Read 12 Nonfiction Books

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42 participants (213 books)

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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Clay and Bones: My Life As an FBI Forensic Artist by Lisa Bailey

Clay and Bones: My Life As an FBI Forensic Artist

Lisa Bailey

248 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction memoir true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
The Yin and Yang of Self-Compassion: Cultivating Kindness and Strength in the Face of Difficulty by Kristin Neff

The Yin and Yang of Self-Compassion: Cultivating Kindness and Strength in the Face of Difficulty

Kristin Neff

3 hours, 18 minutes • audio • 2019

nonfiction self help informative inspiring fast-paced
The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us and What We Can Do about Them by Lucy Jones

The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us and What We Can Do about Them

Lucy Jones

256 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction history nature science challenging informative medium-paced
Travels with Charley in Search of America by John Steinbeck

Travels with Charley in Search of America

John Steinbeck

214 pages • paperback • 1962

nonfiction classics memoir travel reflective slow-paced
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

Zora Neale Hurston

193 pages • paperback • 2018

nonfiction biography history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World by Virginia Postrel

The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World

Virginia Postrel

320 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction history technology challenging informative slow-paced
My mom's murder by Lauren Malloy

My mom's murder

Lauren Malloy

6 hours, 35 minutes • audio • 2024 user-added

nonfiction
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

David W. Blight

908 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Jim Bridger: Trailblazer of the American West by Jerry Enzler

Jim Bridger: Trailblazer of the American West

Jerry Enzler

13 hours, 41 minutes • audio • 2021

nonfiction biography history
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Updated Edition) by Anthony Bourdain

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Updated Edition)

Anthony Bourdain

312 pages • paperback • 2000

nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective fast-paced