Read 12 Nonfiction Books

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42 participants (258 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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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

Michelle McNamara

10 hours, 11 minutes • audio • 2018

nonfiction memoir true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
The Dawn of Everything by David Wengrow, David Graeber

The Dawn of Everything

David Wengrow, David Graeber

704 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction history politics science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America by Talia Lavin

Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America

Talia Lavin

9 hours, 46 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction history politics religion challenging informative medium-paced
Der große Entwurf: Eine neue Erklärung des Universums by Stephen Hawking, Hainer Kober, Leonard Mlodinow

Der große Entwurf: Eine neue Erklärung des Universums

Stephen Hawking, Hainer Kober, Leonard Mlodinow

192 pages • 2010

nonfiction science informative medium-paced
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

12 hours, 30 minutes • audio • 2010

nonfiction biography history science emotional informative medium-paced
A Well Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy by Tia Levings

A Well Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

Tia Levings

10 hours, 53 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction memoir religion challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Writing Life by Annie Dillard

The Writing Life

Annie Dillard

128 pages • digital • 1989

nonfiction essays memoir inspiring reflective medium-paced
Strong Female Character by Fern Brady

Strong Female Character

Fern Brady

288 pages • digital • 2023

nonfiction memoir psychology emotional funny informative medium-paced
How to Talk to Kids about Anything: Tips, Scripts, Stories, and Steps to Make Even the Toughest Conversations Easier by Robyn Silverman

How to Talk to Kids about Anything: Tips, Scripts, Stories, and Steps to Make Even the Toughest Conversations Easier

Robyn Silverman

432 pages • paperback • 2023

nonfiction self help
Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People by Nadia Bolz-Weber

Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People

Nadia Bolz-Weber

6 hours, 1 minutes • audio • 2015

nonfiction memoir religion hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced