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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Mad, Bad and Sad: A History of Women and the Mind Doctors from 1800 to the Present by Lisa Appignanesi

Mad, Bad and Sad: A History of Women and the Mind Doctors from 1800 to the Present

Lisa Appignanesi

592 pages • 2007 • 10 editions

nonfiction feminism history psychology informative inspiring slow-paced
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

The Art Thief

Michael Finkel

5h 39m • 2023 • 30 editions

nonfiction art biography true crime adventurous informative fast-paced
A Queer History of the United States for Young People by Michael Bronski

Revisioning History for Young People

A Queer History of the United States for Young People

Michael Bronski

336 pages • 2019 • 5 editions

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story by Angela Saini

Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story

Angela Saini

7h 31m • 2017 • 31 editions

nonfiction feminism history science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman by Alan Rickman

Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman

19h 22m • 2022 • 27 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Rich AF by Vivian Tu

Rich AF

Vivian Tu

320 pages • 2023 • 8 editions

nonfiction economics self help informative medium-paced
Human Journey by Alice Roberts

Human Journey

Alice Roberts

48 pages • 2009 • 4 editions

nonfiction history science informative reflective slow-paced
The Survivor: How I Survived Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter by Josef Lewkowicz, Josef Lewkowicz, Michael Calvin

The Survivor: How I Survived Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter

Josef Lewkowicz, Josef Lewkowicz, Michael Calvin

304 pages • 2023 • 13 editions

nonfiction biography memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Jane Austen at Home: A Biography by Lucy Worsley

Jane Austen at Home: A Biography

Lucy Worsley

400 pages • 2017 • 29 editions

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
Down the Drain by Julia Fox

Down the Drain

Julia Fox

10h 2m • 2023 • 18 editions

nonfiction memoir dark emotional reflective fast-paced