Read 7 Nonfiction Books

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25 participants (36 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

For those looking for a small reading goal to foray into the world of nonfiction reading! The goal for me is to read at least one more nonfiction book in 2025 than I did in 2024—feel free to join and let’s get to nonfiction reading together! 

Challenge Books

All books added
Clean Mama's Guide to a Peaceful Home: Effortless Systems and Joyful Rituals for a Calm, Cozy Home by Becky Rapinchuk

Clean Mama's Guide to a Peaceful Home: Effortless Systems and Joyful Rituals for a Calm, Cozy Home

Becky Rapinchuk

4 hours, 36 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

nonfiction informative lighthearted fast-paced
Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur

Assata: An Autobiography

Assata Shakur

390 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

Rashid Khalidi

10 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder

1 hour, 45 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective fast-paced
Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing by Po Bronson

Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing

Po Bronson

352 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction business psychology science informative reflective fast-paced
Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard

Women & Power: A Manifesto

Mary Beard

1 hour, 35 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

nonfiction feminism history informative reflective fast-paced
One Zentangle a Day: A 6-Week Course in Creative Drawing for Relaxation, Inspiration, and Fun by Beckah Krahula

One Zentangle a Day: A 6-Week Course in Creative Drawing for Relaxation, Inspiration, and Fun

Beckah Krahula

128 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction art informative slow-paced
The Art Detective: Fakes, Frauds and Finds and the Search for Lost Treasures by Philip Mould

The Art Detective: Fakes, Frauds and Finds and the Search for Lost Treasures

Philip Mould

261 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative mysterious slow-paced
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson

The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt

Toby Wilkinson

18 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
Decoding Madness: A Forensic Psychologist Explores the Criminal Mind by Richard Lettieri

Decoding Madness: A Forensic Psychologist Explores the Criminal Mind

Richard Lettieri

242 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction psychology true crime dark informative medium-paced