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
4,946 utenti
285 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
9,902 utenti
519 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
14,718 utenti
743 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
5,881 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
5,334 utenti
140 recensioni
½ 4.4
6 Members
dchaikin, rocketjk, RidgewayGirl, arubabookwoman, japaul22, BLBera
6
Per mano nel buio
di Barbara Demick
3,220 utenti
177 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
4,191 utenti
120 recensioni
½ 4.5
5 Members
janoorani24, terran, japaul22, BLBera, Charon07
9
Contrattacco: la guerra non dichiarata contro le donne
di Susan Faludi
2,794 utenti
21 recensioni
4
4 Members
janoorani24, FlorenceArt, ahef1963, dianeham
10
ˆUn ‰treno per Auschwitz: una sconvolgente storia vera
di Caroline Moorehead
1,013 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
12,307 utenti
594 recensioni
½ 4.4
4 Members
janoorani24, terran, labfs39, japaul22
Spiegazioni
labfs39: WWII biography
13
Just kids
di Patti Smith
5,526 utenti
239 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
1,563 utenti
68 recensioni
4.2
5 Members
Willoyd, arubabookwoman, japaul22, souloftherose, ahef1963
15
James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon
di Julie Phillips
745 utenti
33 recensioni
½ 4.4
3 Members
markon, dianeham, KeithChaffee
16
Preghiera per Černobyl'
di Svetlana Alexievich
2,356 utenti
78 recensioni
½ 4.3
4 Members
hipdeep, dchaikin, arubabookwoman, ahef1963
17
Uno specchio lontano: Un secolo di avventure e di calamita Il Trecento
di Barbara W. Tuchman
7,188 utenti
123 recensioni
4.1
5 Members
janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22
Spiegazioni
labfs39: history
18
Stiff. The curious lives of human cadavers
di Mary Roach
10,967 utenti
457 recensioni
4.1
5 Members
waitingtoderail, ahef1963, valkyrdeath, Charon07, KeithChaffee
19
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
di Katherine Boo
4,391 utenti
294 recensioni
4.1
5 Members
markon, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22, ahef1963
Spiegazioni
labfs39: journalism
20
Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Found the Hidden Gospels
di Janet Soskice
391 utenti
25 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
1,091 utenti
46 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
4,843 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
4,558 utenti
213 recensioni
4.2
5 Members
dchaikin, janoorani24, Willoyd, japaul22, BLBera
24
H Is for Hawk
di Helen Macdonald
4,392 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
964 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
5,270 utenti
183 recensioni
½ 4.5
4 Members
dchaikin, arubabookwoman, BLBera, ahef1963
27
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
di Susan Orlean
2,770 utenti
74 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
1,532 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
333 utenti
11 recensioni
4.2
3 Members
Willoyd, japaul22, BLBera
30
Becoming
di Michelle Obama
8,562 utenti
344 recensioni
½ 4.4
4 Members
dchaikin, rhian_of_oz, BLBera, ahef1963
31
Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
di Barbara Mertz
462 utenti
8 recensioni
4.2
3 Members
arubabookwoman, mabith, valkyrdeath
32
One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway
di Åsne Seierstad
625 utenti
27 recensioni
4.2
4 Members
janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, ahef1963, dianeham
33
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
di Isabel Wilkerson
4,262 utenti
165 recensioni
½ 4.4
4 Members
janoorani24, arubabookwoman, japaul22, dianeham
34
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
di Harriet A. Jacobs
4,333 utenti
78 recensioni
4
3 Members
hipdeep, arubabookwoman, BLBera
35
Proust e il calamaro: storia e scienza del cervello che legge
di Maryanne Wolf
1,767 utenti
50 recensioni
½ 3.7
3 Members
hipdeep, janoorani24, japaul22
36
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
di Jennifer Lee
955 utenti
49 recensioni
½ 3.7
3 Members
waitingtoderail, janoorani24, KeithChaffee
37
The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
di Caroline Alexander
679 utenti
22 recensioni
4
3 Members
janoorani24, mabith, valkyrdeath
38
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout
di Lauren Redniss
770 utenti
50 recensioni
4.2
