Read 12 Nonfiction Books

annamol Host

59 participants (459 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I’m terrible about reading nonfiction and would like to improve that by reading one a month. 

Challenge Books

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Ballerina: Sex, Scandal, and Suffering Behind the Symbol of Perfection by Deirdre Kelly

Ballerina: Sex, Scandal, and Suffering Behind the Symbol of Perfection

Deirdre Kelly

272 pages • digital • 2012

nonfiction biography history sports informative reflective slow-paced
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

Stephanie Foo

10 hours, 3 minutes • audio • 2022

nonfiction memoir psychology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It) by Jessica McCabe

How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)

Jessica McCabe

414 pages • hardcover • 2024 user-added

nonfiction memoir self help informative medium-paced
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel

232 pages • paperback • 2006

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess by Becca Rothfeld

All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess

Becca Rothfeld

10 hours, 29 minutes • audio • 2024 user-added

nonfiction essays challenging lighthearted reflective medium-paced
You're Cute When You're Mad: Simple Steps for Confronting Sexism by Celeste Headlee

You're Cute When You're Mad: Simple Steps for Confronting Sexism

Celeste Headlee

1 hour, 35 minutes • audio • 2022

nonfiction feminism informative fast-paced
Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger by Soraya Chemaly

Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger

Soraya Chemaly

11 hours, 3 minutes • audio • 2018

nonfiction essays feminism politics challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
Translating Myself and Others by Jhumpa Lahiri

Translating Myself and Others

Jhumpa Lahiri

184 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction essays memoir informative reflective medium-paced
Red: A History of the Redhead by Jacky Colliss Harvey

Red: A History of the Redhead

Jacky Colliss Harvey

240 pages • hardcover • 2015

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? by Zach Weinersmith, Kelly Weinersmith

A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

Zach Weinersmith, Kelly Weinersmith

436 pages • digital • 2023

nonfiction politics science funny informative medium-paced