Read 12 Nonfiction Books

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42 participants (268 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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Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception by George A. Akerlof, Robert J. Shiller

Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception

George A. Akerlof, Robert J. Shiller

288 pages • hardcover • 2015

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 • audio • 2022

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 • audio • 2017

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 • audio • 2022 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 • audio • 2012

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

Mad Madame LaLaurie: New Orleans' Most Famous Murderess Revealed

Lorelei Shannon, Victoria Cosner Love

4 hours, 9 minutes • audio • 2011 user-added

nonfiction biography history true crime challenging informative mysterious slow-paced
Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon by Bronwen Dickey

Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon

Bronwen Dickey

352 pages • hardcover • 2016

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American by Susan Jacoby, Andrew L. Seidel, Dan Barker

The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American

Susan Jacoby, Andrew L. Seidel, Dan Barker

352 pages • digital • 2019

nonfiction history politics religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Big History of Civilizations by Craig G. Benjamin

The Big History of Civilizations

The Great Courses

Craig G. Benjamin

18 pages • 2016

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

Robin DiAngelo

154 pages • paperback • 2018

nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced