Summer of Nonfiction

madampince85 Host

20 participants (61 books)

27 May 2025—19 Jul 2025

Overview

Spend time learning new things by reading any nonfiction book!

Challenge Books

All books added
Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms by Timothy D. Walker

Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms

Timothy D. Walker

240 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction education informative medium-paced
The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat by Matt Siegel

The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat

Matt Siegel

288 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction essays food and drink history funny informative fast-paced
Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television by Todd Purdum

Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television

Todd Purdum

9 hours • audio • 2025

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

Walter Benjamin

111 pages • paperback • 1936

nonfiction art essays philosophy reflective slow-paced
The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science by Dava Sobel

The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

Dava Sobel

337 pages • digital • 2024

nonfiction biography science informative inspiring medium-paced
The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman by Niko Stratis

The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman

Niko Stratis

240 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction essays gender lgbtqia+ memoir music emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation by Jim O'Heir

Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation

Jim O'Heir

6 hours, 24 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction memoir adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure by Lewis Hancox

Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure

Lewis Hancox

304 pages • digital • 2022

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day by Alex L. Combs, Andrew Eakett

Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day

Alex L. Combs, Andrew Eakett

384 pages • digital • 2025 user-added

nonfiction gender graphic novel lgbtqia+ hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced
It Rhymes With Takei by George Takei

It Rhymes With Takei

George Takei

328 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced