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

All books added
Loot by Sharon Waxman

Loot

Sharon Waxman

414 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative slow-paced
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

David W. Blight

908 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Just Kids by Patti Smith

Just Kids

Patti Smith

279 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction art memoir music emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

Chris Voss, Tahl Raz

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction business psychology challenging informative medium-paced
His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life by Jonathan Alter

His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life

Jonathan Alter

797 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Wildlife Year by Sally Coulthard

The Wildlife Year

Sally Coulthard

143 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction nature
The Philosophy of Cheese by Patrick McGuigan

The Philosophy of Cheese

British Library Philosophy of

Patrick McGuigan

112 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction food and drink informative medium-paced
The Women of NOW: How Feminists Built an Organization That Transformed America by Katherine Turk

The Women of NOW: How Feminists Built an Organization That Transformed America

Katherine Turk

448 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history informative medium-paced
Cher: The Memoir, Part One by Cher

Cher: The Memoir, Part One

Cher

432 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir music emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Sonny Boy by Al Pacino

Sonny Boy

Al Pacino

369 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography emotional funny informative medium-paced