Nonfiction Exploration

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19 participants (113 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

As someone that struggles to read nonfiction, I try to read at last 12 nonfiction books a year. 

So I created this challenge to do just that! 

Challenge Books

All books added
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

Kate Beaton

430 pages • 2022 • 23 editions

nonfiction graphic novel memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Cannibal by Safiya Sinclair

Cannibal

Safiya Sinclair

126 pages • 2016 • 6 editions

nonfiction poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Techno-Orientalism: Imagining Asia in Speculative Fiction, History, and Media by David S. Roh, Kathryn Allan, Kenneth Hough, Warren Liu, Catherine Fung, Aimee Bahng, Betsy Huang, Steve Choe, Charles Park, Victor Bascara, Tzarina T. Prater, Greta A. Niu, Julie Ha Tran, Douglas S. Ishii, Se Young Kim, Abigail De Kosnik, Dylan Yeats, Jinny Huh, Jason Crum, Seo-Young Chu

Asian American Studies Today

Techno-Orientalism: Imagining Asia in Speculative Fiction, History, and Media

David S. Roh, Kathryn Allan, Kenneth Hough, Warren Liu, Catherine Fung, Aimee Bahng, Betsy Huang, Steve Choe, Charles Park, Victor Bascara, Tzarina T. Prater, Greta A. Niu, Julie Ha Tran, Douglas S. Ishii, Se Young Kim, Abigail De Kosnik, Dylan Yeats, Jinny Huh, Jason Crum, Seo-Young Chu

272 pages • 2015 • 4 editions

nonfiction art history literary race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Spare by Prince Harry

Spare

Prince Harry

410 pages • 2023 • 62 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Incidental Steward: Reflections on Citizen Science by Akiko Busch

The Incidental Steward: Reflections on Citizen Science

Akiko Busch

238 pages • 2013 • 3 editions

nonfiction nature science informative slow-paced
Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire by Jehad Abusalim, Jennifer Bing, Mike Merryman-Lotze

Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire

Jehad Abusalim, Jennifer Bing, Mike Merryman-Lotze

8h 45m • 2022 • 5 editions

nonfiction essays history politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Imaginary Borders by Xiuhtezcatl Martinez

Pocket Change Collective

Imaginary Borders

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez

49m • 2020 • 5 editions

nonfiction essays politics young adult hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced
Ocean Anatomy: The Curious Parts & Pieces of the World Under the Sea by John Niekrasz, Julia Rothman

Anatomy

Ocean Anatomy: The Curious Parts & Pieces of the World Under the Sea

John Niekrasz, Julia Rothman

208 pages • 2020 • 4 editions

nonfiction childrens nature science informative fast-paced
Walking Disaster: My Life Through Heaven and Hell by Deryck Whibley

Walking Disaster: My Life Through Heaven and Hell

Deryck Whibley

8h 20m • 2024 • 9 editions

nonfiction memoir music informative medium-paced
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir

Akwaeke Emezi

8h 43m • 2021 • 17 editions

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced