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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How I Discovered Poetry by Marilyn Nelson

How I Discovered Poetry

Marilyn Nelson

103 pages • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction biography memoir poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality by Debbie Levy, Jo Ann Allen Boyce

This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality

Debbie Levy, Jo Ann Allen Boyce

320 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction memoir middle grade poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
Becoming Billie Holiday by Carole Boston Weatherford

Becoming Billie Holiday

Carole Boston Weatherford

117 pages • hardcover • 2008

nonfiction poetry young adult emotional reflective slow-paced
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Brown Girl Dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson

352 pages • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction history memoir middle grade poetry race emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced