Book Riot's 2020 Read Harder Challenge - hosted by thestorygraph

Read a memoir by someone from a religious tradition (or lack of religious tradition) that is not your own
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Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Fully Loaded Life by Hannah Hart, Judy Young

Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Fully Loaded Life

Hannah Hart, Judy Young

272 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir inspiring reflective medium-paced
Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home by Leah Lax

Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home

Leah Lax

348 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir religion challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Salt and Pepper: Unearthing Taboos by Maria Akhanji

Salt and Pepper: Unearthing Taboos

Maria Akhanji

318 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

emotional slow-paced
Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation by Jasmine Syedullah, Lama Rod Owens, Angel Kyodo Williams

Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation

Jasmine Syedullah, Lama Rod Owens, Angel Kyodo Williams

160 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed

When Stars Are Scattered

Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed

264 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel memoir middle grade emotional sad slow-paced
How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less by Sarah Glidden

How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less

Sarah Glidden

208 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel history memoir politics religion travel informative reflective medium-paced
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman

Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots

Deborah Feldman

10 hours, 39 minutes • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction memoir religion emotional reflective medium-paced
The Fixed Stars by Molly Wizenberg

The Fixed Stars

Molly Wizenberg

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes

Under the Tuscan Sun

Frances Mayes

304 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel informative lighthearted relaxing slow-paced
The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir by Michele Harper

The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir

Michele Harper

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced