Club Read's Recommended Nonfiction Written by Women

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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
door Susan Orlean
4,952 leden
285 besprekingen
4.1
8 Members
waitingtoderail, janoorani24, rhian_of_oz, BLBera, ahef1963, dianeham, Julie_in_the_Library, KeithChaffee
2
Leerschool
door Tara Westover
9,917 leden
519 besprekingen
½ 4.3
9 Members
dchaikin, janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22, BLBera, ahef1963, dianeham
Verklaringen
labfs39: memoir
3
Het onsterfelijke leven van Henrietta Lacks
door Rebecca Skloot
14,730 leden
743 besprekingen
4.2
9 Members
waitingtoderail, rhian_of_oz, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22, BLBera, ahef1963, dianeham, Charon07
Verklaringen
labfs39: medical history
4
Charing Cross Road 84
door Helene Hanff
5,884 leden
354 besprekingen
4.2
7 Members
janoorani24, rhian_of_oz, labfs39, Willoyd, japaul22, BLBera, ahef1963
Verklaringen
labfs39: memoir, epistolary
5
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
door Michelle Alexander
5,335 leden
140 besprekingen
½ 4.4
6 Members
dchaikin, rocketjk, RidgewayGirl, arubabookwoman, japaul22, BLBera
6
Hand in hand in het donker : leven en liefde in Noord-Korea
door Barbara Demick
3,221 leden
177 besprekingen
½ 4.4
7 Members
dchaikin, RidgewayGirl, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22, ahef1963, valkyrdeath
Verklaringen
labfs39: journalism
7
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
door Robin Wall Kimmerer
4,201 leden
120 besprekingen
½ 4.5
5 Members
janoorani24, terran, japaul22, BLBera, Charon07
9
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women
door Susan Faludi
2,796 leden
21 besprekingen
4
4 Members
janoorani24, FlorenceArt, ahef1963, dianeham
10
De trein naar het oosten
door Caroline Moorehead
1,013 leden
55 besprekingen
3.9
5 Members
dchaikin, rhian_of_oz, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22
Verklaringen
labfs39: WWII history
12
De Zamperini legende van olympisch atleet tot oorlogsheld
door Laura Hillenbrand
12,316 leden
595 besprekingen
½ 4.4
4 Members
janoorani24, terran, labfs39, japaul22
Verklaringen
labfs39: WWII biography
13
Just Kids
door Patti Smith
5,530 leden
239 besprekingen
4.1
5 Members
waitingtoderail, hipdeep, dchaikin, arubabookwoman, Charon07
14
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
door Hallie Rubenhold
1,563 leden
68 besprekingen
4.2
5 Members
Willoyd, arubabookwoman, japaul22, souloftherose, ahef1963
15
James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon
door Julie Phillips
745 leden
33 besprekingen
½ 4.4
3 Members
markon, dianeham, KeithChaffee
16
Wij houden van Tsjernobyl: Een kroniek van de toekomst
door Svetlana Alexievich
2,352 leden
78 besprekingen
½ 4.3
4 Members
hipdeep, dchaikin, arubabookwoman, ahef1963
17
De waanzinnige veertiende eeuw
door Barbara W. Tuchman
7,194 leden
123 besprekingen
4.1
5 Members
janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22
Verklaringen
labfs39: history
18
Rigor mortis over de lotgevallen van de doden
door Mary Roach
10,974 leden
457 besprekingen
4.1
5 Members
waitingtoderail, ahef1963, valkyrdeath, Charon07, KeithChaffee
19
Een beter bestaan - Overleven in de sloppen van Mumbai
door Katherine Boo
4,391 leden
294 besprekingen
4.1
5 Members
markon, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22, ahef1963
Verklaringen
labfs39: journalism
20
De tweeling van de Sinaï
door Janet Soskice
391 leden
25 besprekingen
4.2
4 Members
markon, labfs39, souloftherose, dianeham
Verklaringen
labfs39: history, religion
21
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
door Gretchen McCulloch
1,093 leden
46 besprekingen
4
4 Members
rhian_of_oz, mabith, Julie_in_the_Library, KeithChaffee
22
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
door Anne Fadiman
4,844 leden
127 besprekingen
4.2
4 Members
RidgewayGirl, labfs39, arubabookwoman, dianeham
Verklaringen
labfs39: medical history
23
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
door Anne Fadiman
4,557 leden
213 besprekingen
4.2
5 Members
dchaikin, janoorani24, Willoyd, japaul22, BLBera
24
De H is van havik
door Helen Macdonald
4,393 leden
283 besprekingen
3.9
4 Members
waitingtoderail, dchaikin, BLBera, Charon07
25
When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II
door Molly Guptill Manning
965 leden
63 besprekingen
3.9
4 Members
labfs39, mabith, valkyrdeath, Julie_in_the_Library
Verklaringen
labfs39: books about books
26
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
door Isabel Wilkerson
5,275 leden
184 besprekingen
½ 4.5
4 Members
dchaikin, arubabookwoman, BLBera, ahef1963
27
De orchideeëndief
door Susan Orlean
2,773 leden
74 besprekingen
½ 3.7
4 Members
BLBera, ahef1963, dianeham, Charon07
28
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
door Sheri Fink
1,533 leden
169 besprekingen
4.1
4 Members
dchaikin, RidgewayGirl, labfs39, arubabookwoman
Verklaringen
labfs39: journalism
29
Square Haunting: Five Women, Freedom and London Between the Wars
door Francesca Wade
333 leden
11 besprekingen
4.2
3 Members
Willoyd, japaul22, BLBera
30
Mijn verhaal: Becoming
