12 non fiction books in 12 months

tamtam3 Host

32 participants (214 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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From the Rez to the Runway: Forging My Path in Fashion by Christian Allaire

From the Rez to the Runway: Forging My Path in Fashion

Christian Allaire

272 pages • paperback • 2025

nonfiction autobiography hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Dreaming of Home: How We Turn Fear into Pride, Power, and Real Change by Cristina Jiménez

Dreaming of Home: How We Turn Fear into Pride, Power, and Real Change

Cristina Jiménez

13 hours, 38 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction autobiography politics race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Acid Queen: The Psychedelic Life and Counterculture Rebellion of Rosemary Woodruff Leary by Susannah Cahalan

The Acid Queen: The Psychedelic Life and Counterculture Rebellion of Rosemary Woodruff Leary

Susannah Cahalan

352 pages • hardcover • 2025

medium-paced
How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A Decolonial Memoir by Shayla Lawson

How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A Decolonial Memoir

Shayla Lawson

320 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir travel emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer by Rick Steves

On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer

Rick Steves

4 hours, 16 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous informative inspiring fast-paced
The Conjuring of America: Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women's Magic by Lindsey Stewart

The Conjuring of America: Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women's Magic

Lindsey Stewart

352 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir by Edmund White

The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir

Edmund White

256 pages • 2025

nonfiction lgbtqia+ medium-paced
Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape by Barry Lopez

Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape

Barry Lopez

496 pages • paperback • 1986

nonfiction nature science travel adventurous informative slow-paced
You Lied to Me About God: A Memoir by Jamie Marich

You Lied to Me About God: A Memoir

Jamie Marich

296 pages • paperback • 2024

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir religion challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Code Name: Pale Horse by Scott Payne

Code Name: Pale Horse

Scott Payne

288 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction memoir politics dark informative reflective slow-paced