12 non fiction books in 12 months

tamtam3 Host

33 participants (265 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
Space Crone by Ursula K. Le Guin

Space Crone

Ursula K. Le Guin

230 pages • paperback • 2023

nonfiction essays feminism informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Hidden Stories of The American Revolution: Contributions of women, enslaved people, immigrants, and Indigenous People by Annette Phillips
Hidden Stories of The American Revolution: Contributions of women, enslaved people, immigrants, and Indigenous People
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Annette Phillips

Hidden Stories of The American Revolution: Contributions of women, enslaved people, immigrants, and Indigenous People

Annette Phillips

144 pages • digital

Eartha & Kitt: A Daughter's Love Story in Black and White by Kitt Shapiro

Eartha & Kitt: A Daughter's Love Story in Black and White

Kitt Shapiro

8 hours, 9 minutes • audio • 2021 user-added

nonfiction art autobiography biography emotional medium-paced
Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World by Edward Dolnick

Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World

Edward Dolnick

8 hours, 50 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction history nature science informative reflective medium-paced
The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Untold Stories of the Women Who Changed the Course of World War II by Mari Eder

The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Untold Stories of the Women Who Changed the Course of World War II

Mari Eder

10 hours, 2 minutes • audio • 2021 user-added

nonfiction biography feminism history informative inspiring medium-paced
Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner by Natalie Dykstra

Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner

Natalie Dykstra

16 hours • audio • 2024 user-added

nonfiction art biography history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

Ed Yong

9 hours, 52 minutes • audio • 2016

nonfiction health science informative medium-paced
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

Kate Moore

15 hours, 53 minutes • audio • 2016

nonfiction biography history science emotional informative sad medium-paced
Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea & of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists & Fools Including the Author Who Went in Search of Them by Donovan Hohn

Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea & of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists & Fools Including the Author Who Went in Search of Them

Donovan Hohn

15 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2011

nonfiction science travel adventurous reflective slow-paced
Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

Cleopatra: A Life

Stacy Schiff

14 hours, 17 minutes • audio • 2010

nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced