12 Non Fiction

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8 participants (15 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I don't read a lot of non-fiction but I would like to read more- setting a target of 1 per month feels manageable 

Challenge Books

All books added
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

Robin Wall Kimmerer

168 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature informative reflective slow-paced
Aristotle for Novelists by Douglas Vigliotti

Aristotle for Novelists

Douglas Vigliotti

132 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction literary
Origin Story: The Trials of Charles Darwin by Howard Markel

Origin Story: The Trials of Charles Darwin

Howard Markel

368 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

Robin Wall Kimmerer

112 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

Gender Queer: A Memoir

Maia Kobabe

240 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction gender graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced
The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction by Gísli Pálsson

The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction

Gísli Pálsson

328 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history nature informative reflective sad slow-paced
A History of Britain, Volume 1 by Simon Schama, History Channel

A History of Britain, Volume 1

A History of Britain #1

Simon Schama, History Channel

416 pages • first pub 2000 (editions) user-added

fiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Beyond the Dark Journey: Short Stories and Poems by Young Refugees in New Zealand by Wellington Refugees as Survivors
Beyond the Dark Journey: Short Stories and Poems by Young Refugees in New Zealand
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Wellington Refugees as Survivors

Beyond the Dark Journey: Short Stories and Poems by Young Refugees in New Zealand

Wellington Refugees as Survivors

129 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Persepolis #1-2

Marjane Satrapi

153 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel historical memoir emotional informative sad fast-paced
Kinky History by Esmé Louise James

Kinky History

Esmé Louise James

337 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative reflective medium-paced