Read 12 Nonfiction Books

annamol Host

60 participants (236 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I’m terrible about reading nonfiction and would like to improve that by reading one a month. 

Challenge Books

All books added
Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica by Zora Neale Hurston

Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica

Zora Neale Hurston

336 pages • digital • 1938 user-added

nonfiction history religion travel challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West

The Witches Are Coming

Lindy West

6 hours, 30 minutes • audio • 2019

nonfiction essays feminism politics funny informative reflective medium-paced
Our New Social Life: Science-Backed Strategies for Creating Meaningful Connection by Natalie Kerr
Our New Social Life: Science-Backed Strategies for Creating Meaningful Connection
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Natalie Kerr

Our New Social Life: Science-Backed Strategies for Creating Meaningful Connection

Natalie Kerr

184 pages • hardcover

North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail by Scott Jurek

North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

Scott Jurek

320 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction memoir sports travel adventurous fast-paced
Things That Are by Amy Leach

Things That Are

Amy Leach

192 pages • hardcover • 2012

nonfiction essays nature science challenging funny reflective medium-paced
Finding Ultra, Revised and Updated Edition: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself by Rich Roll

Finding Ultra, Revised and Updated Edition: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself

Rich Roll

400 pages • paperback • 2012

nonfiction autobiography sports reflective fast-paced
The First-Time Homesteader: A complete beginner's guide to starting and loving your new homestead by Jessica Sowards

The First-Time Homesteader: A complete beginner's guide to starting and loving your new homestead

Jessica Sowards

192 pages • paperback • 2022

nonfiction nature reference informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Christopher McDougall

311 pages • digital • 2009

nonfiction science sports adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery

The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness

Sy Montgomery

262 pages • hardcover • 2015

nonfiction nature science emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Run or Die by Kilian Jornet

Run or Die

Kilian Jornet

208 pages • 2011

nonfiction biography memoir sports informative inspiring reflective slow-paced