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Read 5 non-fiction books in 2025

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29 participants (72 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
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
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts

Joshua Hammer

280 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions by Jim McCloskey, John Grisham

Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions

Jim McCloskey, John Grisham

13 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction true crime informative sad medium-paced
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

Brad Ricca

432 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime challenging informative mysterious slow-paced
Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45,000-Mile Adventure by Monisha Rajesh

Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45,000-Mile Adventure

Monisha Rajesh

318 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction travel adventurous informative medium-paced