12 Non-Fiction Books a Year

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38 participants (317 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 12 books that are non-fiction. 

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Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Eat, Pray, Love

Eat, Pray, Love #1

Elizabeth Gilbert

12 hours, 50 minutes • audio • 2006

nonfiction food and drink memoir travel adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced
Blood in the Water: The Untold Story of a Family Tragedy by Casey Sherman, Casey Sherman

Blood in the Water: The Untold Story of a Family Tragedy

Casey Sherman, Casey Sherman

8 hours, 32 minutes • audio • 2025 user-added

nonfiction true crime dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Hometown Betrayal: A Tragic Story of Secrecy and Sexual Abuse in Mormon Country by Emily Benedek

Hometown Betrayal: A Tragic Story of Secrecy and Sexual Abuse in Mormon Country

Emily Benedek

11 hours, 44 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century by Maureen Callahan

American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

Maureen Callahan

285 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction biography true crime dark informative tense medium-paced
The Killer Across the Table by John E. Douglas

The Killer Across the Table

John E. Douglas

340 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction psychology true crime dark informative slow-paced
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

Brad Ricca

432 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction biography history true crime challenging informative mysterious slow-paced
Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind by Nate Bargatze

Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind

Nate Bargatze

6 hours, 56 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted fast-paced
Your Mom's Gonna Love Me by Matt Rife

Your Mom's Gonna Love Me

Matt Rife

5 hours, 46 minutes • audio

nonfiction memoir medium-paced
We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity by bell hooks

We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity

bell hooks

184 pages • paperback • 2003

nonfiction feminism gender race emotional reflective slow-paced
Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women by Susan Burton, Cari Lynn

Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women

Susan Burton, Cari Lynn

228 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction biography memoir emotional informative inspiring fast-paced