Read 5 non-fiction books in 2025

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29 participants (67 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

If you're like me and read mostly fiction but want to get more into non-fiction, this challenge is for you.

Challenge Books

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Slow Seasons: A Creative Guide to Reconnecting with Nature the Celtic Way by Rosie Steer

Slow Seasons: A Creative Guide to Reconnecting with Nature the Celtic Way

Rosie Steer

192 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction nature informative relaxing fast-paced
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

Mikki Kendall

6 hours, 58 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Land Will Hold You: Poems from nature for reconnection and belonging by Mary Walker

The Land Will Hold You: Poems from nature for reconnection and belonging

Mary Walker

81 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction nature poetry
The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President's Black Family by Bettye Kearse

The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President's Black Family

Bettye Kearse

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair by Sarah Schulman

Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair

Sarah Schulman

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade

Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)

Dean Spade

152 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy politics reference informative fast-paced
Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin

Black Like Me

John Howard Griffin

208 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

nonfiction classics history memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

Sonya Renee Taylor

160 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction feminism health self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Philosophy of Coffee by Brian Williams

The Philosophy of Coffee

Brian Williams

80 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history informative lighthearted slow-paced
My Journey to the World Cup by Sam Kerr

My Journey to the World Cup

Sam Kerr

224 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir sports informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced