12 non fiction books in 12 months

tamtam3 Host

32 participants (216 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
The Dawn of Everything by David Wengrow, David Graeber

The Dawn of Everything

David Wengrow, David Graeber

692 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction history politics science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Horse Boy: A Father's Quest to Heal His Son by Rupert Isaacson

The Horse Boy: A Father's Quest to Heal His Son

Rupert Isaacson

357 pages • hardcover • 2009

nonfiction memoir travel emotional reflective slow-paced
Dirty Laundry: Why adults with ADHD are so ashamed and what we can do to help by Richard Pink, Roxanne Emery

Dirty Laundry: Why adults with ADHD are so ashamed and what we can do to help

Richard Pink, Roxanne Emery

140 pages • paperback • 2023

nonfiction psychology self help hopeful informative reflective fast-paced
I Felt the Cheers: The Remarkable Silent Life of Curtis Pride by Doug Ward, Curtis Pride

I Felt the Cheers: The Remarkable Silent Life of Curtis Pride

Doug Ward, Curtis Pride

8 hours, 21 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction memoir sports emotional hopeful informative medium-paced
The Blind Woodsman: One Man's Journey to Find His Purpose on the Other Side of Darkness by Anni Furniss, John Furniss

The Blind Woodsman: One Man's Journey to Find His Purpose on the Other Side of Darkness

Anni Furniss, John Furniss

192 pages • paperback

nonfiction memoir
Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals by Laurie Zaleski

Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

Laurie Zaleski

256 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Cosmic Queries: Startalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going by James Trefil, Neil deGrasse Tyson

Cosmic Queries: Startalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going

James Trefil, Neil deGrasse Tyson

6 hours, 18 minutes • audio • 2021

nonfiction science informative medium-paced
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida

The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

Naoki Higashida

135 pages • hardcover • 2005

nonfiction memoir psychology informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
Love Letters of Great Men by Ursula Doyle

Love Letters of Great Men

Ursula Doyle

3 hours, 20 minutes • audio • 2008 user-added

nonfiction poetry romance lighthearted slow-paced
Algospeak by Adam Aleksic

Algospeak

Adam Aleksic

5 hours, 47 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction reference sociology technology funny informative reflective medium-paced