Read more non-fiction! (Let's start with one each season)

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10 participants (36 books)

Overview

As a fiction girly I realise that I don't read nonfic nearly as much as I did when I was studying. Let's change that. Let's read some interesting nonfic! Stretch that brain muscle and do some critical thinking or relax and learn about something you've always wondered about. Goodluck! I feel like one nonfic a season is totally doable. You've got this!

Challenge Books

All books added
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

283 pages • paperback • 1947

nonfiction classics history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

Sapiens

A Brief History Series #1

Yuval Noah Harari

510 pages • paperback • 2011

nonfiction history science informative reflective medium-paced
On Book Banning : Or, How the New Censorship Consensus Trivializes Art and Undermines Democracy by Ira Wells

On Book Banning : Or, How the New Censorship Consensus Trivializes Art and Undermines Democracy

Ira Wells

184 pages • paperback • 2025

nonfiction lgbtqia+ politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Ghosts of Panama by Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll Jr.

Ghosts of Panama

Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll Jr.

272 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction history politics medium-paced
Befriending Your Inner Child: A Catholic Approach to Healing and Wholeness by Brya Hanan

Befriending Your Inner Child: A Catholic Approach to Healing and Wholeness

Brya Hanan

192 pages • paperback • 2024

nonfiction psychology religion self help medium-paced
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

Nikole Hannah-Jones

624 pages • paperback • 2021

nonfiction essays history poetry politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Civilization to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Civilization to Independence

Zeinab Badawi

541 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes by Sunita Sah

Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes

Sunita Sah

280 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction health self help hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

ReVisioning American History

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

296 pages • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary: Unveiling the Mother of the Messiah by Brant James Pitre

Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary: Unveiling the Mother of the Messiah

Brant James Pitre

240 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction religion informative slow-paced