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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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

16 hours, 44 minutes • audio • 2013

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan

The Demon-Haunted World

Carl Sagan

480 pages • paperback • 1996

nonfiction philosophy religion science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life by Nir Eyal, Julie Li

Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

Nir Eyal, Julie Li

274 pages • digital • 2019

nonfiction psychology self help reflective fast-paced
Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher

320 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction business memoir technology funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet; Library Edition by John G. Turner
Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet; Library Edition
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John G. Turner

Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet; Library Edition

John G. Turner

19 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2012

nonfiction autobiography biography informative reflective slow-paced
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre

A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal

Ben Macintyre

11 hours, 1 minutes • audio • 2014

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor, the Truth and the Turmoil by Tina Brown

The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor, the Truth and the Turmoil

Tina Brown

12 hours • audio • 2022

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar

Counting the Cost

Jill Duggar

271 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction memoir religion emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful by David Enrich

Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful

David Enrich

10 hours, 43 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction politics informative tense medium-paced
Character Limit by Kate Conger, Ryan Mac

Character Limit

Kate Conger, Ryan Mac

15 hours, 19 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction business technology informative medium-paced