Read 12 Nonfiction Books

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42 participants (266 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! 

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A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre

A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal

Ben Macintyre

11 hours, 1 minutes • audio • 2014

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor, the Truth and the Turmoil by Tina Brown

The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor, the Truth and the Turmoil

Tina Brown

12 hours • audio • 2022

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar

Counting the Cost

Jill Duggar

271 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction memoir religion emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful by David Enrich

Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful

David Enrich

10 hours, 43 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction politics informative tense medium-paced
Character Limit by Kate Conger, Ryan Mac

Character Limit

Kate Conger, Ryan Mac

15 hours, 19 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction business technology informative medium-paced
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

Sarah Wynn-Williams

13 hours, 16 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction business memoir politics technology dark informative medium-paced
DIY: The Wonderfully Weird History and Science of Masturbation by Dr. Eric Sprankle

DIY: The Wonderfully Weird History and Science of Masturbation

Dr. Eric Sprankle

5 hours, 15 minutes • audio • 2024 user-added

nonfiction education health history science sociology
Buried: An Alternative History of the First Millennium in Britain by Alice Roberts

Buried: An Alternative History of the First Millennium in Britain

Alice Roberts

352 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction history science sociology informative reflective medium-paced
Mad, Bad and Sad: A History of Women and the Mind Doctors from 1800 to the Present by Lisa Appignanesi

Mad, Bad and Sad: A History of Women and the Mind Doctors from 1800 to the Present

Lisa Appignanesi

592 pages • paperback • 2007

nonfiction feminism history psychology informative inspiring slow-paced
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

The Art Thief

Michael Finkel

5 hours, 39 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction art biography true crime adventurous informative fast-paced