12 non fiction books in 12 months

tamtam3 Host

32 participants (223 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

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Ranger Confidential: Living, Working, and Dying in the National Parks by Andrea Lankford

Ranger Confidential: Living, Working, and Dying in the National Parks

Andrea Lankford

245 pages • paperback • 2010

nonfiction memoir nature adventurous informative medium-paced
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant

Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

John Vaillant

432 pages • digital • 2023

nonfiction nature science informative reflective medium-paced
The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice by Rebecca Musser

The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice

Rebecca Musser

352 pages • hardcover • 2013

nonfiction memoir religion challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
All The Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley

All The Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

Patrick Bringley

240 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction art memoir informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia by Emma Copley Eisenberg

The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia

Emma Copley Eisenberg

336 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction memoir true crime reflective slow-paced
Selling Sex in Utah: A History of Vice by Eileen Hallet Stone

Selling Sex in Utah: A History of Vice

Eileen Hallet Stone

208 pages • paperback

nonfiction history
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us by Steve Brusatte

The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us

The Rise and Fall

Steve Brusatte

500 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction history nature science adventurous informative medium-paced
Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian

Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature

Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian

259 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ nature science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age by Eleanor Barraclough

Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age

Eleanor Barraclough

373 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction history adventurous informative medium-paced
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 • digital • 2024

nonfiction memoir psychology funny informative reflective medium-paced