But Where Are the Dragons?

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20 participants (81 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

The Goal: read one non-fiction book a month, or 12 total in 2025.

Challenge Books

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Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture by Johan Huizinga

Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture

Johan Huizinga

232 pages • paperback • 1938

nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking by Christopher Hadnagy

Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking

Christopher Hadnagy

382 pages • paperback

nonfiction psychology informative slow-paced
Linguaphile: A Life of Language Love by Julie Sedivy

Linguaphile: A Life of Language Love

Julie Sedivy

336 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction memoir
We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite by Musa al-Gharbi

We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite

Musa al-Gharbi

432 pages • hardcover

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ politics race sociology
On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory by Thomas Hertog

On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory

Thomas Hertog

352 pages • hardcover

nonfiction science challenging informative medium-paced
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Martin J. Sherwin, Kai Bird

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Martin J. Sherwin, Kai Bird

729 pages • paperback • 2005

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
My Pet Virus: The True Story of a Rebel Without a Cure by Shawn Decker

My Pet Virus: The True Story of a Rebel Without a Cure

Shawn Decker

240 pages • paperback • 2006

nonfiction memoir emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier by Ian Urbina

The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier

Ian Urbina

560 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction history science true crime reflective fast-paced
The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoë Schlanger

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

Zoë Schlanger

290 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction nature science informative inspiring reflective medium-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

318 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction biography science informative inspiring medium-paced