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Nonfiction Exploration

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17 participants (71 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

As someone that struggles to read nonfiction, I try to read at last 12 nonfiction books a year. 

So I created this challenge to do just that! 

Challenge Books

All books added
Mythologies by Roland Barthes

Mythologies

Roland Barthes

187 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

nonfiction essays philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir by Raja Shehadeh

We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir

Raja Shehadeh

5 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

341 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

nonfiction classics history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? by Mark Fisher

Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

Mark Fisher

120 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction economics philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Sjahrir: Peran Besar Bung Kecil by Tim Buku TEMPO

Sjahrir: Peran Besar Bung Kecil

Seri Buku TEMPO: Bapak Bangsa

Tim Buku TEMPO

222 pages • first pub 2010 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography history challenging medium-paced
Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young

Uncultured

Daniella Mestyanek Young

13 hours, 49 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging dark emotional medium-paced
People Wasn't Made to Burn: A True Story of Housing, Race, and Murder in Chicago by Joe Allen

People Wasn't Made to Burn: A True Story of Housing, Race, and Murder in Chicago

Joe Allen

328 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime informative reflective slow-paced
The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop

The Third Gilmore Girl

Kelly Bishop

6 hours, 49 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny inspiring reflective fast-paced
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

Robin Wall Kimmerer

128 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction economics essays nature science hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced
Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure by Daniel Quinn

Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure

Daniel Quinn

208 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy sociology reflective slow-paced