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! 

Challenge Books

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What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service by Mary McCormack, Melissa Fitzgerald

What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service

Mary McCormack, Melissa Fitzgerald

576 pages • digital • 2024

nonfiction art politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

Everything is Tuberculosis

John Green

5 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction health history science hopeful informative reflective fast-paced
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel

The Psychology of Money

Morgan Housel

5 hours, 48 minutes • audio • 2020

nonfiction business economics psychology informative medium-paced
Be a Birder: The Joy of Birdwatching and How to Get Started by Hamza Yassin

Be a Birder: The Joy of Birdwatching and How to Get Started

Hamza Yassin

304 pages • digital

nonfiction nature
The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom

The Hiding Place

Corrie ten Boom

271 pages • paperback • 1971

nonfiction autobiography history emotional inspiring sad slow-paced
What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry, Oprah Winfrey

What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

Bruce D. Perry, Oprah Winfrey

301 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction health psychology self help emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

Mark Manson

212 pages • hardcover • 2016

nonfiction psychology self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear

306 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction psychology self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall by Helena Merriman

Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall

Helena Merriman

352 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction history emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

Malcolm Gladwell

400 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction psychology informative reflective medium-paced