Read 5 non-fiction books

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8 participants (21 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

In the interest of diversifying my reading, I want to try reading at least 4 non-fiction books for 2025.  

Challenge Books

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Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape by Emma Gingerich

Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape

Emma Gingerich

174 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom by Derecka Purnell

Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom

Derecka Purnell

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
How to Fall in Love with Anyone: A Memoir in Essays by Mandy Len Catron

How to Fall in Love with Anyone: A Memoir in Essays

Mandy Len Catron

256 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir reflective slow-paced
The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom by Shari Franke

The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom

Shari Franke

315 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Possessed by the Devil: The Real History of the Islandmagee Witches & Ireland's Only Witchcraft Mass Trial by Andrew Sneddon

Possessed by the Devil: The Real History of the Islandmagee Witches & Ireland's Only Witchcraft Mass Trial

Andrew Sneddon

314 pages • first pub 2011 (editions) user-added

nonfiction challenging dark informative slow-paced
The Crick Code: A Novel Based on the Memoirs of a Girl Raised in the FLDS Community of Colorado City by Brenda Holm, Betsy Cluff

The Crick Code: A Novel Based on the Memoirs of a Girl Raised in the FLDS Community of Colorado City

Brenda Holm, Betsy Cluff

224 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction dark emotional reflective slow-paced
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

Nikole Hannah-Jones

624 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history poetry politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay

339 pages • first pub 2014 (editions) user-added

nonfiction essays feminism memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
Befriending Your Inner Child: A Catholic Approach to Healing and Wholeness by Brya Hanan

Befriending Your Inner Child: A Catholic Approach to Healing and Wholeness

Brya Hanan

192 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction psychology religion self help medium-paced
Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes by Sunita Sah

Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes

Sunita Sah

280 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction health self help