Read 5 non-fiction books in 2024

Hosted by rena_rena

22 participants, 110 books added

Starts: Monday, 01 January 2024

Ends: Tuesday, 31 December 2024

The goal is to read 5 non-fiction books in 2024. A lot of the non-fiction challenges seem to intimidating to me, I wanted something achievable. Feel free to add books any non-fiction books.

All books added
The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell

The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

Amanda Montell

257 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology funny informative reflective medium-paced
The Wreckage of My Presence: Essays by Casey Wilson

The Wreckage of My Presence: Essays

Casey Wilson

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays funny informative reflective medium-paced
T-Shirt Swim Club: Stories from Being Fat in a World of Thin People by Ian Karmel, Alisa Karmel

T-Shirt Swim Club: Stories from Being Fat in a World of Thin People

Ian Karmel, Alisa Karmel

304 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir short stories funny reflective medium-paced
White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy by Paul Waldman, Tom Schaller

White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy

Paul Waldman, Tom Schaller

320 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race sociology informative reflective medium-paced
My Side of the River by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez

My Side of the River

Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez

272 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Raffles and the British Invasion of Java by Tim Hannigan

Raffles and the British Invasion of Java

Tim Hannigan

368 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history reference informative slow-paced
In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife by Sebastian Junger

In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

Sebastian Junger

176 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization by Ed Conway

Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

Ed Conway

512 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction business history science technology informative medium-paced
Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong by Katie Gee Salisbury

Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong

Katie Gee Salisbury

480 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction biography informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin

Erebus: The Story of a Ship

Michael Palin

334 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history travel dark informative slow-paced