2022 Non-Fiction Reader Challenge Completed

I started the 2022 Non-Fiction Reader Challenge at the beginning of the year, joining again after enjoying the concept in 2021. As in that year, I chose to read a book in each of the twelve categories, some of which I wouldn’t have chosen otherwise (like economics, weather, or linked to a podcast).

The categories, with my choices:

1.  Social History - Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art by Rebecca Wragg Sykes
2.  Popular Science - The Big Necessity: Adventures in the World of Human Waste by Rose George
3.  Language - Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper
4.  Medical Memoir - My Lobotomy: A Memoir by Howard Dully
5.  Climate/Weather - The Secret World of Weather by Tristan Gooley
6.  Celebrity - The Hottentot Venus by Rachel Holmes
7.  Reference - The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht
8.  Geography - A Phenomenology of Landscape by Christopher Tilley
9.  Linked to a Podcast - Dirty John by Christopher Goffard
10. Wild Animals - Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky
11. Economics - Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
12. Published in 2022 - Queens: Women in Power Through History by Phyllis G. Jestice

The books I enjoyed the most were Kindred and Invisible Women for the information I learned, and Word by Word for the writing and subject matter. I didn’t like Dirty John because it was boring. I’m glad I read all of the books, though, for reasons I mention in the reviews.