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Summer of Nonfiction

madampince85 Host

19 participants (57 books)

27 May 2025—19 Jul 2025

Overview

Spend time learning new things by reading any nonfiction book!

Challenge Books

All books added
Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Recreating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations by Sam Kean

Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Recreating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations

Sam Kean

464 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction history adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
The White Album by Joan Didion

The White Album

Joan Didion

223 pages • paperback • 1979

nonfiction essays history informative reflective medium-paced
Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television by Todd S. Purdum

Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television

Todd S. Purdum

368 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction art biography medium-paced
Hopeless Aromantic: An Affirmative Guide to Aromanticism by Samantha Rendle

Hopeless Aromantic: An Affirmative Guide to Aromanticism

Samantha Rendle

176 pages • paperback • 2023

nonfiction lgbtqia+ informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming

Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown

Candace Fleming

8 hours, 47 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction biography history young adult dark informative sad medium-paced
The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way by Amanda Ripley

The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way

Amanda Ripley

306 pages • paperback • 2013

nonfiction education informative reflective medium-paced
Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms by Timothy D. Walker

Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms

Timothy D. Walker

240 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction education informative medium-paced
The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat by Matt Siegel

The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat

Matt Siegel

288 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction essays food and drink history funny informative fast-paced
Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television by Todd Purdum

Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television

Todd Purdum

9 hours • audio • 2025

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

Walter Benjamin

111 pages • paperback • 1936

nonfiction art essays philosophy reflective slow-paced