11 Best Non-fiction Books for Beginners (Worth Reading)

Non-fiction books can solve your problems, change your perspective, help you think differently, and make better decisions in life.

If you are new to the world of nonfiction books and looking for the best non-fiction books to read, here’s my list of 11 best non fiction books for beginners.

These books are easy to read and understand and perfect for a beginner.

I’ve compiled this list after reading 80+ Non-fiction books and 100+ non-fiction book summaries, so I can assure you that you will never regret reading these books. You will learn valuable lessons that can change your life. So let’s start.

Quick List- Best Non-fiction Books for Beginners

Top 11 Non-fiction Books for Beginners

1. Atomic Habits by James Clear

Atomic Habits by James Clear is a worth reading non-fiction book for beginners. You will be thanking me for recommending this book as it will help you change your habits and so is your life!

This book consists of four steps to build better habits and leave the bad ones. It’s easy to read and understand. Even if you implement a few techniques from this book, you can make many changes in your life.

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2. The Unposted Letter by Mahatria Ra

The Unposted Letter by Mahatria Ra is a worldwide read spiritual self-help book. Every page of this book is filled with words of valuable advice and wisdom. Whenever I feel sad, I grab this book.

This book is divided into one to two page small chapters, it’s easy to read and understand. I think this book should be there with you always.

It can help you in every situation of your life. While reading, you will easily connect with the words of the author. Here’s the buy link.

3. The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel

The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel is a must-read personal finance book for beginners. According to the author, doing well with money has little to do with how smart you are and a lot to do with how you behave with it.

Through 18 small and easy-to-read chapters, Morgan Housel teaches the importance of saving, managing your emotions, and behaving well with your money.

Here are a few quotes I liked from the book-

Spending money to show people how much money you have is the fastest way to have less money.

Good investing is not necessarily about making good decisions. It’s about consistently not screwing up.

your savings is the gap between your ego & your income. Beyond your basic & comfort needs, the money you spent is your ego approaching money. You just spent to show the people that you have money.

People tend to want wealth to signal to others that they should be liked and admired. But in reality, those other people often bypass admiring you, not because they don’t think wealth is admirable, but because they use your wealth as a benchmark for their desire to be liked and admired.

If you want to build better financial habits, The Psychology of Money is a must-read book for you. To get overview of this book, I would recommend reading The Psychology of Money Summary.

4. Booklet Guy’s Reading Habits: The 7 Secrets of Effective Readers by Amrut Deshmukh

Booklet Guy’s Reading Habits by Amrut Deshmukh will help you build a reading habit by solving the seven obstacles such as not getting time to read, slow reading, falling asleep, and not being able to remember what you read, etc.

It’s very small (only 44 pages), easy to read and it will help you become an effective reader.

I’ve created a detailed summary of Booklet Guy’s Reading Habits. I will recommend you to buy it as it’s a very good non-fiction book for beginners.

5. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson is a self-help book. I call it “negative” self-help because it has the different advice than many traditional self-help books.

Many books advise you to run behind happiness while this book advises you to not look for happiness, instead create it by facing challenges and solving problems in your life.

Through this book, you will get a new perspective about not caring about people, happiness, motivation, facing adversity in life, etc. You will enjoy reading this book.

6. Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson

Who Moved My Cheese is one of the easy to read nonfiction books for beginners.

It’s a story of 4 imaginary characters, out of them, two are mice and the other two are little people who are used as a metaphor for today’s human beings.

Through the story of these four characters, the author teaches us to adapt and respond to a change at the right time. I’ve created a detailed book summary of it, here’s the link to book summary of Who Moved My Cheese.

7. Indistractable by Nir Eyal

Indistractable by Nir Eyal is one of the best non-fiction books for beginners. Distractions are the things that pull you away from doing the things that you promise yourself to do. You will learn about internal and external distractions and techniques to manage them.

I will highly recommend you read Indistractable by Nir Eyal as it will help you become more productive and achieve what you decide to achieve in your life.

8. Chop Wood Carry Water by Joshua Medcalf

Chop Wood Carry Water is a story of a boy who wants to become a samurai archer and throughout his journey, he faces many struggles and challenges. His sensei (teacher) helped him with the words of wisdom.

Each chapter in this book carries a story and a lesson. I’ve created a summary of this book. To get an overview of the book, read Chop Wood Carry Water Summary.

9. The Art of Taking Action by Gregg Krech

If you procrastinate on things that matter, struggle to take action, or implement what you read in a book, then you will love the book The Art of Taking Action by Gregg Krech.

This book was eye-opening for me. It helped me to become an action taker. And I believe it will do the same for you.

After reading this book you will learn to manage the emotions that come your way while taking action. Here are the best quotes from the art of taking action.

10. Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki teaches important financial lessons that every young person should know.

In the book Rich Dad Poor Dad, you will learn concepts like Active Income vs Passive Income, Assets vs Liabilities, and how rich people think differently than poor people.

It’s been a bestseller book for many years and I would recommend you give it a try. I’ve compiled a list of best books like rich dad and poor dad. I recommend you read it after you read rich dad poor dad.

11. Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles

The Ikigai was written in the quest to understand why people in Villages of Japan like Okinawa live longer than most parts of the world.

The author has interviewed hundreds of people and concluded that having an Ikigai- a strong sense of purpose for living life was the reason for living a happy, longer and healthier life.

This book will help you find your Ikigai and live a better, happy life. So it’s one of the best and easiest non-fiction books to read for beginners.

These are my recommendations for the best nonfiction books for beginners. Let me know which book you liked the most.