3 Members
markon, dchaikin, labfs39
Spiegazioni
labfs39: biography, graphic novel
39
Barracoon. L'ultimo schiavo
di Zora Neale Hurston
1,673 utenti
65 recensioni
4
3 Members
dchaikin, japaul22, Charon07
40
Gulag: storia dei campi di concentramento sovietici
di Anne Applebaum
2,663 utenti
43 recensioni
4.1
3 Members
labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22
Spiegazioni
labfs39: history
41
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
di Anne Lamott
10,219 utenti
239 recensioni
4.1
3 Members
janoorani24, ahef1963, Julie_in_the_Library
42
Capire Israele in 60 giorni (e anche meno)
di Sarah Glidden
402 utenti
23 recensioni
½ 3.6
3 Members
dchaikin, valkyrdeath, Julie_in_the_Library
43
Lo stupro di Nanchino: l'olocausto dimenticato della seconda guerra mondiale
di Iris Chang
3,395 utenti
79 recensioni
4.1
3 Members
labfs39, arubabookwoman, BLBera
Spiegazioni
labfs39: WWII history
44
Jane Austen: A Life
di Claire Tomalin
1,609 utenti
33 recensioni
4
3 Members
janoorani24, Willoyd, japaul22
45
Dieci brutali delitti
di Michelle McNamara
3,469 utenti
166 recensioni
4
3 Members
RidgewayGirl, ahef1963, dianeham
46
Figuring
di Maria Popova
488 utenti
9 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
waitingtoderail, RidgewayGirl
47
Howards End is on the Landing
di Susan Hill
1,135 utenti
80 recensioni
½ 3.7
4 Members
janoorani24, Willoyd, arubabookwoman, BLBera
48
Scoundrel Time
di Lillian Hellman
461 utenti
7 recensioni
3.9
3 Members
janoorani24, rocketjk, BLBera
49
The Wordy Shipmates
di Sarah Vowell
2,825 utenti
156 recensioni
½ 3.7
3 Members
janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, BLBera
50
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
di Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
2,188 utenti
35 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
labfs39, japaul22
Spiegazioni
labfs39: history
51
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
di Caroline Alexander
1,513 utenti
30 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
mabith, valkyrdeath
52
So you want to talk about race
di Ijeoma Oluo
2,769 utenti
87 recensioni
½ 4.5
3 Members
janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, BLBera
53
Roughing it in the Bush
di Susanna Moodie
534 utenti
8 recensioni
½ 3.5
3 Members
arubabookwoman, ahef1963, dianeham
54
Una stanza tutta per sé
di Virginia Woolf
12,433 utenti
168 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
dchaikin, BLBera
55
Cleopatra: una vita
di Stacy Schiff
4,399 utenti
187 recensioni
½ 3.7
3 Members
labfs39, japaul22, dianeham
Spiegazioni
labfs39: biography
56
La sesta estinzione: una storia innaturale
di Elizabeth Kolbert
3,654 utenti
163 recensioni
4.1
3 Members
waitingtoderail, arubabookwoman, japaul22
57
Infedele
di Ayaan Hirsi Ali
4,592 utenti
193 recensioni
4.2
3 Members
janoorani24, labfs39, japaul22
Spiegazioni
labfs39: memoir
59
Black London: Life Before Emancipation
di Gretchen Gerzina
118 utenti
3.9
2 Members
Willoyd, arubabookwoman
60
Mao: la storia sconosciuta
di Jung Chang
2,845 utenti
53 recensioni
½ 3.7
2 Members
lilisin, arubabookwoman
61
Vesper Flights
di Helen Macdonald
736 utenti
31 recensioni
4
2 Members
waitingtoderail, Willoyd
62
Autobiografia di Alice Toklas
di Gertrude Stein
2,708 utenti
44 recensioni
½ 3.6
2 Members
ahef1963, dianeham
63
The Vanishing Velázquez: A 19th Century Bookseller's Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece
di Laura Cumming
329 utenti
12 recensioni
3.8
3 Members
arubabookwoman, japaul22, BLBera
64
La regina del deserto
di Georgina Howell
686 utenti
18 recensioni
½ 3.7
2 Members
Willoyd, japaul22
65
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir
di Samantha Power
594 utenti
18 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
janoorani24, rocketjk
66
Lab Girl
di Hope Jahren
2,648 utenti
158 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
dchaikin, terran
67
The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World―and Globalization Began
di Valerie Hansen
304 utenti
7 recensioni
½ 3.4
2 Members
rocketjk, mabith
68
The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries
di Marilyn Johnson
795 utenti
26 recensioni
½ 3.6
2 Members
waitingtoderail, KeithChaffee
69
Longitude
di Dava Sobel
9,238 utenti
183 recensioni
3.9
3 Members
dchaikin, arubabookwoman, japaul22
70
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
di Nikole Hannah-Jones
