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! 

Challenge Books

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

Dee Brown

14h 20m • 1970 • 78 editions

nonfiction classics history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

The Wretched of the Earth

Frantz Fanon

349 pages • 1961 • 78 editions

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Message

Ta-Nehisi Coates

5h 21m • 2024 • 12 editions

nonfiction essays politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex, Second Edition by Nat Smith, Eric A. Stanley

Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex, Second Edition

Nat Smith, Eric A. Stanley

425 pages • 2011 • 6 editions

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

Mikki Kendall

6h 58m • 2020 • 21 editions

nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

Hanif Abdurraqib

312 pages • 2021 • 14 editions

nonfiction history music race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change by Camille Fournier

The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change

Camille Fournier

244 pages • 2017 • 8 editions

nonfiction business informative inspiring fast-paced
The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians by Matt Eversmann, James Patterson

The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians

Matt Eversmann, James Patterson

7h 55m • 2024 • 15 editions

nonfiction biography lighthearted fast-paced
Sociopath by Patric Gagne

Sociopath

Patric Gagne

11h 6m • 2024 • 33 editions

nonfiction memoir dark informative reflective medium-paced
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

Brad Ricca

432 pages • 2017 • 10 editions

nonfiction biography history true crime challenging informative mysterious slow-paced