Read 20 Nonfiction Books!

mackmays Host

23 participants (127 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Can be anything nonfiction. The goal is to read 20 nonfiction books in 2025.

Challenge Books

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Autism: A Very Short Introduction by Uta Frith

Autism: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Uta Frith

129 pages • 2003

nonfiction psychology science challenging informative slow-paced
Never Mind the B#ll*cks, Here's the Science: A scientist's guide to the biggest challenges facing our species today by Luke O'Neill
Never Mind the B#ll*cks, Here's the Science: A scientist's guide to the biggest challenges facing our species today
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Luke O'Neill

Never Mind the B#ll*cks, Here's the Science: A scientist's guide to the biggest challenges facing our species today

Luke O'Neill

454 pages • digital

nonfiction science funny informative medium-paced
Totem and Taboo by Sigmund Freud

Totem and Taboo

Sigmund Freud

224 pages • paperback • 1913

nonfiction philosophy psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Cal Newport

7 hours, 44 minutes • audio • 2016

nonfiction business psychology self help informative medium-paced
Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions by Jim McCloskey, John Grisham

Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions

Jim McCloskey, John Grisham

13 hours, 55 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction true crime informative sad medium-paced
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

390 pages • digital • 2013

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Madam Secretary: A Memoir by Madeleine K. Albright

Madam Secretary: A Memoir

Madeleine K. Albright

736 pages • paperback • 2001

nonfiction memoir politics informative inspiring slow-paced
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci

Taste: My Life Through Food

Stanley Tucci

304 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction food and drink memoir funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio

Principles: Life and Work

Ray Dalio

592 pages • hardcover • 2011

nonfiction business self help informative inspiring medium-paced
Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman

Humankind: A Hopeful History

Rutger Bregman

461 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction history philosophy psychology hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced