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My apologies. I thought I'd set up this thread before end year. But I guess I didn't.

The aim of the Nonfiction Reader Challenge is to encourage you to make nonfiction part of your reading experience during the year. Feel free to post your own 2025 NF Reading Challenge thread in this folder.


The challenge will run from January 1st to December 31st 2025.
Participants may join at any time up until December 1st 2025

Bill's 2026 Non-Fiction Reader Challenge

I plan to try and read at least 15 non-fiction books in 2026.

1. It Rhymes With Takei by George Takei (4.0 stars)
2. Suez: Britain's End of Empire in the Middle East by Keith Kyle DNF NR
3. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century - Graphic Edition by Timothy Snyder (4.5 stars)
4. Where I Was From by Joan Didion (3.5 stars)
5. Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing by Ursula K. Le Guin (4.0 stars)
6. The Wild Girls by Ursula K. Le Guin (mix of fiction / NF) 4.0 stars
7. The Antifa Comic Book: Revised and Expanded by Gord Hill (graphic novel / non fiction) 4.0 stars

Completed: 6

Pam’s 2026 Non-Fiction Reader Challenge

My goal is 10.

Currently reading:
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright

Completed:
1. The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan Jan 10 (5 stars!)
2. Elbows Up!: Canadian Voices of Resilience and Resistance edited by Elamin Abdelmahmoud Jan 15 (4 stars)
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Amanda's Non-Fiction Reader ChallengeChidera Eggerue

I will try to read 20.

1. Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story by Debbie Tung 4 stars
2. Everything Is OK by Debbie Tung 4 stars
3. It Rhymes With Takei by George Takei 4 stars
4. What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough by Chidera Eggerue 4 stars
5. How to Have a Thought: A Walk with Charles Darwin by Nicholas Day 4 stars
6. Do One Thing Every Day That Centers You: A Mindfulness Journal by Robie Rogge 4 stars
7. They Called Us Enemy by George Takei 5 stars
8. Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books by Hwang Bo-Reum 4 stars
9. My Perfectly Imperfect Body by Debbie Tung 4 stars

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2026 Nonfiction Challenges > 2026 Non-Fiction Reader Challenge
January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026
Completed 2/6

1) Enough: Your Health, Your Weight, and What It's Like To Be Free
2) The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

My goal is to read 8 nonfiction books in 2026.

I've also challenged myself to read one book about each president of the United States, but I'm not finding a great place in this group to track that, as it's a longer-range goal.

1. Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age, by Sanjay Gupta

2. Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s, by B. Dylan Hollis

3. They Called Us Enemy, by George Takei

4. Great Ships on the Great Lakes: A Maritime , by [author:Catherine GreenHistory|17918291]

5. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President, by Candice Millard

6. Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State, by Willis Frederick Dunbar

2026 Non-fiction Reading Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026

My goal is to read 10 Non-fiction books

CURRENTLY READING: by Kat Lee

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Pat's Nonfiction Challenge.
I want to read at least 15 non-fiction titles this year.

1) Hidden Christmas: The Surprising Truth Behind the Birth of Christ 1/4; 4 stars

2) I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death essays; 1/6; 5 stars

3) Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia 1/15; 3 stars

4) Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection 1/29; 4 stars

5) Family of Spies 2/17; 4 stars

6) Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King 2/21; 4 stars

7) Birds, Beasts and Relatives 3/22; 4 stars

8) Awake 3/27; 3 stars

9) The Armchair Birder: Discovering the Secret Lives of Familiar Birds 4/6; 4 stars

10) Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God 4/19; 4 stars

11) The Garden of the Gods 4/29; 4 stars

2026 Non-fiction Reading Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026
I'll try for 12-15 Non-fiction books this year!
8/15

1. Banned Book Club - 1/11/26 √
2. Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood- 2/5/26√
3. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World - 1/22/26√
4. Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon—The Untold Story - 4/1/26√
5. Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol -- 4/12/26 √
6. How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay: Tips and Tricks That Kept Me Alive, Happy, and Creative in Spite of Myself -- 4/4/26 √
7. Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions -
8. Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary -
9. On Freedom- 2/14/26√
10. What Kinda Cactus Izzat?: A "who's who" of strange plants in the southwestern American desert-3/9/26 √
11. Books: A Memoir
12. The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence―Before It's Too Late -
13. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
14. The Red Baron of Arizona: The Amazing True Story of James Reavis, Who Perpetrated One of the Greatest Swindles in History - and Almost Stole the State of Arizona from the U.S.
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Last year I read 10 non fiction books. I'd like to at least equal that this year.

Vikki's 2026 Non Fiction Challenge
1: All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America
2: 107 Days
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I will try for 20 nonfiction books in 2026.

7/20

1. Notes from a Public Typewriter by Michael Gustofson, finished 1/23/26, 5 stars
2. Bread of Angels: A Memoir by Patti Smith, finished 1/31/26, 5 stars
3. Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats by Courtney Gustafson, finished 3/15/26, 4 stars
4. She Read to Us in the Late Afternoons: A Life in Novels by Kathleen Hill, finished 4/7/26, 3 stars
5. Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey, finished 4/8/26, 5 stars
6. The Irish Goodbye: Micro-Memoirs by Beth Ann Fennelly, finished 4/21/26, 4 stars
7. The 10: A Memoir of Family and the Open Road by E.A. Hanks, finished 4/26/26, 5 stars

I’d like to read at least 10 nonfiction books this year.

1. Ms. Adventure: My Wild Explorations in Science, Lava, and Life 3.75* 2/6
2. Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange 5* 2/13
3. Matisse 4* 4/1
4. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World 4.25* 4/30>/b>
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Currently reading:
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

Alissa's 2026 Non-Fiction Reader Challenge

I plan to try and read at least 20 non-fiction books in 2026!

1) That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You by Elyse Myers, completed 1/16- 3 Stars
2) The House from Hell: The True Story of Gertrude Baniszewski One of America’s Most Notorious Torture Mom by Genoveva Ortiz, completed 2/27, 3 stars
3) Your Favorite Scary Movie: How the Scream Films Rewrote the Rules of Horror by Ashley Cullins, completed 3/23, 3.5 stars
4.) Are You Mad at Me? by Meg Josephson, completed 3/28, 3 Stars
5.) Clay and Bones: My Life as an FBI Forensic Artist by Lisa G. Bailey, completed 4/21, 3.5 Stars
6.) Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, completed 4/24- 4 stars

A little late to this, but I'd like to read 5 nonfiction titles this year. It is probably my least read genres (besides fantasy/sci-fi).

Starting off with:
1. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice

My Non Fiction Reads for 2026:

1. Women Living Deliciously /anglais *READ* 06.03.2026 ✔️✅️
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I'll be attempting to read 6 nonfiction books this year.
1. Two in the Far North by Margaret E. Murie
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On the Same Page 2026 Nonfiction Reader Challenge
Goal: 6 books

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