12 non fiction books in 12 months

tamtam3 Host

33 participants (266 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

The goal is to read twelve non fiction books by the end of the year, preferably one a month.

Challenge Books

All books added
Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression by Robin D.G. Kelley

Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression

Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies

Robin D.G. Kelley

392 pages • paperback • 1990

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World by Vincent Bevins

The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World

Vincent Bevins

320 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale: Women in the International Division of Labour by Maria Mies

Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale: Women in the International Division of Labour

Maria Mies

272 pages • paperback • 1986

nonfiction feminism gender politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Dawn of Everything by David Wengrow, David Graeber

The Dawn of Everything

David Wengrow, David Graeber

692 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction history politics science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Horse Boy: A Father's Quest to Heal His Son by Rupert Isaacson

The Horse Boy: A Father's Quest to Heal His Son

Rupert Isaacson

357 pages • hardcover • 2009

nonfiction memoir travel emotional reflective slow-paced
I Felt the Cheers: The Remarkable Silent Life of Curtis Pride by Doug Ward, Curtis Pride

I Felt the Cheers: The Remarkable Silent Life of Curtis Pride

Doug Ward, Curtis Pride

8 hours, 21 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction memoir sports emotional hopeful informative medium-paced
The Blind Woodsman: One Man's Journey to Find His Purpose on the Other Side of Darkness by Anni Furniss, John Furniss

The Blind Woodsman: One Man's Journey to Find His Purpose on the Other Side of Darkness

Anni Furniss, John Furniss

192 pages • paperback

nonfiction memoir
Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals by Laurie Zaleski

Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

Laurie Zaleski

256 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Cosmic Queries: Startalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going by James Trefil, Neil deGrasse Tyson

Cosmic Queries: Startalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going

James Trefil, Neil deGrasse Tyson

6 hours, 18 minutes • audio • 2021

nonfiction science informative medium-paced
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida

The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

Naoki Higashida

135 pages • hardcover • 2005

nonfiction memoir psychology informative inspiring reflective fast-paced