door Michelle Obama
8,578 leden
345 besprekingen
½ 4.4
4 Members
dchaikin, rhian_of_oz, BLBera, ahef1963
31
Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
door Barbara Mertz
463 leden
8 besprekingen
4.2
3 Members
arubabookwoman, mabith, valkyrdeath
32
Een van ons
door Åsne Seierstad
626 leden
27 besprekingen
4.2
4 Members
janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, ahef1963, dianeham
33
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
door Isabel Wilkerson
4,270 leden
165 besprekingen
½ 4.4
4 Members
janoorani24, arubabookwoman, japaul22, dianeham
34
In slavernij
door Harriet A. Jacobs
4,338 leden
78 besprekingen
4
3 Members
hipdeep, arubabookwoman, BLBera
35
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
door Maryanne Wolf
1,769 leden
50 besprekingen
½ 3.7
3 Members
hipdeep, janoorani24, japaul22
36
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
door Jennifer Lee
956 leden
49 besprekingen
½ 3.7
3 Members
waitingtoderail, janoorani24, KeithChaffee
37
De oorlog die Achilles het leven kostte het ware verhaal van de Ilias
door Caroline Alexander
682 leden
22 besprekingen
4
3 Members
janoorani24, mabith, valkyrdeath
38
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout
door Lauren Redniss
770 leden
50 besprekingen
4.2
3 Members
markon, dchaikin, labfs39
Verklaringen
labfs39: biography, graphic novel
39
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
door Zora Neale Hurston
1,675 leden
65 besprekingen
4
3 Members
dchaikin, japaul22, Charon07
40
Goelag Een geschiedenis
door Anne Applebaum
2,664 leden
43 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22
Verklaringen
labfs39: history
41
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
door Anne Lamott
10,223 leden
239 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
janoorani24, ahef1963, Julie_in_the_Library
42
Israël in 60 dagen
door Sarah Glidden
403 leden
23 besprekingen
½ 3.6
3 Members
dchaikin, valkyrdeath, Julie_in_the_Library
43
The Rape of Nanking
door Iris Chang
3,397 leden
79 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
labfs39, arubabookwoman, BLBera
Verklaringen
labfs39: WWII history
44
Jane Austen: A Life
door Claire Tomalin
1,609 leden
33 besprekingen
4
3 Members
janoorani24, Willoyd, japaul22
45
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
door Michelle McNamara
3,475 leden
166 besprekingen
4
3 Members
RidgewayGirl, ahef1963, dianeham
46
Figuring
door Maria Popova
489 leden
9 besprekingen
½ 4.3
2 Members
waitingtoderail, RidgewayGirl
47
Howards End is on the Landing
door Susan Hill
1,135 leden
80 besprekingen
½ 3.7
4 Members
janoorani24, Willoyd, arubabookwoman, BLBera
48
Scoundrel Time
door Lillian Hellman
461 leden
7 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
janoorani24, rocketjk, BLBera
49
The Wordy Shipmates
door Sarah Vowell
2,827 leden
156 besprekingen
½ 3.7
3 Members
janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, BLBera
50
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
door Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
2,190 leden
35 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
labfs39, japaul22
Verklaringen
labfs39: history
51
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
door Caroline Alexander
1,514 leden
30 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
mabith, valkyrdeath
52
So you want to talk about race
door Ijeoma Oluo
2,775 leden
87 besprekingen
½ 4.5
3 Members
janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, BLBera
53
Roughing it in the Bush
door Susanna Moodie
534 leden
8 besprekingen
½ 3.5
3 Members
arubabookwoman, ahef1963, dianeham
54
Een kamer voor jezelf
door Virginia Woolf
12,443 leden
168 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
dchaikin, BLBera
55
Cleopatra een vrouwenleven
door Stacy Schiff
4,399 leden
187 besprekingen
½ 3.7
3 Members
labfs39, japaul22, dianeham
Verklaringen
labfs39: biography
57
Mijn vrijheid de autobiografie
door Ayaan Hirsi Ali
4,594 leden
193 besprekingen
4.2
3 Members
janoorani24, labfs39, japaul22
Verklaringen
labfs39: memoir
58
Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences
door Joan Biskupic
71 leden
3 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
arubabookwoman, japaul22
59
Black London: Life Before Emancipation
door Gretchen Gerzina
118 leden
3.9
2 Members
Willoyd, arubabookwoman
60
Mao het onbekende verhaal
door Jung Chang
2,847 leden
53 besprekingen
½ 3.7
2 Members
lilisin, arubabookwoman
61
Vesper Flights
door Helen Macdonald
735 leden
31 besprekingen
4
2 Members
waitingtoderail, Willoyd
62
De autobiografie van Alice B. Toklas
door Gertrude Stein
2,708 leden
44 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
ahef1963, dianeham
63
Achter het verdwijnpunt: op zoek naar een verloren Velázquez
door Laura Cumming
329 leden
12 besprekingen
3.8
3 Members
arubabookwoman, japaul22, BLBera
64
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations
door Georgina Howell
688 leden
18 besprekingen
½ 3.7
2 Members
Willoyd, japaul22
65
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir
door Samantha Power
596 leden
18 besprekingen
½ 4.3
2 Members
janoorani24, rocketjk
66
