Read 12 nonfiction books in 2024

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13 participants (143 books)

01 Jan 2024—31 Dec 2024

Overview

What is says on the tin. Just read 12 nonfiction works in a  year, it can be pop science, memoirs, whatever your heart desires.

Challenge Books

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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear

5 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction psychology self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

J.D. Vance

272 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction memoir sociology informative reflective medium-paced
Kapitalismin suuri illuusio by Riina Tanskanen, Samu Kuoppa

Kapitalismin suuri illuusio

Riina Tanskanen, Samu Kuoppa

261 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction economics feminism politics informative medium-paced
Boy Bands and the Performance of Pop Masculinity by Georgina Gregory

Boy Bands and the Performance of Pop Masculinity

Georgina Gregory

179 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction gender music informative reflective medium-paced
Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir by Dolly Alderton

Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir

Dolly Alderton

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II by Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, Svetlana Alexiévich

Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II

Voices of Utopia #2

Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, Svetlana Alexiévich

320 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities, and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church by John Thavis

The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities, and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church

John Thavis

320 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history religion informative slow-paced
After the Rain: Gentle Reminders for Healing, Courage, and Self-Love by Alexandra Elle

After the Rain: Gentle Reminders for Healing, Courage, and Self-Love

Alexandra Elle

208 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism self help emotional reflective slow-paced
Eine Bonnie kommt niemals allein: Meine Leben mit dissoziativer Identitätsstörung by Bonnie Leben

Eine Bonnie kommt niemals allein: Meine Leben mit dissoziativer Identitätsstörung

Bonnie Leben

254 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology emotional hopeful informative medium-paced
Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes by Chantha Nguon

Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

Chantha Nguon

304 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction autobiography food and drink memoir emotional inspiring sad medium-paced