Non-Fiction We’ve Read

Allende, Isabel. My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey through Chile Read More

Anderson, Lorraine(ed). Sisters of the Earth: Women’s Prose and Poetry about Nature Read More

Arana, Marie. American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood Read More

Barash, Susan Shapiro. Tripping the Prom Queen Read More (AAUW/Ohio 2013 Annual Convention Read)

Bateson, Mary Catherine. Composing a Life, Full Circles/Overlapping Lives Read More

Benedict, Elizabeth (ed). What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-One Women on the Gifts that Mattered Most Read More

Berendt, John. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Read More

Brown, Lyn Mikel and Carol Gilligan. Meeting at the Crossroads: Women’s Psychology and Girls’ Development Read More

Caro, Ina. Paris to the Past: Traveling through French History by Train

Chang, Jung. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China Read More

Cobbs, Elizabeth. The Hello Girls, by Elizabeth Cobbs Read More

Conway, Jill Ker. The Road from Coorain, Written by Herself: Autobiographies of American Women, An Anthology Read More

Corrigan, Kelly. The Middle Place Read More (Middletown AAUW All-Branch Read on Intergenerational Challenges)

Covey, Stephen. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Read More

Croke, Vicki Constantine. The Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China’s Most Exotic Animal Read More

Drakulic, Slavenka. How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed Read More

Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not)Getting by in America (AAUW-Ohio 2004 Annual Convention All-Convention Read) Read More

Ephron, Nora. I Feel Bad About My Neck Read More

Ferrera, America, ed. American Like Me: Reflections On Life Between Cultures  Read More

Filipovic, Zlata. Zlata’s Diary Read More

Fisher, M. F. K. Among Friends Read More

Flores, Theresa. The Slave Across the Street: The True Story of How and American Teen Survived the World of Human Trafficking Read More (Middletown AAUW All-Branch Read; author will speak Saturday, February 12, 2011, at Middletown AAUW’s luncheon meeting)

Frank, Anne. Diary of a Young Girl Read More

Fraser, Antonia. Marie Antoinette: The Journey Read More

Friedman, Thomas and Michael Mandelbaum.  That Used to be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back  Read More

Gault, Charlayne Hunter. In My Place Read More

Gawande, Atul.  Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End  Read More

Gilbert, Elizabeth. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia Read More

Gladwell, Malcolm. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference Read More

Glover, Jane. Mozart’s Women: His Family, His Friends, His Music Read More

Goldbach, Eliese Colette.  Rust: A Memoir of Steel and Grit  Read More

Goodwin, Doris Kearns. No Ordinary Time-Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II Read More

Graham, Katherine. Personal History Read More

Greenlaw, Linda. The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain’s Journey Read More

Hagedorn, Ann. Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad Read More

Hardwick, Elizabeth. American Fictions Read More

Hayes, Helen. My Life in Three Acts Read More

Hillenbrand, Laura. Seabiscuit: An American Legend, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption Read More

Hunt, Linda Lawrence. Bold Spirit: Helga Estby’s Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America Read More

Idliby, Ranya, Suzanne Oliver, and Priscilla Warner. The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew – Three Women Search for Understanding Read More

Jahren, Hope. Lab Girl Read More

Johnson, Claudia. Stifled Laughter: One Woman’s Story about Fighting Censorship Read More

Kantor, Jodi and Megan Twohey. She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story that Helped Ignite a Movement  Read More

Katz, Catherine Grace. The Daughters of Yalta-The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War  Read More

Kimball, Kristin. The Dirty Life: A Story of Farming the Land and Falling in Love Read More

King, Coretta Scott.  My Life, My Love, My Legacy   Read More

Kingsolver, Barbara. Small Wonder: Essays Read More; Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life Read More

Koppel, Lily. The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life through the Pages of a Lost Journal Read More; The Astronaut Wives Club Read More

Kristof, Nicholas D. and Sheryl WuDunn. Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide Read More

Lindbergh, Reeve. Under a Wing: A Memoir Read More

Loewen, James. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, (AAUW-Ohio 2006 Annual Convention All-Convention Read) Read More

Louv, Richard. Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder and/or The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder Read More

Maas, Jane. Mad Women: The Other Side of Life on Madison Avenue in the ’60s and Beyond Read More

Massie, Robert K. Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman Read More

Mayes, Francis. Under the Tuscan Sun Read More

Mayle, Peter. A Year in Provence Read More

McCullough, David. The Wright Brothers Read More

Mortenson, Greg. Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Support Peace…One School at a Time Read More

Myers, Dee Dee. Why Women Should Rule the World Read More

Nafisi, Azar. Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books Read More

Narayan, Shoba. Monsoon Diary: A Memoir with Recipes Read More

Noah, Trevor. Born a Crime  Read More

Noonan, Peggy. What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era Read More

Obama, Michelle.  BecomingRead More

O’Brien, Ruth (editor). Telling Stories Out of Court: Narratives about Women and Workplace Discrimination Read More

Perle, Liz. Money, A Memoir: Women, Emotions, and Cash ( AAUW/Ohio 2007 All-Convention Read) Read More

Pipher, Mary. The Middle of Everywhere: Helping Refugees Enter the American Community (AAUW Ohio 2005 All-Convention Read) Read More

Quindlen, Anna. Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting Read More ; Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake Read More

Rabinowitz, Alan. Jaguar: One Man’s Battle to Establish the World’s First Jaguar Preserve Read More

Ravitch, Diane. The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice are Undermining Education Read More AAUW Ohio’s 2012 All-Convention Read

Reichl, Ruth. Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table Read More

Roberts, Cokie. Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation Read More

Rosling, Hans. Factfullness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World–and Why Things are Better Than You Think  Read More

Ryan, Terry. The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less Read More

Shetterly, Margot Lee. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race Read More

Sobel, Dava. Galileo’s Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love Read More

Sotomayor, Sonia.  My Beloved World  Read More

Steinem, Gloria. Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem Read More

Stewart, Amy. Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful Read More

Tan, Amy. Where the Past Begins Read More

Tannen, Deborah. You’re Wearing THAT?: Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation Read More

Thomas, Gilian.  Because of Sex: One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women’s Lives at Work  Read More

Vance, J. D. Hillbilly Elegy Read More

Wallach, Janet. Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell Read More

Walls, Jeannette. The Glass Castle Read More

Waters, Alice.Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook by Alice Waters Read More

Weir, Alison. The Life of Elizabeth I MOVIE Read More

Westover, Tara. Educated, Read More

Wilson, Bee. Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat Read More

Winn, Marie. Red Tails in Love: A Wildlife Drama in Central Park Read More

Wright, Robin. Sacred Rage: The Wrath of Militant Islam

Yong, Ed.  An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us, by Ed Yong Read More