12) Non-fiction inspired by something in previous book

[Lindsey]

Note: this challenge must be completed in order

12) Non-fiction inspired by something in previous book: The only requirement for this prompt is that it must be non-fiction (based on facts, real events, real people, etc) and be inspired by your previous read. This may be related to an event that occurred in your previous book, a historical character mentioned, the setting, something the character experienced, a fact you learned, etc.

Books chosen for this prompt may be any genre of non-fiction (history, biography, true crime, self-help, travel, etc.) and may be any length.

Sample Challenge: My previous book featured WWII and female resistance spies working in France. So, for this prompt, I’ll choose The Last Secret Agent: My Life as a Spy Behind Nazi Lines by Pippa Latour, a non-fiction memoir featuring Pippa’s time as a female operative in France in WWII.

[Hilde]

For prompt #11 I chose Världens sju underverk by Dick Harrison, and for prompt #12 Egyptens pyramider by the same author.

[Kelsey]

Previous Book: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Current Book: Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham
Inspiration: Space and Astronauts

[Devika]

Previous Prompt: Voyage of the Damned by Frances White

This Prompt: How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals

Voyage of the Damned is a fantasy book about a place that is split into 12 provinces all named for animals. There are mentions of traits the heirs of those provinces have in common with their animal. So a memoir that used 13 animals in the author's life that taught her lessons - I thought was a good match.

[Michele]

My previous book was The Most Dangerous Animal of All. I didn't want to read another book about the Zodiac killer, so I decided to read Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II by Liza Mundy, since the Zodiac was known for his coded messages.

[DaNae]

Both books cover social and economic disparity.

[Kathy]

Last book: Under the Knife: A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations by Arnold van de Laar - 8/12/25.
Current book: The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine by Janice P. Nimura - 8/24/25.
Both books are about the history of medicine.

[Sharan]