12 Non-Fiction Books a Year

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37 participants (297 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 12 books that are non-fiction. 

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Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains by Kerri Arsenault

Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains

Kerri Arsenault

12 hours, 25 minutes • audio • 2020

nonfiction history memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Kia Mau: Resisting Colonial Fictions by Tina Ngata, Valerie Morse

Kia Mau: Resisting Colonial Fictions

Tina Ngata, Valerie Morse

94 pages • 2019

nonfiction essays informative reflective medium-paced
By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land by Rebecca Nagle

By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land

Rebecca Nagle

8 hours, 15 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction history race true crime emotional informative reflective medium-paced
They Want to Kill Americans: The Militias, Terrorists, and Deranged Ideology of the Trump Insurgency by Malcolm Nance

They Want to Kill Americans: The Militias, Terrorists, and Deranged Ideology of the Trump Insurgency

Malcolm Nance

320 pages • hardcover • 2022

dark informative reflective medium-paced
Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World by Christian Cooper

Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World

Christian Cooper

304 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir nature race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Kiss of Death: True Cases of Fatal Attraction by Jean Ritchie

Kiss of Death: True Cases of Fatal Attraction

Jean Ritchie

328 pages • paperback

nonfiction biography crime true crime dark medium-paced
DNA Is Not Destiny: The Remarkable, Completely Misunderstood Relationship Between You and Your Genes by Steven J. Heine

DNA Is Not Destiny: The Remarkable, Completely Misunderstood Relationship Between You and Your Genes

Steven J. Heine

352 pages • paperback • 2017

nonfiction science challenging informative reflective fast-paced
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

Oliver Sacks

243 pages • paperback • 1985

nonfiction psychology science reflective slow-paced
Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist's Journey into Seeing in Three Dimensions by Susan R. Barry, Oliver Sacks

Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist's Journey into Seeing in Three Dimensions

Susan R. Barry, Oliver Sacks

249 pages • 2009

nonfiction memoir psychology science informative reflective slow-paced
Memory Rescue: Supercharge Your Brain, Reverse Memory Loss, and Remember What Matters Most by Daniel Amen

Memory Rescue: Supercharge Your Brain, Reverse Memory Loss, and Remember What Matters Most

Daniel Amen

448 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction health self help informative slow-paced