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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Lenin by Aimo Minkkinen

Lenin

Aimo Minkkinen

160 pages • missing pub info (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography politics
How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind by Clancy Martin

How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind

Clancy Martin

464 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir philosophy psychology challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night

Julian Sancton

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous reflective slow-paced
To the Edges of the Earth: 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration by Edward J. Larson

To the Edges of the Earth: 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration

Edward J. Larson

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous informative medium-paced
Sociopath: a Memoir by Patric Gagne

Sociopath: a Memoir

Patric Gagne

347 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir dark informative medium-paced
The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell

The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

Amanda Montell

257 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology funny informative reflective medium-paced
Zukunftsbilder 2045: Eine Reise in die Welt von morgen by Reinventing Society

Zukunftsbilder 2045: Eine Reise in die Welt von morgen

Reinventing Society

174 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction design science technology
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate by Peter Wohlleben

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate

The Mysteries of Nature Series #1

Peter Wohlleben

272 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction nature informative reflective slow-paced
Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History by Philippa Gregory

Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History

Philippa Gregory

672 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history informative medium-paced
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention by Johann Hari

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention

Johann Hari

340 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction psychology self help challenging informative reflective medium-paced