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!
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L.A. Bibliothèque
de Susan Orlean
4,886 membres
284 critiques
4.1
8 Members
waitingtoderail, janoorani24, rhian_of_oz, BLBera, ahef1963, dianeham, Julie_in_the_Library, KeithChaffee
2
Une éducation
de Tara Westover
9,768 membres
513 critiques
½ 4.3
9 Members
dchaikin, janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22, BLBera, ahef1963, dianeham
Explications
labfs39: memoir
3
La Vie immortelle d'Henrietta Lacks
de Rebecca Skloot
14,624 membres
740 critiques
4.2
9 Members
waitingtoderail, rhian_of_oz, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22, BLBera, ahef1963, dianeham, Charon07
Explications
labfs39: medical history
4
84, Charing Cross Road
de Helene Hanff
5,845 membres
348 critiques
4.2
7 Members
janoorani24, rhian_of_oz, labfs39, Willoyd, japaul22, BLBera, ahef1963
Explications
labfs39: memoir, epistolary
6
Vies ordinaires en Corée du Nord
de Barbara Demick
3,202 membres
177 critiques
½ 4.4
7 Members
dchaikin, RidgewayGirl, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22, ahef1963, valkyrdeath
Explications
labfs39: journalism
9
Backlash
de Susan Faludi
2,790 membres
21 critiques
4
4 Members
janoorani24, FlorenceArt, ahef1963, dianeham
10
A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France
de Caroline Moorehead
1,013 membres
55 critiques
3.9
5 Members
dchaikin, rhian_of_oz, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22
Explications
labfs39: WWII history
12
Invincible. Une histoire de survie et de rédemption
de Laura Hillenbrand
12,216 membres
594 critiques
½ 4.4
4 Members
janoorani24, terran, labfs39, japaul22
Explications
labfs39: WWII biography
13
Just Kids
de Patti Smith
5,486 membres
238 critiques
4.1
5 Members
waitingtoderail, hipdeep, dchaikin, arubabookwoman, Charon07
14
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
de Hallie Rubenhold
1,539 membres
67 critiques
4.2
5 Members
Willoyd, arubabookwoman, japaul22, souloftherose, ahef1963
15
James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon
de Julie Phillips
745 membres
32 critiques
½ 4.3
3 Members
markon, dianeham, KeithChaffee
16
La supplication. Tchernobyl, chroniques du monde après l'apocalypse
de Svetlana Alexievich
2,338 membres
78 critiques
½ 4.3
4 Members
hipdeep, dchaikin, arubabookwoman, ahef1963
17
Un lointain miroir, le XIVe siècle des calamités
de Barbara W. Tuchman
7,158 membres
123 critiques
4.1
5 Members
janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22
Explications
labfs39: history
18
Macchabées : La vie mystérieuse des cadavres
de Mary Roach
10,902 membres
454 critiques
4.1
5 Members
waitingtoderail, ahef1963, valkyrdeath, Charon07, KeithChaffee
19
Annawadi
de Katherine Boo
4,375 membres
292 critiques
4.1
5 Members
markon, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22, ahef1963
Explications
labfs39: journalism
20
Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Found the Hidden Gospels
de Janet Soskice
388 membres
25 critiques
4.2
4 Members
markon, labfs39, souloftherose, dianeham
Explications
labfs39: history, religion
21
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
de Gretchen McCulloch
1,081 membres
46 critiques
4
4 Members
rhian_of_oz, mabith, Julie_in_the_Library, KeithChaffee
22
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
de Anne Fadiman
4,831 membres
127 critiques
4.2
4 Members
RidgewayGirl, labfs39, arubabookwoman, dianeham
Explications
labfs39: medical history
23
Ex-libris: Confessions d'une lectrice ordinaire
de Anne Fadiman
4,550 membres
213 critiques
4.2
5 Members
dchaikin, janoorani24, Willoyd, japaul22, BLBera
24
M pour Mabel
de Helen Macdonald
4,357 membres
279 critiques
3.9
4 Members
waitingtoderail, dchaikin, BLBera, Charon07
25
When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II
de Molly Guptill Manning
952 membres
61 critiques
3.9
4 Members
labfs39, mabith, valkyrdeath, Julie_in_the_Library
Explications
labfs39: books about books
26
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
de Isabel Wilkerson
5,234 membres
183 critiques
½ 4.4
4 Members
dchaikin, arubabookwoman, BLBera, ahef1963
27
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
de Susan Orlean
2,752 membres
74 critiques
½ 3.7
4 Members
BLBera, ahef1963, dianeham, Charon07
28
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
de Sheri Fink
1,523 membres
168 critiques
4.1
4 Members
dchaikin, RidgewayGirl, labfs39, arubabookwoman
Explications
labfs39: journalism
29
Square Haunting: Five Women, Freedom and London Between the Wars
de Francesca Wade
330 membres
11 critiques
4.2
3 Members
Willoyd, japaul22, BLBera
30
Becoming
