Read 12 Non Fiction Books in 2025

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28 participants (100 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Any and all non fiction! Just 12 of them over the course of the year. 

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Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World by Matt Parker

Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World

Matt Parker

9 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics science funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder

Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life

Anna Funder

12 hours, 40 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction biography feminism emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

17 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative tense medium-paced
The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction by Gísli Pálsson

The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction

Gísli Pálsson

8 hours, 38 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history nature informative reflective sad slow-paced
The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland Allen

The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper

Roland Allen

10 hours, 45 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

Dashka Slater

5 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ true crime young adult challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
Incidental Inventions by Elena Ferrante

Incidental Inventions

Elena Ferrante

112 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays reflective medium-paced
Die Mythologie der Griechen by Karl Kerényi

Die Mythologie der Griechen

Karl Kerényi

451 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

nonfiction essays history medium-paced
Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking by D. Q. McInerny

Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking

D. Q. McInerny

160 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction reference informative slow-paced
Das Zettelkasten-Prinzip. Erfolgreich wissenschaftlich Schreiben und Studieren mit effektiven Notizen by Sönke Ahrens

Das Zettelkasten-Prinzip. Erfolgreich wissenschaftlich Schreiben und Studieren mit effektiven Notizen

Sönke Ahrens

162 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction education reference self help informative medium-paced