1,510 utenti
28 recensioni
½ 4.5
2 Members
waitingtoderail, terran
71
If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran
di Carla Power
201 utenti
14 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
markon, BLBera
Spiegazioni
markon: religion, a view of studying the Koran and the influence of one imam
72
How to Suppress Women's Writing
di Joanna Russ
728 utenti
20 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
janoorani24, valkyrdeath
73
The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War
di Joanne B. Freeman
459 utenti
13 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
waitingtoderail, mabith
74
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
di Joan Druett
570 utenti
33 recensioni
3.9
3 Members
janoorani24, arubabookwoman, japaul22
75
Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen
di Fay Weldon
583 utenti
15 recensioni
3.9
3 Members
janoorani24, Willoyd, arubabookwoman
77
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
di Mary Roach
2,558 utenti
171 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
Charon07, KeithChaffee
78
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
di Cheryl Strayed
8,750 utenti
518 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
janoorani24, terran
79
C'era una volta la DDR
di Anna Funder
1,901 utenti
59 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, Willoyd
80
The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science
di Andrea Wulf
2,386 utenti
83 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
Willoyd, japaul22
81
The Secret History of Wonder Woman
di Jill Lepore
1,391 utenti
63 recensioni
3.8
2 Members
dchaikin, janoorani24
82
Dovremmo essere tutti femministi
di Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4,010 utenti
174 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
BLBera, dianeham
83
The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation
di Rosemary Sullivan
490 utenti
11 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
arubabookwoman, ahef1963
84
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
di Mary Roach
1,495 utenti
63 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
labfs39, KeithChaffee
Spiegazioni
labfs39: science
85
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
di Sy Montgomery
2,350 utenti
115 recensioni
3.8
Member
Charon07
86
L'intestino felice
di Giulia Enders
1,689 utenti
69 recensioni
4
Member
chlorine
87
The Weaker Vessel
di Antonia Fraser
1,291 utenti
6 recensioni
3.9
Member
RidgewayGirl
88
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
di Margalit Fox
702 utenti
37 recensioni
4.1
Member
valkyrdeath
89
People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
di Dara Horn
312 utenti
25 recensioni
½ 4.4
Member
Julie_in_the_Library
90
As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980
di Susan Sontag
295 utenti
3 recensioni
3.9
Member
rv1988
91
Fallout : the Hiroshima cover-up and the reporter who revealed it to the world
di Lesley M. M. Blume
229 utenti
15 recensioni
4.1
Member
labfs39
Spiegazioni
labfs39: journalism, WWII history
92
Mao's War against Nature: Politics and the Environment in Revolutionary China
di Judith Shapiro
76 utenti
1 recensione
4
Member
SassyLassy
93
Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer
di Kate Clifford Larson
37 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 4.5
Member
rocketjk
94
The Norton Book of Women's Lives
di Phyllis Rose
408 utenti
1 recensione
4.2
2 Members
rocketjk, japaul22
95
Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox
di Victoria Finlay
2,156 utenti
29 recensioni
3.9
3 Members
janoorani24, Willoyd, arubabookwoman
96
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
di Candice Millard
3,553 utenti
142 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
labfs39, japaul22
Spiegazioni
labfs39: history
97
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
di Barbara W. Tuchman
2,789 utenti
37 recensioni
4
2 Members
janoorani24, valkyrdeath
98
A occidente con la notte
di Beryl Markham
3,623 utenti
129 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
rocketjk, japaul22
99
Il libraio di Kabul
di Åsne Seierstad
5,622 utenti
167 recensioni
½ 3.6
2 Members
RidgewayGirl, labfs39
Spiegazioni
labfs39: journalism
100
I Cannoni D'Agosto
di Barbara W. Tuchman
6,634 utenti
125 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
dchaikin, janoorani24