de Michelle Obama
8,439 membres
340 critiques
½ 4.4
4 Members
dchaikin, rhian_of_oz, BLBera, ahef1963
31
Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
de Barbara Mertz
458 membres
8 critiques
4.2
3 Members
arubabookwoman, mabith, valkyrdeath
32
One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway
de Åsne Seierstad
620 membres
27 critiques
4.2
4 Members
janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, ahef1963, dianeham
33
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
de Isabel Wilkerson
4,180 membres
163 critiques
½ 4.4
4 Members
janoorani24, arubabookwoman, japaul22, dianeham
34
Incidents dans la vie d'une jeune esclave
de Harriet A. Jacobs
4,300 membres
78 critiques
4
3 Members
hipdeep, arubabookwoman, BLBera
35
Proust and the Squid
de Maryanne Wolf
1,760 membres
49 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
hipdeep, janoorani24, japaul22
36
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
de Jennifer Lee
955 membres
49 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
waitingtoderail, janoorani24, KeithChaffee
38
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout
de Lauren Redniss
769 membres
50 critiques
4.2
3 Members
markon, dchaikin, labfs39
Explications
labfs39: biography, graphic novel
39
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
de Zora Neale Hurston
1,657 membres
66 critiques
4
3 Members
dchaikin, japaul22, Charon07
40
Goulag. Une histoire
de Anne Applebaum
2,652 membres
43 critiques
4.1
3 Members
labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22
Explications
labfs39: history
41
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
de Anne Lamott
10,181 membres
239 critiques
4.1
3 Members
janoorani24, ahef1963, Julie_in_the_Library
42
Comment comprendre Israël en 60 jours (ou moins)
de Sarah Glidden
401 membres
23 critiques
½ 3.6
3 Members
dchaikin, valkyrdeath, Julie_in_the_Library
43
Le Viol de Nankin
de Iris Chang
3,375 membres
79 critiques
4.1
3 Members
labfs39, arubabookwoman, BLBera
Explications
labfs39: WWII history
44
Jane Austen, passions discrètes
de Claire Tomalin
1,603 membres
33 critiques
4
3 Members
janoorani24, Willoyd, japaul22
45
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
de Michelle McNamara
3,419 membres
166 critiques
4
3 Members
RidgewayGirl, ahef1963, dianeham
46
Figuring
de Maria Popova
483 membres
9 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
waitingtoderail, RidgewayGirl
47
Howards End is on the Landing
de Susan Hill
1,133 membres
79 critiques
½ 3.7
4 Members
janoorani24, Willoyd, arubabookwoman, BLBera
48
Scoundrel Time
de Lillian Hellman
459 membres
7 critiques
3.9
3 Members
janoorani24, rocketjk, BLBera
49
The Wordy Shipmates
de Sarah Vowell
2,816 membres
156 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, BLBera
50
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
de Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
2,174 membres
35 critiques
4.1
2 Members
labfs39, japaul22
Explications
labfs39: history
51
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
de Caroline Alexander
1,514 membres
30 critiques
3.9
2 Members
mabith, valkyrdeath
52
So you want to talk about race
de Ijeoma Oluo
2,724 membres
87 critiques
½ 4.5
3 Members
janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, BLBera
53
Roughing it in the Bush
de Susanna Moodie
533 membres
8 critiques
½ 3.5
3 Members
arubabookwoman, ahef1963, dianeham
54
Une chambre à soi
de Virginia Woolf
12,401 membres
168 critiques
4.1
2 Members
dchaikin, BLBera
55
Cléopâtre
de Stacy Schiff
4,377 membres
186 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
labfs39, japaul22, dianeham
Explications
labfs39: biography
56
La 6e extinction
de Elizabeth Kolbert
3,627 membres
163 critiques
4.1
3 Members
waitingtoderail, arubabookwoman, japaul22
57
Ma vie rebelle
de Ayaan Hirsi Ali
4,571 membres
193 critiques
4.2
3 Members
janoorani24, labfs39, japaul22
Explications
labfs39: memoir
59
Black London: Life Before Emancipation
de Gretchen Gerzina
115 membres
3.9
2 Members
Willoyd, arubabookwoman
60
Mao : L'histoire inconnue
de Jung Chang
2,834 membres
53 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
lilisin, arubabookwoman
61
Vesper Flights
de Helen Macdonald
729 membres
31 critiques
4
2 Members
waitingtoderail, Willoyd
62
Autobiographie d'Alice Toklas
de Gertrude Stein
2,682 membres
43 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
ahef1963, dianeham
64
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations
de Georgina Howell
681 membres
18 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
Willoyd, japaul22
65
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir
de Samantha Power
586 membres
