Read 12 Nonfiction Books

bookishbillijean Host

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!

Read 12 Nonfiction Books

bookishbillijean Host

42 participants (213 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 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

All books added

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
Sarah Wynn-Williams with Sarah Wynn-Williams (Narrator)

13 hours, 16 minutes • audio • 2025 (editions)

nonfiction business memoir politics technology dark informative medium-paced

nonfiction business memoir politics technology dark informative medium-paced

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

Sarah Wynn-Williams with Sarah Wynn-Williams (Narrator)

13 hours, 16 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction business memoir politics technology dark informative medium-paced

nonfiction business memoir politics technology dark informative medium-paced

DIY: The Wonderfully Weird History and Science of Masturbation by Dr. Eric Sprankle

DIY: The Wonderfully Weird History and Science of Masturbation
Dr. Eric Sprankle

5 hours, 15 minutes • audio • 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction education health history science sociology

nonfiction education health history science sociology

DIY: The Wonderfully Weird History and Science of Masturbation by Dr. Eric Sprankle

DIY: The Wonderfully Weird History and Science of Masturbation

Dr. Eric Sprankle

5 hours, 15 minutes • audio • 2024 user-added

nonfiction education health history science sociology

nonfiction education health history science sociology

Buried: An Alternative History of the First Millennium in Britain by Alice Roberts

Buried: An Alternative History of the First Millennium in Britain
Alice Roberts

352 pages • hardcover • 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history science sociology informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction history science sociology informative reflective medium-paced

Buried: An Alternative History of the First Millennium in Britain by Alice Roberts

Buried: An Alternative History of the First Millennium in Britain

352 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction history science sociology informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction history science sociology informative reflective medium-paced

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 • paperback • 2007 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history psychology informative inspiring slow-paced

nonfiction feminism history psychology informative inspiring slow-paced

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 • paperback • 2007

nonfiction feminism history psychology informative inspiring slow-paced

nonfiction feminism history psychology informative inspiring slow-paced

The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

The Art Thief
Michael Finkel with Michael Finkel (Narrator), Edoardo Ballerini (Narrator)

5 hours, 39 minutes • audio • 2023 (editions)

nonfiction art biography true crime adventurous informative fast-paced

nonfiction art biography true crime adventurous informative fast-paced

The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

The Art Thief

Michael Finkel with Michael Finkel (Narrator), Edoardo Ballerini (Narrator)

5 hours, 39 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction art biography true crime adventurous informative fast-paced

nonfiction art biography true crime adventurous informative fast-paced

A Queer History of the United States for Young People by Michael Bronski

A Queer History of the United States for Young People
Revisioning History for Young People

Michael Bronski with Richie Chevat (Contributor)

336 pages • paperback • 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective fast-paced

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective fast-paced

A Queer History of the United States for Young People by Michael Bronski

A Queer History of the United States for Young People

Revisioning History for Young People

Michael Bronski with Richie Chevat (Contributor)

336 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective fast-paced

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 with Hannah Melbourn (Narrator)

7 hours, 31 minutes • audio • 2017 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history science challenging informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction feminism history science challenging informative reflective medium-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 with Hannah Melbourn (Narrator)

7 hours, 31 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction feminism history science challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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 with Alfred Enoch (Narrator), Bonnie Wright (Narrator), Rima Horton (Narrator), Steven Crossley (Narrator)

19 hours, 22 minutes • audio • 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman by Alan Rickman

Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman with Alfred Enoch (Narrator), Bonnie Wright (Narrator), Rima Horton (Narrator), Steven Crossley (Narrator)

19 hours, 22 minutes • audio • 2022

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Rich AF by Vivian Tu

Rich AF
Vivian Tu

320 pages • 2023 (editions)

nonfiction economics self help informative medium-paced

nonfiction economics self help informative medium-paced

Rich AF by Vivian Tu

Rich AF

320 pages • 2023

nonfiction economics self help informative medium-paced

nonfiction economics self help informative medium-paced

Human Journey by Alice Roberts

Human Journey
Alice Roberts with James Weston Lewis (Illustrator)

48 pages • paperback • 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative reflective slow-paced

nonfiction history science informative reflective slow-paced

Human Journey by Alice Roberts

Human Journey

Alice Roberts with James Weston Lewis (Illustrator)

48 pages • paperback • 2009

nonfiction history science informative reflective slow-paced

nonfiction history science informative reflective slow-paced

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