Members
waitingtoderail, Willoyd
65
Autobiografia di Alice Toklas
di Gertrude Stein
2,729 utenti
44 recensioni
½ 3.6
2 Members
ahef1963, dianeham
66
The Vanishing Velázquez: A 19th Century Bookseller's Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece
di Laura Cumming
334 utenti
12 recensioni
3.8
3 Members
arubabookwoman, japaul22, BLBera
67
La regina del deserto
di Georgina Howell
697 utenti
19 recensioni
½ 3.7
2 Members
Willoyd, japaul22
68
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir
di Samantha Power
603 utenti
18 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
janoorani24, rocketjk
69
Lab Girl
di Hope Jahren
2,699 utenti
158 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
dchaikin, terran
70
The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World―and Globalization Began
di Valerie Hansen
315 utenti
7 recensioni
½ 3.5
2 Members
rocketjk, mabith
71
The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries
di Marilyn Johnson
799 utenti
26 recensioni
½ 3.6
2 Members
waitingtoderail, KeithChaffee
72
Longitude
di Dava Sobel
9,299 utenti
184 recensioni
3.9
3 Members
dchaikin, arubabookwoman, japaul22
73
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
di Nikole Hannah-Jones
1,580 utenti
26 recensioni
½ 4.5
2 Members
waitingtoderail, terran
74
If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran
di Carla Power
203 utenti
14 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
markon, BLBera
Spiegazioni
markon: religion, a view of studying the Koran and the influence of one imam
75
How to Suppress Women's Writing
di Joanna Russ
732 utenti
20 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
janoorani24, valkyrdeath
76
The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War
di Joanne B. Freeman
466 utenti
13 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
waitingtoderail, mabith
77
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
di Joan Druett
579 utenti
33 recensioni
3.9
3 Members
janoorani24, arubabookwoman, japaul22
78
Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen
di Fay Weldon
584 utenti
15 recensioni
3.9
3 Members
janoorani24, Willoyd, arubabookwoman
80
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
di Cheryl Strayed
8,839 utenti
520 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
janoorani24, terran
81
C'era una volta la DDR
di Anna Funder
1,918 utenti
59 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, Willoyd
82
The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science
di Andrea Wulf
2,436 utenti
84 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
Willoyd, japaul22
83
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
di Mary Roach
2,573 utenti
172 recensioni
4
2 Members
Charon07, KeithChaffee
84
The Secret History of Wonder Woman
di Jill Lepore
1,407 utenti
63 recensioni
3.8
2 Members
dchaikin, janoorani24
85
Dovremmo essere tutti femministi
di Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4,071 utenti
173 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
BLBera, dianeham
86
The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation
di Rosemary Sullivan
503 utenti
12 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
arubabookwoman, ahef1963
87
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
di Mary Roach
1,516 utenti
64 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
labfs39, KeithChaffee
Spiegazioni
labfs39: science
88
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
di Sy Montgomery
2,405 utenti
115 recensioni
3.8
Member
Charon07
89
L'intestino felice
di Giulia Enders
1,719 utenti
69 recensioni
4
Member
chlorine
90
The Weaker Vessel
di Antonia Fraser
1,302 utenti
6 recensioni
3.9
Member
RidgewayGirl
91
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
di Margalit Fox
711 utenti
37 recensioni
4.1
Member
valkyrdeath
92
People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
di Dara Horn
325 utenti
26 recensioni
½ 4.4
Member
Julie_in_the_Library
93
As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980
di Susan Sontag
307 utenti
3 recensioni
3.9
Member
rv1988
94
Fallout : the Hiroshima cover-up and the reporter who revealed it to the world
di Lesley M. M. Blume
234 utenti
15 recensioni
4.1
Member
labfs39
Spiegazioni
labfs39: journalism, WWII history
95
Mao's War against Nature: Politics and the Environment in Revolutionary China
di Judith Shapiro
76 utenti
1 recensione
4
Member
SassyLassy
96
Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer
di Kate Clifford Larson
38 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 4.5
Member
rocketjk
97
The Norton Book of Women's Lives
di Phyllis Rose
413 utenti
1 recensione
4.2
2 Members
rocketjk, japaul22
98
Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox
di Victoria Finlay
2,164 utenti
29 recensioni
3.9
3 Members
janoorani24, Willoyd, arubabookwoman
99
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
di Candice Millard
3,595 utenti
142 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
labfs39, japaul22
Spiegazioni
labfs39: history
100
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
di Barbara W. Tuchman
2,810 utenti
37 recensioni
4
2 Members
janoorani24, valkyrdeath