Read Across America: Adult Biographies, Memoirs, and History

Help us celebrate Read Across America and our Sweetbean Reading Challenge by checking out one of these books about important figures and events in American history!

Updated February 22, 2024
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American Prometheus : the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Bird, Kai.
Paper Book
***NOW A MAJOR HOLLYWOOD FILM DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER NOLAN*** WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NONFICTION 'Reads like a thriller, gripping and terrifying' - Sunday Times Physicist and polymath, as familiar with Hindu scriptures as...
Crying in H Mart : a memoir
Zauner, Michelle
Paper Book
'That book f**king destroyed me,' - Olivia Rodrigo 'Michelle Zauner explores what it means to cook your feelings... she uses the lens of food and cooking to explore her Korean identity after she loses her mother to cancer.' Jungkook of BTS From the indie rockstar Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching,...
A people's history of the United States : 1492-present
Zinn, Howard
Paper Book
This account of US history from the bottom up tells the real story of the people, rather than the flag-waving official story.
Teacher man : a memoir
McCourt, Frank.
Paper Book
A third memoir from the author of the international bestsellers 'Angela's Ashes' and ''Tis', Frank McCourt details his illustrious, amusing, and sometimes rather bumpy long years as an English teacher in the public high schools of New York City.

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