12 Non-Fiction Books a Year

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38 participants (301 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 12 books that are non-fiction. 

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DNA Is Not Destiny: The Remarkable, Completely Misunderstood Relationship Between You and Your Genes by Steven J. Heine

DNA Is Not Destiny: The Remarkable, Completely Misunderstood Relationship Between You and Your Genes

Steven J. Heine

352 pages • paperback • 2017

nonfiction science challenging informative reflective fast-paced
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

Oliver Sacks

243 pages • paperback • 1985

nonfiction psychology science reflective slow-paced
Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist's Journey into Seeing in Three Dimensions by Susan R. Barry, Oliver Sacks

Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist's Journey into Seeing in Three Dimensions

Susan R. Barry, Oliver Sacks

249 pages • 2009

nonfiction memoir psychology science informative reflective slow-paced
Memory Rescue: Supercharge Your Brain, Reverse Memory Loss, and Remember What Matters Most by Daniel Amen

Memory Rescue: Supercharge Your Brain, Reverse Memory Loss, and Remember What Matters Most

Daniel Amen

448 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction health self help informative slow-paced
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh

Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery

Henry Marsh

278 pages • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction health memoir science informative reflective medium-paced
On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines by Sandra Blakeslee, Jeff Hawkins

On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines

Sandra Blakeslee, Jeff Hawkins

262 pages • paperback • 2004

nonfiction psychology science informative reflective slow-paced
A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins

A Thousand Brains

Jeff Hawkins

288 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction psychology science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Adult Survivors of Emotionally Abusive Parents: How to Heal, Cultivate Emotional Resilience, and Build the Life and Love You Deserve by Sherrie Campbell

Adult Survivors of Emotionally Abusive Parents: How to Heal, Cultivate Emotional Resilience, and Build the Life and Love You Deserve

Sherrie Campbell

192 pages • paperback

nonfiction self help medium-paced
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Robert M. Sapolsky

790 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Megan Twohey, Jodi Kantor

She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement

Megan Twohey, Jodi Kantor

320 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction feminism politics challenging emotional informative medium-paced