18 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
janoorani24, rocketjk
66
Lab Girl
de Hope Jahren
2,632 membres
157 critiques
4.1
2 Members
dchaikin, terran
67
The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World―and Globalization Began
de Valerie Hansen
295 membres
7 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
rocketjk, mabith
68
The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries
de Marilyn Johnson
793 membres
26 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
waitingtoderail, KeithChaffee
70
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
de Nikole Hannah-Jones
1,490 membres
27 critiques
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
de Carla Power
201 membres
14 critiques
4.1
2 Members
markon, BLBera
Explications
markon: religion, a view of studying the Koran and the influence of one imam
72
How to Suppress Women's Writing
de Joanna Russ
730 membres
20 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
janoorani24, valkyrdeath
73
The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War
de Joanne B. Freeman
456 membres
13 critiques
4.2
2 Members
waitingtoderail, mabith
74
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
de Joan Druett
567 membres
33 critiques
3.9
3 Members
janoorani24, arubabookwoman, japaul22
75
Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen
de Fay Weldon
580 membres
15 critiques
3.9
3 Members
janoorani24, Willoyd, arubabookwoman
77
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
de Mary Roach
2,547 membres
169 critiques
3.9
2 Members
Charon07, KeithChaffee
78
Wild
de Cheryl Strayed
8,691 membres
517 critiques
3.9
2 Members
janoorani24, terran
79
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
de Anna Funder
1,879 membres
59 critiques
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, Willoyd
80
The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science
de Andrea Wulf
2,358 membres
83 critiques
4.1
2 Members
Willoyd, japaul22
81
The Secret History of Wonder Woman
de Jill Lepore
1,385 membres
64 critiques
3.8
2 Members
dchaikin, janoorani24
82
Nous sommes tous des féministes
de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
3,981 membres
173 critiques
4.2
2 Members
BLBera, dianeham
83
The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation
de Rosemary Sullivan
477 membres
11 critiques
3.9
2 Members
arubabookwoman, ahef1963
84
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
de Mary Roach
1,484 membres
63 critiques
3.9
2 Members
labfs39, KeithChaffee
Explications
labfs39: science
85
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
de Sy Montgomery
2,313 membres
114 critiques
3.8
Member
Charon07
86
Le charme discret de l'intestin
de Giulia Enders
1,678 membres
68 critiques
4
Member
chlorine
87
The Weaker Vessel
de Antonia Fraser
1,287 membres
6 critiques
3.9
Member
RidgewayGirl
88
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
de Margalit Fox
702 membres
37 critiques
4.1
Member
valkyrdeath
89
People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
de Dara Horn
307 membres
25 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
Julie_in_the_Library
90
As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980
de Susan Sontag
292 membres
3 critiques
3.9
Member
rv1988
91
Fallout : the Hiroshima cover-up and the reporter who revealed it to the world
de Lesley M. M. Blume
225 membres
15 critiques
4.1
Member
labfs39
Explications
labfs39: journalism, WWII history
92
Mao's War against Nature: Politics and the Environment in Revolutionary China
de Judith Shapiro
75 membres
1 critique
4
Member
SassyLassy
93
Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer
de Kate Clifford Larson
36 membres
2 critiques
½ 4.5
Member
rocketjk
94
The Norton Book of Women's Lives
de Phyllis Rose
412 membres
1 critique
4.2
2 Members
rocketjk, japaul22
95
Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox
de Victoria Finlay
2,146 membres
28 critiques
3.9
3 Members
janoorani24, Willoyd, arubabookwoman
96
River of Doubt Theodore Roosevelts Dark
de Candice Millard
3,523 membres
141 critiques
4.2
2 Members
labfs39, japaul22
Explications
labfs39: history
97
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
de Barbara W. Tuchman
2,786 membres
37 critiques
4
2 Members
janoorani24, valkyrdeath
98
Vers l'Ouest avec la nuit
de Beryl Markham
3,603 membres
127 critiques
4.1
2 Members
rocketjk, japaul22
99
Le Libraire de Kaboul
de Åsne Seierstad
5,598 membres
167 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
RidgewayGirl, labfs39
Explications
labfs39: journalism
100
Août 14
de Barbara W. Tuchman
6,600 membres
125 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
dchaikin, janoorani24