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 Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 by Rashid Khalidi

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017

Rashid Khalidi

338 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

The Complete Maus

Maus #1-2

Art Spiegelman

296 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel history dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews by Peter Duffy

The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews

Peter Duffy

302 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering by Malcolm Gladwell

Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

Malcolm Gladwell

352 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction psychology informative medium-paced
Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception by Robert J. Shiller, George A. Akerlof

Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception

Robert J. Shiller, George A. Akerlof

288 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction business economics psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Ten Birds That Changed the World by Stephen Moss

Ten Birds That Changed the World

Stephen Moss

9 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction nature informative reflective medium-paced
Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (in That Order) by Bridget Quinn, Lisa Congdon

Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (in That Order)

Bridget Quinn, Lisa Congdon

5 hours, 29 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction art feminism history informative inspiring medium-paced
Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia by Natasha Lance Rogoff

Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia

Natasha Lance Rogoff

10 hours, 59 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history memoir adventurous funny informative medium-paced
The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Anne-Marie O'Connor

The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer

Anne-Marie O'Connor

11 hours • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative slow-paced
Mad Madame LaLaurie: New Orleans' Most Famous Murderess Revealed by Victoria Cosner Love, Lorelei Shannon

Mad Madame LaLaurie: New Orleans' Most Famous Murderess Revealed

Victoria Cosner Love, Lorelei Shannon

4 hours, 9 minutes • first pub 2011 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography history true crime challenging informative mysterious slow-paced