Hello, ºÚÁÏÍø,
Here is our monthly list of book ideas for the ºÚÁÏÍø Library’s Read Great Things Challenge! This month we are highlighting memoirs, biographies, autobiographies, and fictionalized stories about real people (look for this post soon!).
Any of these books will count for this category in the challenge, but you are more than welcome to find your own book as well. All of the books below can be found in our library, along with so many more!
1000 Lashes: Because I Say What I Think by Raif Badawi
David Bowie: A Life by Dylan Jones
Storyteller: The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl by Donald Sturrock
The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State by Jenna Krajeski and Nadia Murad
Andre the Giant: Life and Legend by Box Brown
Manhood: How to Be a Better Man – Or Just Live with One by Terry Crews
Banksy: The Man Behind the Wall by Will Ellsworth-Jones
Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile by Nate Jackson
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker by Kevin Mitnick and William L. Simon
Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes
The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida
America’s Mistress: The Life and Times of Eartha Kitt by John L. Williams
The Girl Who Fell to Earth by Sophia Al-Maria
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
I Am Malala by Christina Lamb and Malala Yousafzai
Prince of Los Cocuyos by Richard Blanco
Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon
Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary by Joe Jackson
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
If you haven’t started reading for the challenge yet, that’s okay! You can win with just five books if you choose wisely. You’ve got this!
