Read 5 Non-Fiction Books

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39 participants (163 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Setting an achievable goal of reading 5 non-fiction books this year to expand my knowledge!

Challenge Books

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The Bone Chests by Cat Jarman

The Bone Chests

Cat Jarman

272 pages • paperback

nonfiction historical history informative medium-paced
Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy by Daniel T. Willingham

Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy

Daniel T. Willingham

336 pages • paperback • 2022

nonfiction education self help informative medium-paced
Deep Deception: The story of the spycop network, by the women who uncovered the shocking truth by Rosa, Helen Steel, Alison, Lisa, Belinda Harvey, Naomi

Deep Deception: The story of the spycop network, by the women who uncovered the shocking truth

Rosa, Helen Steel, Alison, Lisa, Belinda Harvey, Naomi

320 pages • hardcover

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag by Pierre Rigoulot, Chol-Hwan Kang

The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag

Pierre Rigoulot, Chol-Hwan Kang

238 pages • paperback • 2001

nonfiction autobiography history memoir dark informative sad medium-paced
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

Kirk Wallace Johnson

336 pages • paperback • 2018

nonfiction history true crime informative mysterious medium-paced
Thou Savage Woman: A History of Female Killers in Early Modern Britain by Blessin Adams

Thou Savage Woman: A History of Female Killers in Early Modern Britain

Blessin Adams

304 pages • digital • 2025

nonfiction history dark informative medium-paced
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters by Henry Gee, Henry Gee

A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters

Henry Gee, Henry Gee

288 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction history science adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
The Periodic Table by Primo Levi

The Periodic Table

Primo Levi

240 pages • paperback • 1975

nonfiction history memoir science challenging reflective slow-paced
Primo Levi's Resistance: Rebels and Collaborators in Occupied Italy by Frederika Randall, Sergio Luzzatto

Primo Levi's Resistance: Rebels and Collaborators in Occupied Italy

Frederika Randall, Sergio Luzzatto

304 pages • 2015

nonfiction history emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

Hans Rosling

342 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction economics psychology science hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced