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
5,047 membres
287 critiques
4.1
8 Members
waitingtoderail, janoorani24, rhian_of_oz, BLBera, ahef1963, dianeham, Julie_in_the_Library, KeithChaffee
2
Une éducation
de Tara Westover
10,137 membres
515 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
14,751 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
5,953 membres
353 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
3,257 membres
178 critiques
½ 4.4
7 Members
dchaikin, RidgewayGirl, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22, ahef1963, valkyrdeath
Explications
labfs39: journalism
9
Backlash
de Susan Faludi
2,811 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
1,030 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
12,418 membres
595 critiques
½ 4.4
4 Members
janoorani24, terran, labfs39, japaul22
Explications
labfs39: WWII biography
13
Just Kids
de Patti Smith
5,582 membres
241 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
1,600 membres
66 critiques
4.2
5 Members
Willoyd, arubabookwoman, japaul22, souloftherose, ahef1963
15
James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon
de Julie Phillips
748 membres
33 critiques
½ 4.4
3 Members
markon, dianeham, KeithChaffee
16
La supplication. Tchernobyl, chroniques du monde après l'apocalypse
de Svetlana Alexievich
2,406 membres
80 critiques
½ 4.3
4 Members
hipdeep, dchaikin, arubabookwoman, ahef1963
17
Un lointain miroir : Le XIVe siècle de calamités
de Barbara W. Tuchman
7,245 membres
120 critiques
4.1
5 Members
janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22
Explications
labfs39: history
18
Annawadi
de Katherine Boo
4,451 membres
293 critiques
4.1
5 Members
markon, labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22, ahef1963
Explications
labfs39: journalism
19
Macchabées : La vie mystérieuse des cadavres
de Mary Roach
11,079 membres
458 critiques
4.1
5 Members
waitingtoderail, ahef1963, valkyrdeath, Charon07, KeithChaffee
20
Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Found the Hidden Gospels
de Janet Soskice
393 membres
24 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
1,110 membres
45 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
4,881 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
4,579 membres
212 critiques
4.2
5 Members
dchaikin, janoorani24, Willoyd, japaul22, BLBera
24
M pour Mabel
de Helen Macdonald
4,457 membres
283 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
977 membres
63 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
5,370 membres
186 critiques
½ 4.5
4 Members
dchaikin, arubabookwoman, BLBera, ahef1963
27
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
de Susan Orlean
2,791 membres
73 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
1,547 membres
169 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
338 membres
10 critiques
4.2
3 Members
Willoyd, japaul22, BLBera
30
Becoming
de Michelle Obama
8,721 membres
346 critiques
½ 4.4
4 Members
dchaikin, rhian_of_oz, BLBera, ahef1963
31
Le Viol de Nankin
de Iris Chang
3,442 membres
80 critiques
4.1
4 Members
labfs39, arubabookwoman, BLBera, mabith
Explications
labfs39: WWII history
32
Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
de Barbara Mertz
466 membres
8 critiques
4.2
3 Members
arubabookwoman, mabith, valkyrdeath
33
One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway
de Åsne Seierstad
637 membres
27 critiques
4.2
4 Members
janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, ahef1963, dianeham
34
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
de Isabel Wilkerson
4,412 membres
169 critiques
½ 4.4
4 Members
janoorani24, arubabookwoman, japaul22, dianeham
35
Incidents dans la vie d'une jeune esclave
de Harriet A. Jacobs
4,395 membres
78 critiques
4
3 Members
hipdeep, arubabookwoman, BLBera
36
Proust and the Squid
de Maryanne Wolf
1,788 membres
49 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
hipdeep, janoorani24, japaul22
37
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
de Jennifer Lee
958 membres
49 critiques
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
de Caroline Alexander
686 membres
22 critiques
4.1
3 Members
janoorani24, mabith, valkyrdeath
39
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout
de Lauren Redniss
774 membres
50 critiques
4.2
3 Members
markon, dchaikin, labfs39
Explications
labfs39: biography, graphic novel
40
Goulag. Une histoire
de Anne Applebaum
2,685 membres
43 critiques
4.1
3 Members
labfs39, arubabookwoman, japaul22
Explications
labfs39: history
41
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
de Zora Neale Hurston
1,712 membres
65 critiques
4
3 Members
dchaikin, japaul22, Charon07
42
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
de Anne Lamott
10,322 membres
240 critiques
4.1
3 Members
janoorani24, ahef1963, Julie_in_the_Library
43
Comment comprendre Israël en 60 jours (ou moins)
de Sarah Glidden
404 membres
24 critiques
½ 3.6
3 Members
dchaikin, valkyrdeath, Julie_in_the_Library
44
Jane Austen, passions discrètes
de Claire Tomalin
1,621 membres
34 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
3,550 membres
166 critiques
4
3 Members
RidgewayGirl, ahef1963, dianeham
46
Figuring
de Maria Popova
495 membres
9 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
waitingtoderail, RidgewayGirl
47
Howards End is on the Landing
de Susan Hill
1,147 membres
79 critiques
½ 3.7
4 Members
janoorani24, Willoyd, arubabookwoman, BLBera
48
Scoundrel Time
de Lillian Hellman
468 membres
8 critiques
3.9
3 Members
janoorani24, rocketjk, BLBera
49
The Wordy Shipmates
de Sarah Vowell
2,841 membres
157 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, BLBera
50
L'affaire de Road Hill House
de Kate Summerscale
3,509 membres
172 critiques
½ 3.4
3 Members
arubabookwoman, japaul22, Charon07
51
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
de Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
2,222 membres
34 critiques
4.1
2 Members
labfs39, japaul22
Explications
labfs39: history
52
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
de Caroline Alexander
1,531 membres
31 critiques
3.9
2 Members
mabith, valkyrdeath
53
