r/nonfictionbooks↗
Nonfiction Books
A community to discuss and bring to light the best nonfiction books redditors have read.
62k subscribers172 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~5% by known bots)131 authors / mosince 2013
r/nonfictionbooks has 62k members (+121% over the last 12 months). It gets about 172 posts a month from 131 people. Top topics: Nonfiction Books & History, Reading Challenges & Series and Reading Recommendations.
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Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Nonfiction Books & History5.0%
- Reading Challenges & Series1.8%
- Reading Recommendations1.4%
- Reading Updates1.3%
- Physics Books1.2%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Goodreads
- Substack
- iCloud
- PenguinRandomhouse
- Amazon
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