Read 6 Non-Fiction Books

lauraschuhmann Host

32 participants (86 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Anything that’s not considered fiction is allowed. 

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Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year by Susie Dent

Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year

Susie Dent

408 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction history reference funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha Allen

Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States

Samantha Allen

7 hours, 26 minutes • audio • 2019

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

Robin Wall Kimmerer

7 hours, 47 minutes • audio • 2003

nonfiction essays nature informative reflective slow-paced
The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom by Shari Franke

The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom

Shari Franke

315 pages • digital • 2025

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language by Steven Pinker

The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language

Steven Pinker

448 pages • paperback • 1994

nonfiction psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation by Tiya Miles

Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation

Tiya Miles

4 hours, 4 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction feminism history nature adventurous informative fast-paced
Unit 731: Japan's Secret Biological Warfare In World War II by Peter Williams

Unit 731: Japan's Secret Biological Warfare In World War II

Peter Williams

366 pages • hardcover • 1989

nonfiction history mysterious tense medium-paced
Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

Everything is Tuberculosis

John Green

208 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction health science hopeful informative reflective fast-paced
The Plutonium Files: America's Secret Medical Experiments in the Cold War by Eileen Welsome

The Plutonium Files: America's Secret Medical Experiments in the Cold War

Eileen Welsome

580 pages • hardcover • 1999

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
Shoulder to Shoulder: A History of Solidarity, Coalition and Chaos by Jake Hall

Shoulder to Shoulder: A History of Solidarity, Coalition and Chaos

Jake Hall

10 hours, 40 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction history lgbtqia+