Skip to content

The Library Is Open

A blog about books and writing, through rainbow-tinted glasses. Every book gets a gay rating.

  • About
  • Reviews
    • Fiction
      • Contemporary
      • Classics
    • Nonfiction
      • Essays
    • Poetry
  • Certified gay
  • Gay stuff

Tag: Nonfiction

Review: Porn by Polly Barton

Pornchats for everyone!

Anthropology, Nonfiction, Sex, Sociology

Review: The Patriarchs by Angela Saini

No, patriarchy is not ‘natural’.

Anthropology, Feminism, History, Nonfiction, science, Sociology

Review: What Have You Left Behind? by Bushra Al-Maqtari (translated by Sawad Hussain)

A record of the atrocities of war in Yemen.

Journalism, Middle East, Nonfiction, War, Yemen

Review: The Years by Annie Ernaux

A generational reckoning.

Classics, France, History, Memoir, Nobel Laureate, Nonfiction

Review: We Come With This Place by Debra Dank

A rich and beautiful history of family and place.

Australian, Historical, Indigenous Australians, Indigenous history, Indigenous writers, Memoir, Nonfiction

Review: big beautiful female theory by Eloise Grills

A gorgeous and liberatory collection of illustrated essays and memoir.

Essays, Female writers, Feminism, Illustrated, Memoir, Nonfiction, Stella Prize

Review: Indelible City by Louisa Lim

A gripping and frightening account of the city’s history.

China, History, Hong Kong, Nonfiction, Politics, Protest

Review: Signs And Wonders by Delia Falconer

Essays that evoke the feeling of living through environmental crisis.

Australian, Climate change, Essays, Extinction, nature writing, Nonfiction

Review: My Fourth Time, We Drowned by Sally Hayden

Sally Hayden exposes the cruelty and corruption of the EU’s refugee policies.

Europe, Human rights, Italy, Libya, Migration, Nonfiction, Refugees, War

Review: An Immense World by Ed Yong

A majestic and intimate travelogue of animals’ sensory worlds.

Animals, nature, Nonfiction, science

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts
Blog at WordPress.com.
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • The Library Is Open
    • Join 111 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • The Library Is Open
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...