12 non fiction books in 12 months

tamtam3 Host

32 participants (220 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

The goal is to read twelve non fiction books by the end of the year, preferably one a month.

Challenge Books

All books added
Kant's Foundations of Ethics by Leo Rauch

Kant's Foundations of Ethics

Leo Rauch

missing page info • 1995

challenging medium-paced
The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control by Steven Hassan

The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control

Steven Hassan

315 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction politics psychology religion reflective medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

16 hours, 44 minutes • audio • 2013

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

352 pages • hardcover • 2010

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

368 pages • digital • 2019

nonfiction feminism memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The House of My Mother by Shari Franke

The House of My Mother

Shari Franke

7 hours, 9 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder

Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life

Anna Funder

464 pages • digital • 2023

nonfiction biography feminism emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them by Dan Saladino

Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them

Dan Saladino

464 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction food and drink history science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The How: Notes on the Great Work of Meeting Yourself by Yrsa Daley-Ward

The How: Notes on the Great Work of Meeting Yourself

Yrsa Daley-Ward

155 pages • paperback • 2021

nonfiction poetry psychology self help challenging reflective medium-paced
At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

Bill Bryson

497 pages • hardcover • 2010

nonfiction history challenging funny informative slow-paced