Read 12 Nonfiction Books

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37 participants (93 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Trying to read more nonfiction this year! Any subject, any author, as long as it is nonfiction it counts! Have some true crime, memoirs, and professional development books in mind for myself! 

Challenge Books

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The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris

The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity

Nadine Burke Harris

267 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction health psychology sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

Malcolm Gladwell

7 hours, 1 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction business psychology informative reflective medium-paced
The Greatest Nobodies of History: Minor Characters from Major Moments by Adrian Bliss

The Greatest Nobodies of History: Minor Characters from Major Moments

Adrian Bliss

7 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

Eric Hoffer

192 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy politics psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West

The Witches Are Coming

Lindy West

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism politics funny informative reflective medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Fifty Plants That Changed the Course of History by Bill Laws

Fifty Plants That Changed the Course of History

Bill Laws

223 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history nature science informative slow-paced
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder

128 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective fast-paced
The Improv Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Improvising in Comedy, Theatre, and Beyond by Tom Salinsky, Deborah Frances-White

The Improv Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Improvising in Comedy, Theatre, and Beyond

Tom Salinsky, Deborah Frances-White

425 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction funny slow-paced
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire by William Dalrymple

The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire

William Dalrymple

544 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced