Nonfiction Exploration

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20 participants (137 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

As someone that struggles to read nonfiction, I try to read at last 12 nonfiction books a year. 

So I created this challenge to do just that! 

Challenge Books

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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Ibram X. Kendi

592 pages • digital • 2016

nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo

Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America

Ijeoma Oluo

325 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul

The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain

Annie Murphy Paul

352 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction psychology science self help informative medium-paced
A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski

A Queer History of the United States

ReVisioning American History

Michael Bronski

312 pages • hardcover • 2011

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative medium-paced
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

How to Say Babylon

Safiya Sinclair

16 hours, 47 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Inside Out by Demi Moore

Inside Out

Demi Moore

272 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo

272 pages • digital • 2018

nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Little Book of Lykke: Secrets of the World’s Happiest People by Meik Wiking

The Little Book of Lykke: Secrets of the World’s Happiest People

Meik Wiking

288 pages • digital • 2017

nonfiction health psychology self help reflective medium-paced
“You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon

“You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People

Myths Made in America

Aubrey Gordon

205 pages • paperback • 2023

nonfiction essays health challenging informative medium-paced
Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy by Cait West

Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy

Cait West

264 pages • digital • 2024 user-added

nonfiction memoir