Read 12 Nonfiction Books

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42 participants (266 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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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

George Saunders

432 pages • digital • 2021

nonfiction classics literary short stories challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Let's talk about Sex, Habibi by Mohamed Amjahid

Let's talk about Sex, Habibi

Mohamed Amjahid

224 pages • paperback • 2022

nonfiction health funny informative reflective medium-paced
Alles nur Einzelfälle? Das System hinter der Polizeigewalt by Mohamed Amjahid

Alles nur Einzelfälle? Das System hinter der Polizeigewalt

Mohamed Amjahid

320 pages • paperback • 2024

nonfiction politics informative reflective fast-paced
How to Ru(i)n a Record Label: The Story of Lookout Records by Larry Livermore

How to Ru(i)n a Record Label: The Story of Lookout Records

Larry Livermore

291 pages • 2015

nonfiction history music informative slow-paced
Gender Queer: A Memoir Deluxe Edition by Maia Kobabe

Gender Queer: A Memoir Deluxe Edition

Maia Kobabe

256 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction gender graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced
The Library Book by Susan Orlean

The Library Book

Susan Orlean

319 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction history true crime informative medium-paced
I Hope You Remember: Poems on Loving, Longing, and Living by Josie Balka

I Hope You Remember: Poems on Loving, Longing, and Living

Josie Balka

176 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction poetry emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
Breaking Free: How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and my Father, Warren Jeffs by Rachel Jeffs

Breaking Free: How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and my Father, Warren Jeffs

Rachel Jeffs

8 hours, 3 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction memoir religion true crime dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Hope That Remains: Canadian Survivors of the Rwandan Genocide by Christine Magill

The Hope That Remains: Canadian Survivors of the Rwandan Genocide

Christine Magill

212 pages • paperback • 2019

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

Walter Rodney

394 pages • paperback • 1972 user-added

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced