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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The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World by Virginia Postrel

The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World

Virginia Postrel

320 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction history technology challenging informative slow-paced
My Mom's Murder by Lauren Malloy

My Mom's Murder

Lauren Malloy

6 hours, 35 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction dark emotional informative fast-paced
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

David W. Blight

908 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Jim Bridger: Trailblazer of the American West by Jerry Enzler

Jim Bridger: Trailblazer of the American West

Jerry Enzler

13 hours, 41 minutes • audio • 2021

nonfiction biography history
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Updated Edition) by Anthony Bourdain

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Updated Edition)

Anthony Bourdain

312 pages • paperback • 2000

nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective fast-paced
Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King by Dan Jones

Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King

Dan Jones

14 hours, 41 minutes • audio user-added

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

Amanda Montell

309 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction psychology sociology informative reflective medium-paced
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

17 hours, 17 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction history politics informative tense medium-paced
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Caroline Criado Pérez

438 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction feminism gender science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir

The Life of Elizabeth I

Alison Weir

560 pages • paperback • 1998

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced