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! 

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Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton

Raising Hare

Chloe Dalton

6 hours, 28 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction memoir nature informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Phosphorescence: On awe, wonder and things that sustain you when the world goes dark Bolinda by Julia Baird

Phosphorescence: On awe, wonder and things that sustain you when the world goes dark Bolinda

Julia Baird

7 hours, 28 minutes • audio • 2020 user-added

nonfiction health memoir hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

David Grann

10 hours, 5 minutes • audio • 2009

nonfiction history travel adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World by Anthony M. Amore

The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World

Anthony M. Amore

8 hours, 7 minutes • audio • 2015

nonfiction art history true crime informative medium-paced
Tyranny of the Minority by Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt

Tyranny of the Minority

Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt

384 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction politics informative medium-paced
Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again by Rachel Held Evans

Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again

Rachel Held Evans

6 hours, 45 minutes • audio • 2018

nonfiction religion informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
O rosário meditado by Padre José Baldelli

O rosário meditado

Padre José Baldelli

392 pages • hardcover • 2022 user-added

nonfiction religion
Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H.

Hijab Butch Blues

Lamya H.

284 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir religion emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
A Naturalist at Large: The Best Essays of Bernd Heinrich by Bernd Heinrich

A Naturalist at Large: The Best Essays of Bernd Heinrich

Bernd Heinrich

304 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction essays nature science informative fast-paced
Goblin Mode: How to Get Cozy, Embrace Imperfection, and Thrive in the Muck by McKayla Coyle

Goblin Mode: How to Get Cozy, Embrace Imperfection, and Thrive in the Muck

McKayla Coyle

207 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction nature self help informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced