The Read More Diverse Non-fiction Challenge - 2025 - hosted by amandadevoursbooks

Read a collection of non-fiction poetry or book written verse.
We get trapped thinking about non-fiction as heavy tomes meant to be analyzed. Some of the most impactful non-fiction we've read was poetry and books written in verse! Consider this a challenge to expand your definition of nonfiction. 
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Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra

Andrea Davis Pinkney

32 pages • paperback • 1998

nonfiction biography music informative lighthearted fast-paced
The Selected Works of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde

The Selected Works of Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde

384 pages • paperback • 2020

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Ten Bridges I've Burnt by Brontez Purnell

Ten Bridges I've Burnt

Brontez Purnell

1 hour, 29 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir poetry dark emotional reflective medium-paced
If I Must Die: Poetry and Prose by Refaat Alareer

If I Must Die: Poetry and Prose

Refaat Alareer

248 pages • digital • 2024

nonfiction poetry dark informative sad fast-paced
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

Warsan Shire

87 pages • paperback • 2022

nonfiction poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Why I Was Late by Charlie Petch

Why I Was Late

Charlie Petch

1 hour, 34 minutes • audio • 2021

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional funny reflective fast-paced
An American Sunrise: Poems by Joy Harjo

An American Sunrise: Poems

Joy Harjo

1 hour, 41 minutes • audio • 2019

nonfiction history poetry race emotional reflective medium-paced
Poems Between Women: Four Centuries of Love, Romantic Friendship, and Desire by Emma Donoghue

Poems Between Women: Four Centuries of Love, Romantic Friendship, and Desire

Between Men-Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies

Emma Donoghue

256 pages • paperback • 1999

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry reflective slow-paced
New and Selected Poems, Volume Two by Mary Oliver

New and Selected Poems, Volume Two

Mary Oliver

177 pages • hardcover • 2007

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective relaxing slow-paced
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

Warsan Shire

38 pages • paperback • 2011

nonfiction feminism poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced