Booklist
#BroaderBookshelf 2021:Read a Book by a Journalist (Nonfiction)
Here is a list of nonfiction books that will help you complete the 2021 #BroaderBookshelf prompt of reading a book by a journalist.
These were the titles that didn't make it onto the other Read a Book by a Journalist lists...here you'll find books about a host of other subjects including business, food, music, sports and travel.
Guantanamo Voices
True Accounts from the World's Most Infamous Prison
Published in 2020
xiv, 191 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-189).
This is Cuba
An American Journalist Under Castro's Shadow
Published in 2018
viii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-286) and index.
Good to Go
What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery
Published in 2019
302 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Radio Okapi Kindu
The Station That Helped Bring Peace to the Congo
Published in 2017
1 online resource
The Fire Next Time
Published in 1993
106 pages ; 21 cm
Originally published by Dial Press, New York, 1963
Pop Science
Serious Answers to Deep Questions Posed in Songs
Published in 2019
ix, 182 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Dueling with Kings
High Stakes, Killer Sharks, and the Get-rich Promise of Daily Fantasy Sports
Published in 2017
353 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
The Betrayal of the American Dream
Published in 2012
xxi, 289 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes index.
A New Day Yesterday
UK Progressive Rock & the 1970s
Published in 2020
vii, 616 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 597-598) and index.
The Dynasty
Published in 2020
xii, 578 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [527]-557) and index.
The Second Mountain
How People Move from the Prison of Self to the Joy of Commitment
Published in 2019
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Where You Go is Not Who You'll Be
An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania
Published in 2015
v, 218 pages ; 22 cm
A Meatloaf in Every Oven
Two Chatty Cooks, One Iconic Dish, and Dozens of Recipes-- from Mom's to Mario Batali's
Published in 2017
xvi, 254 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Includes index.
Sonic Boom
The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, from Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince
Published in 2021
xii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (page 255) and index.
I'll Have What She's Having
How Nora Ephron's Three Iconic Films Saved the Romantic Comedy
Published in 2017
341 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-326) and index.
Queen Meryl
The Iconic Roles, Heroic Deeds, and Legendary Life of Meryl Streep
Published in 2019
x, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-300) and index.
Can't Stop, Won't Stop
A History of the Hip-hop Generation
Published in 2005
xiii, 546 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references, discography, filmography, and index.
The Gun
Published in 2010
481 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Best Advice I Ever Got
Lessons from Extraordinary Lives
Published in 2011
xxiv, 262 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Sidelined
Sports, Culture, and Being a Woman in America
Published in 2021
viii, 273 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-264) and index.
Joan Didion, the 1960s & 70s
Published in 2019
x, 970 pages ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 929-959) and index.
Let Me Tell You What I Mean
Published in 2021
xxxv, 149 pages ; 20 cm
"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knoff"--Title page verso.
Last Night at the Viper Room
River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind
Published in 2013
xiii, 273 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Kindness and Wonder
Why Mister Rogers Matters Now More Than Ever
Published in 2019
248 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 239-248).
The Tao of Bill Murray
Real-life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing
Published in 2016
xii, 354 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
The World According to Tom Hanks
The Life, the Obsessions, the Good Deeds of America's Most Decent Guy
Published in 2018
xvi, 345 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Our Towns
A 100,000-mile Journey into the Heart of America
Published in 2018
x, 413 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
The Evangelicals
The Struggle to Shape America
Published in 2017
ix, 740 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 701-710) and index.
The Price of Admission
How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges--and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates
Published in 2006
323 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-314) and index.
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Published in 2017
x, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
The Lost City of Z
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Published in 2017
xi, 400 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-383) and index.
The End of Life As We Know It
Ominous News from the Frontiers of Science
Published in 2018
x, 358 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The Undercover Economist Strikes Back
How to Run--or Ruin--an Economy
Published in 2014
xxiv, 245 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-235) and index.
Assume the Worst
The Graduation Speech You'll Never Hear
Published in 2018
39 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Temples of Chance
How America Inc. Bought out Murder Inc. to Win Control of the Casino Business
Published in 1992
viii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes index.
She Said
Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
Published in 2019
310 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-297) and index.
Into Thin Air
A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Published in 1997
xx, 293 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Three Cups of Deceit
How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way
Published in 2011
75 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Where Men Win Glory
The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
Published in 2010
xxx, 450 pages : maps ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Arguing with Zombies
Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future
Published in 2020
xvi, 444 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes index.
The Lines Between Us
Two Families and a Quest to Cross Baltimore's Racial Divide
Published in 2019
xiv, 395 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-384) and index.
Big Game
The NFL in Dangerous Times
Published in 2018
xxiv, 373 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-358) and index.
Ghettoside
A True Story of Murder in America
Published in 2015
x, 366 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-356) and index.
Flash Boys
A Wall Street Revolt
Published in 2014
274 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Scraps, Peels, and Stems
Recipes and Tips for Rethinking Food Waste at Home
Published in 2018
254 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Drift
The Unmooring of American Military Power
Published in 2012
275 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-261) and index.
Bag Man
The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-up, & Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House
Published in 2020
x, 291 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-291).
Blowout
Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
Published in 2019
xxi, 406 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-390) and index.
Age of Greed
The Triumph of Finance and the Decline of America, 1970 to the Present
Published in 2011
pages ; cm.
Seven Bad Ideas
How Mainstream Economists Have Damaged America and the World
Published in 2014
254 pages ; 22 cm
Invisible Americans
The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty
Published in 2020
231 pages ; 20 cm
Includes index.
The Dark Side
The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
Published in 2009
412 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Dark Money
The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
Published in 2016
xii, 449 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-425) and index.
Salt, Sugar, Fat
How the Food Giants Hooked Us
Published in 2013
xxx, 446 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [417]-422) and index.
Hooked
Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions
Published in 2021
xxviii, 274 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-260) and index.
The Library Book
Published in 2018
317 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-317).
Out of My League
Published in 1993
150 pages ; 21 cm
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, 1961.
How to Change Your Mind
What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
Published in 2018
xii, 465 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Lost City of the Monkey God
A True Story
Published in 2017
viii, 326 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-318) and index.
Fight
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-kicking but Were Afraid You'd Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking
Published in 2007
208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Nobody Ever Asked Me About the Girls
Women, Music, and Fame
Published in 2020
242 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes index.
The Storm of the Century
Tragedy, Heroism, Survival, and the Epic True Story of America's Deadliest Natural Disaster
Published in 2015
vi, 312 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-304) and index.
Ruthless Tide
The Heroes and Villains of the Johnstown Flood, America's Astonishing Gilded Age Disaster
Published in 2018
vi, 305 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-292) and index.
You Look So Much Better in Person
True Stories of Absurdity and Success
Published in 2020
vi, 216 pages ; 24 cm
Fast Food Nation
The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Published in 2001
356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [330]-335) and index.
Command and Control
Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
Published in 2013
632 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-611) and index.
The Signal and the Noise
Why So Many Predictions Fail-- but Some Don't
Published in 2012
534 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-514) and index.
The Outpost
An Untold Story of American Valor
Published in 2013
xv, 683 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 633-658) and index.
Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone
The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson
Published in 2011
xi, 572 pages ; 25 cm
Pappyland
A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last
Published in 2020
246 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Data, a Love Story
How I Gamed Online Dating to Meet My Match
Published in 2013
viii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-281).
The Right Stuff
Published in 2008
xiii, 352 pages ; 21 cm
Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979.
The Electric Kool-aid Acid Test
Published in 2008
416 pages ; 21 cm
Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c1968.