So you want to talk about race
de Ijeoma Oluo
2,837 membres
87 critiques
½ 4.5
3 Members
janoorani24, RidgewayGirl, BLBera
54
Roughing it in the Bush
de Susanna Moodie
540 membres
8 critiques
½ 3.5
3 Members
arubabookwoman, ahef1963, dianeham
55
Une chambre à soi
de Virginia Woolf
12,531 membres
168 critiques
4.1
2 Members
dchaikin, BLBera
56
Cléopâtre
de Stacy Schiff
4,433 membres
187 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
labfs39, japaul22, dianeham
Explications
labfs39: biography
57
La 6e extinction
de Elizabeth Kolbert
3,735 membres
164 critiques
4.1
3 Members
waitingtoderail, arubabookwoman, japaul22
58
Ma vie rebelle
de Ayaan Hirsi Ali
4,619 membres
192 critiques
4.2
3 Members
janoorani24, labfs39, japaul22
Explications
labfs39: memoir
60
Black London: Life Before Emancipation
de Gretchen Gerzina
121 membres
1 critique
3.9
2 Members
Willoyd, arubabookwoman
61
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
de Elisabeth Tova Bailey
1,328 membres
94 critiques
4.1
2 Members
labfs39, Charon07
Explications
labfs39: science, memoir
62
Mao : L'histoire inconnue
de Jung Chang
2,867 membres
53 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
lilisin, arubabookwoman
63
How to Be a Victorian: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life
de Ruth Goodman
945 membres
35 critiques
4.2
3 Members
arubabookwoman, mabith, valkyrdeath
64
Vesper Flights
de Helen Macdonald
763 membres
31 critiques
4
2 Members
waitingtoderail, Willoyd
65
Autobiographie d'Alice Toklas
de Gertrude Stein
2,729 membres
44 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
ahef1963, dianeham
67
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations
de Georgina Howell
697 membres
19 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
Willoyd, japaul22
68
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir
de Samantha Power
603 membres
18 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
janoorani24, rocketjk
69
Lab Girl
de Hope Jahren
2,699 membres
158 critiques
4.1
2 Members
dchaikin, terran
70
The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World―and Globalization Began
de Valerie Hansen
315 membres
7 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
rocketjk, mabith
71
The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries
de Marilyn Johnson
799 membres
26 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
waitingtoderail, KeithChaffee
73
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
de Nikole Hannah-Jones
1,580 membres
26 critiques
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
de Carla Power
203 membres
14 critiques
4.1
2 Members
markon, BLBera
Explications
markon: religion, a view of studying the Koran and the influence of one imam
75
How to Suppress Women's Writing
de Joanna Russ
732 membres
20 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
janoorani24, valkyrdeath
76
The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War
de Joanne B. Freeman
466 membres
13 critiques
4.2
2 Members
waitingtoderail, mabith
77
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
de Joan Druett
579 membres
33 critiques
3.9
3 Members
janoorani24, arubabookwoman, japaul22
78
Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen
de Fay Weldon
584 membres
15 critiques
3.9
3 Members
janoorani24, Willoyd, arubabookwoman
80
Wild
de Cheryl Strayed
8,839 membres
520 critiques
3.9
2 Members
janoorani24, terran
81
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
de Anna Funder
1,918 membres
59 critiques
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, Willoyd
82
The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science
de Andrea Wulf
2,436 membres
84 critiques
4.1
2 Members
Willoyd, japaul22
83
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
de Mary Roach
2,573 membres
172 critiques
4
2 Members
Charon07, KeithChaffee
84
The Secret History of Wonder Woman
de Jill Lepore
1,407 membres
63 critiques
3.8
2 Members
dchaikin, janoorani24
85
Nous sommes tous des féministes
de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4,071 membres
173 critiques
4.2
2 Members
BLBera, dianeham
86
The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation
de Rosemary Sullivan
503 membres
12 critiques
3.9
2 Members
arubabookwoman, ahef1963
87
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
de Mary Roach
1,516 membres
64 critiques
3.9
2 Members
labfs39, KeithChaffee
Explications
labfs39: science
88
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
de Sy Montgomery
2,405 membres
115 critiques
3.8
Member
Charon07
89
Le charme discret de l'intestin
de Giulia Enders
1,719 membres
69 critiques
4
Member
chlorine
90
The Weaker Vessel
de Antonia Fraser
1,302 membres
6 critiques
3.9
Member
RidgewayGirl
91
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
de Margalit Fox
711 membres
37 critiques
4.1
Member
valkyrdeath
92
People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
de Dara Horn
325 membres
26 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
Julie_in_the_Library
93
As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980
de Susan Sontag
307 membres
3 critiques
3.9
Member
rv1988
94
Fallout : the Hiroshima cover-up and the reporter who revealed it to the world
de Lesley M. M. Blume
234 membres
15 critiques
4.1
Member
labfs39
Explications
labfs39: journalism, WWII history
95
Mao's War against Nature: Politics and the Environment in Revolutionary China
de Judith Shapiro
76 membres
1 critique
4
Member
SassyLassy
96
Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer
de Kate Clifford Larson
38 membres
2 critiques
½ 4.5
Member
rocketjk
97
The Norton Book of Women's Lives
de Phyllis Rose
413 membres
1 critique
4.2
2 Members
rocketjk, japaul22
98
Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox
de Victoria Finlay
2,164 membres
29 critiques
3.9
3 Members
janoorani24, Willoyd, arubabookwoman
99
River of Doubt Theodore Roosevelts Dark
de Candice Millard
3,595 membres
142 critiques
4.2
2 Members
labfs39, japaul22
Explications
labfs39: history
100
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
de Barbara W. Tuchman
2,810 membres
37 critiques
4
2 Members
janoorani24, valkyrdeath