Read 12 Nonfiction Books

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42 participants (267 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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Modern Upcycling: A User-Friendly Guide to Inspiring and Repurposed Handicrafts for a Trendy Home by Susanna Zacke, Sania Hedengren

Modern Upcycling: A User-Friendly Guide to Inspiring and Repurposed Handicrafts for a Trendy Home

Susanna Zacke, Sania Hedengren

128 pages • digital

nonfiction informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
Otherlands: Journeys in Earth's Extinct Ecosystems by Thomas Halliday

Otherlands: Journeys in Earth's Extinct Ecosystems

Thomas Halliday

11 hours, 6 minutes • audio • 2022

nonfiction history nature science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard

A Stolen Life

Jaycee Dugard

7 hours, 28 minutes • audio • 2011

nonfiction autobiography memoir true crime challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Deep Water: The World in the Ocean by James Bradley

Deep Water: The World in the Ocean

James Bradley

464 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction history nature medium-paced
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? by Mark Fisher

Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

Mark Fisher

81 pages • paperback • 2009

nonfiction economics philosophy politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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 • hardcover • 2018

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 • audio • 2013

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 • audio • 2024

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 • paperback • 1951

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

The Witches Are Coming

Lindy West

272 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction essays feminism politics funny informative reflective medium-paced