Read 12 Non-Fiction Books

sadjackie Host

34 participants (422 books)

01 Jan 2024—31 Dec 2024

Overview

The goal is to read 12 Non-Fiction books in 2024.  These can be any type of Non-Fiction.

Challenge Books

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What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins by Jonathan Balcombe

What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins

Jonathan Balcombe

304 pages • 2016 • 15 editions

nonfiction nature science informative reflective slow-paced
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

Mary Roach

308 pages • 2021 • 17 editions

nonfiction history nature science funny informative medium-paced
The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks: Tales of Important Geological Puzzles and the People Who Solved Them by Donald R. Prothero

The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks: Tales of Important Geological Puzzles and the People Who Solved Them

Donald R. Prothero

368 pages • 2018 • 4 editions

nonfiction history science challenging informative medium-paced
A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Mark Dawidziak

A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe

Mark Dawidziak

274 pages • 2023 • 9 editions

nonfiction biography history dark informative mysterious slow-paced
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Neil deGrasse Tyson

222 pages • 2017 • 58 editions

nonfiction science informative fast-paced
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking

224 pages • 1988 • 238 editions

nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters by Andrew H. Knoll

A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

Andrew H. Knoll

260 pages • 2021 • 14 editions

nonfiction history nature science informative medium-paced
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Steve Brusatte

The Rise and Fall

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

Steve Brusatte

404 pages • 2018 • 63 editions

nonfiction history nature science adventurous informative medium-paced
Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon by Robert Kurson

Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon

Robert Kurson

384 pages • 2018 • 10 editions

nonfiction history science adventurous emotional fast-paced
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan

The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II

Denise Kiernan

373 pages • 2013 • 15 editions

nonfiction biography history science informative inspiring slow-paced