Lab Girl
door Hope Jahren
2,652 leden
158 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
dchaikin, terran
67
The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World―and Globalization Began
door Valerie Hansen
304 leden
7 besprekingen
½ 3.4
2 Members
rocketjk, mabith
68
The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries
door Marilyn Johnson
795 leden
26 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
waitingtoderail, KeithChaffee
70
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
door Nikole Hannah-Jones
1,513 leden
28 besprekingen
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
door Carla Power
201 leden
14 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
markon, BLBera
Verklaringen
markon: religion, a view of studying the Koran and the influence of one imam
72
How to Suppress Women's Writing
door Joanna Russ
728 leden
20 besprekingen
½ 4.3
2 Members
janoorani24, valkyrdeath
73
The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War
door Joanne B. Freeman
459 leden
13 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
waitingtoderail, mabith
74
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
door Joan Druett
570 leden
33 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
janoorani24, arubabookwoman, japaul22
75
Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen
door Fay Weldon
583 leden
15 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
janoorani24, Willoyd, arubabookwoman
77
Hap slik weg alles wat je eigenlijk niet wilde weten over je spijsvertering
door Mary Roach
2,559 leden
171 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
Charon07, KeithChaffee
78
Wild over jezelf verliezen, terugvinden & 1700 kilometer hiken
door Cheryl Strayed
8,761 leden
518 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
janoorani24, terran
79
Stasiland : levensverhalen uit het voormalig Oost-Duitsland
door Anna Funder
1,897 leden
59 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, Willoyd
80
De uitvinder van de natuur
door Andrea Wulf
2,391 leden
83 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
Willoyd, japaul22
81
The Secret History of Wonder Woman
door Jill Lepore
1,392 leden
63 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
dchaikin, janoorani24
82
We moeten allemaal feminist zijn
door Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4,011 leden
174 besprekingen
½ 4.3
2 Members
BLBera, dianeham
83
The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation
door Rosemary Sullivan
491 leden
11 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
arubabookwoman, ahef1963
84
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
door Mary Roach
1,495 leden
63 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
labfs39, KeithChaffee
Verklaringen
labfs39: science
85
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
door Sy Montgomery
2,353 leden
115 besprekingen
3.8
Member
Charon07
86
De mooie voedselmachine / druk 2
door Giulia Enders
1,689 leden
69 besprekingen
4
Member
chlorine
87
The Weaker Vessel
door Antonia Fraser
1,291 leden
6 besprekingen
3.9
Member
RidgewayGirl
88
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
door Margalit Fox
702 leden
37 besprekingen
4.1
Member
valkyrdeath
89
People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
door Dara Horn
312 leden
25 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Member
Julie_in_the_Library
90
Zoals de geest verbonden is aan het lichaam deel nagelaten werk 3
door Susan Sontag
295 leden
3 besprekingen
3.9
Member
rv1988
91
Fallout : the Hiroshima cover-up and the reporter who revealed it to the world
door Lesley M. M. Blume
229 leden
15 besprekingen
4.1
Member
labfs39
Verklaringen
labfs39: journalism, WWII history
92
Mao's War against Nature: Politics and the Environment in Revolutionary China
door Judith Shapiro
76 leden
1 bespreking
4
Member
SassyLassy
93
Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer
door Kate Clifford Larson
37 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 4.5
Member
rocketjk
94
The Norton Book of Women's Lives
door Phyllis Rose
409 leden
1 bespreking
4.2
2 Members
rocketjk, japaul22
95
Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox
door Victoria Finlay
2,154 leden
29 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
janoorani24, Willoyd, arubabookwoman
96
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
door Candice Millard
3,556 leden
142 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
labfs39, japaul22
Verklaringen
labfs39: history
97
De trotse toren een portret van de wereld in de jaren 1890-1914
door Barbara W. Tuchman
2,791 leden
37 besprekingen
4
2 Members
janoorani24, valkyrdeath
98
De nacht achterna vlucht over Afrika
door Beryl Markham
3,624 leden
129 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
rocketjk, japaul22
99
De boekhandelaar van Kaboel
door Åsne Seierstad
5,623 leden
167 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
RidgewayGirl, labfs39
Verklaringen
labfs39: journalism
100
De kanonnen van augustus de eerste oorlogsmaand van 1914
door Barbara W. Tuchman
6,637 leden
125 besprekingen
½ 4.3
2 Members
dchaikin, janoorani24