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Read 12 Nonfiction Books

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42 participants (304 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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Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

Angela Chen

7 hours, 43 minutes • audio • 2020

nonfiction lgbtqia+ sociology informative reflective medium-paced
81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness by Toula Vlahou, Brian Murphy

81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness

Toula Vlahou, Brian Murphy

238 pages • digital • 2015

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced
The Man No One Believed: The Untold Story of the Georgia Church Murders by Joshua Sharpe

The Man No One Believed: The Untold Story of the Georgia Church Murders

Joshua Sharpe

256 pages • digital • 2025

nonfiction true crime dark emotional sad medium-paced
Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond by Robin George Andrews

Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond

Robin George Andrews

10 hours, 13 minutes • audio • 2021 user-added

nonfiction science adventurous challenging informative medium-paced
The Life of Birds by David Attenborough

The Life of Birds

David Attenborough

9 hours, 59 minutes • audio • 1998 user-added

nonfiction nature science informative slow-paced
Endemic: Exploring the Wildlife Unique to Britain by James Harding-Morris

Endemic: Exploring the Wildlife Unique to Britain

James Harding-Morris

336 pages • hardcover

nonfiction nature
Bookish Words and Their Surprising Stories by David Crystal

Bookish Words and Their Surprising Stories

David Crystal

152 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction essays
When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance by Riley Black

When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance

Riley Black

304 pages • digital • 2025

nonfiction science informative reflective medium-paced
Desire by Lauren Fogel Mersy, Jennifer A. Vencill

Desire

Lauren Fogel Mersy, Jennifer A. Vencill

8 hours, 37 minutes • audio • 2023 user-added

nonfiction self help informative reflective medium-paced
When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s by John Ganz

When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

John Ganz

15 hours, 18 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced