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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 Queer History of the United States for Young People by Michael Bronski

A Queer History of the United States for Young People

Revisioning History for Young People

Michael Bronski

336 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story by Angela Saini

Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story

Angela Saini

7 hours, 31 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction feminism history science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman by Alan Rickman

Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman

19 hours, 22 minutes • audio • 2022

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Rich AF by Vivian Tu

Rich AF

Vivian Tu

320 pages • 2023

nonfiction economics self help informative medium-paced
Human Journey by Alice Roberts

Human Journey

Alice Roberts

48 pages • paperback • 2009

nonfiction history science informative reflective slow-paced
The Survivor: How I Survived Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter by Josef Lewkowicz, Josef Lewkowicz, Michael Calvin

The Survivor: How I Survived Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter

Josef Lewkowicz, Josef Lewkowicz, Michael Calvin

304 pages • paperback • 2023

nonfiction biography memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Jane Austen at Home: A Biography by Lucy Worsley

Jane Austen at Home: A Biography

Lucy Worsley

400 pages • digital • 2017

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
Down the Drain by Julia Fox

Down the Drain

Julia Fox

10 hours, 2 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction memoir dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price

Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

Neil Price

624 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

Girl, Interrupted

Susanna Kaysen

192 pages • paperback • 1993

nonfiction memoir psychology dark emotional reflective fast-paced