#1 Biographies: A list

Quests in Humanities

The goal is to read ten biographies (memoirs and other similar types count). About one a month.  I haven't quite decided yet which ones to read -  and probably won't until the moment I get the book and sit down to read it -  but I have two general guides.  One,  is that I want to read stories about other women and their lives. Another is to try to match a theme with the month as much as possible.

1. February (Black History Month)
    Negroland: A Memoir  by Margo Jefferson

Or Martin Luther King,  Jr: A Life  by Marshall Frady

2. March (Women History Month) 

   Bachelor Girl by Betsy Israel

Or Heroines by Kate Zambreno

Or Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science -  and the World by Rachel Swaby

3. April

   The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson 

4. May (National Comic Book Day)  

      You're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day

Or Just a Geek by Wil Wheaton 

Or The Only Pirate at the Party by Lindsey Stirling     

BONUS:

Excelsior! By Stan Lee

5. June (World Refugee Day) 

   The Girl With Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee

6.  July (US Independence Day) 

    Eleanor Roosevelt by Blanche Wiesen Cook

Or Martha Washington by Patricia Brady

Or Michelle Obama by Peter Sleven

7. August 

    My Fight/Your Fight by Ronda Rousey

   

8. September (Day of Democracy and Constitution Day) 

 Undaunted by Tanya Biank

                  

9. October (Halloween) 

    Unabrow by Una LaMarche 

Or I Am America (and So Can You)  by Stephen Colbert

Or Neil Patrick Harris : Choose Your Own Biography  (by NPH) 

10. November (US Thanksgiving) 

      The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin by Gordon S.  Wood

Or The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin  (by Benjamin Franklin) 

I'm sure there are some I'll want to add to this list (I'd like to read Pope Francis' autobiography!),  but I don't want to overwhelm myself in this quest too much. I'm also up for suggestions.  I think especially there must be more out there for numbers 1, 5, and 9,  and I welcome any more ideas :)  

However,  as it is,  ten books already seems a daunting task ... 

K Jets