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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The Hope That Remains: Canadian Survivors of the Rwandan Genocide by Christine Magill

The Hope That Remains: Canadian Survivors of the Rwandan Genocide

Christine Magill

212 pages • paperback • 2019

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

Walter Rodney

394 pages • paperback • 1972 user-added

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service by Michael Lewis

Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service

Michael Lewis

258 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction essays history politics informative inspiring medium-paced
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

Dave Grohl

10 hours, 35 minutes • audio • 2021

nonfiction memoir music funny inspiring reflective medium-paced
Sellout: The Major Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore by Dan Ozzi

Sellout: The Major Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore

Dan Ozzi

416 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction music informative reflective medium-paced
Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo by Andy Greenwald

Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo

Andy Greenwald

336 pages • 2003

nonfiction history music funny reflective medium-paced
From the Basement: A History of Emo Music and How It Changed Society by Natasha Van Duser, Taylor Markarian

From the Basement: A History of Emo Music and How It Changed Society

Natasha Van Duser, Taylor Markarian

226 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction history music emotional reflective medium-paced
The Templars: Knights of Christ by Régine Pernoud

The Templars: Knights of Christ

Régine Pernoud

157 pages • 1974

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Ben Miller, Huw Lemmey

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History

Ben Miller, Huw Lemmey

13 hours, 31 minutes • audio • 2022

nonfiction biography history lgbtqia+ informative reflective medium-paced
Unsere Welt neu denken: Eine Einladung by Maja Göpel

Unsere Welt neu denken: Eine Einladung

Maja Göpel

208 pages • paperback

nonfiction essays nature politics informative reflective medium-paced