Non Fiction Reader Challenge 2024 Completed

I love participating in the Non Fiction Reader Challenge hosted by Shelleyrae at Book'd Out each year and in January I signed up for the highest level of the challenge. I needed to read and review at least one book in each of the 12 categories listed below in order to complete the Nosher level.

Here's what I read:

1. History
- The Madman's Library by Edward Brooke-Hitching
- Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close by Hannah Carlson
- Bizarre London: Discover the Capital's Secrets & Surprises by David Long
- The Book Lovers' Miscellany by Claire Cock-Starkey
- Mortal Monarchs - 1,000 Years of Royal Deaths by Suzie Edge

2. Biography / Memoir

- The Pulling by Adele Dumont
- Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris
- Bibliomaniac by Robin Ince
- Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris
- Theft by Finding by David Sedaris
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
- Fierce Appetites by Elizabeth Boyle

3. Science
- Hello Sleep: The Science and Art of Overcoming Insomnia Without Medications by Jade Wu
- Extraordinary Insects by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
- The Golden Mole by Katherine Rundell
- The Life of Birds by David Attenborough
- When Brains Dream by Antonio Zadra & Robert Stickgold

4. Food
- Butter: A Rich History by Elaine Khosrova
- The Secret History of Food by Matt Siegel

5. Health
- Vital Organs by Suzie Edge
- The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
- My Secret Garden by Nancy Friday

6. True Crime
- Joe Cinque's Consolation by Helen Garner
- Australian Ghost Stories by James Phelps

7. Culture
- Magic Words by Jonah Berger
- Butts: A Backstory by Heather Radke
- Abominations: Selected Essays from a Career of Courting Self-Destruction by Lionel Shriver
- This is My World by Lonely Planet
- Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players by Stefan Fatsis

8. Transportation

9. The Future
- 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson

10. Pets

11. Architecture
- Melbourne Ghost Signs by Sean Reynolds

12. Published in 2024
- History Stinks! Poo Through the Ages by Suzie Edge
- Sociopath by Patric Gagne

While I read 33 non fiction books for the challenge throughout the year, I didn't read any for the Transportation or Pets categories. I'm currently reading An Immense World by Ed Yong which - at a stretch - could be categorised under pets, as many animals that are kept as pets are included but I still don't have anything for Transportation so it's much of a muchness. I'm not the type of reader to suffer through a book on a topic that doesn't interest me so I don't mind missing out on achieving the Nosher level of the challenge this year.

My favourite non fiction book by far was 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson. Did you participate in the challenge? What non fiction books did you enjoy this year?

Carpe Librum!