Read 12 Nonfiction Books

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01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Trying to read more nonfiction this year! Any subject, any author, as long as it is nonfiction it counts! Have some true crime, memoirs, and professional development books in mind for myself! 

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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 by Rashid Khalidi

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017

Rashid Khalidi

338 pages • 2020 • 60 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

Maus #1-2

The Complete Maus

Art Spiegelman

296 pages • 1986 • 98 editions

nonfiction graphic novel history dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews by Peter Duffy

The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews

Peter Duffy

302 pages • 2003 • 4 editions

nonfiction biography history adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering by Malcolm Gladwell

Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

Malcolm Gladwell

352 pages • 2024 • 8 editions

nonfiction psychology informative medium-paced
Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception by George A. Akerlof, Robert J. Shiller

Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception

George A. Akerlof, Robert J. Shiller

288 pages • 2015 • 10 editions

nonfiction business economics psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Ten Birds That Changed the World by Stephen Moss

Ten Birds That Changed the World

Stephen Moss

9h 56m • 2022 • 9 editions

nonfiction nature informative reflective medium-paced
Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (in That Order) by Bridget Quinn, Lisa Congdon

Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (in That Order)

Bridget Quinn, Lisa Congdon

5h 29m • 2017 • 6 editions

nonfiction art feminism history informative inspiring medium-paced
Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia by Natasha Lance Rogoff

Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia

Natasha Lance Rogoff

10h 59m • 2022 • 6 editions

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nonfiction history memoir adventurous funny informative medium-paced
The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Anne-Marie O'Connor

The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer

Anne-Marie O'Connor

11h • 2012 • 9 editions

nonfiction art history informative slow-paced
Mad Madame LaLaurie: New Orleans' Most Famous Murderess Revealed by Lorelei Shannon, Victoria Cosner Love

Mad Madame LaLaurie: New Orleans' Most Famous Murderess Revealed

Lorelei Shannon, Victoria Cosner Love

4h 9m • 2011 • 4 editions

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nonfiction biography history true crime challenging informative mysterious slow-paced