9 Nonfiction Books in 2025

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7 participants (24 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

For those of us who have complete a 6 in a year nonfiction challenge but are not ready to commit to a 12 in a year 

Challenge Books

All books added
A Therapeutic Journey by Alain de Botton

A Therapeutic Journey

Alain de Botton

371 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano by Dana Thomas

Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano

Dana Thomas

422 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction art biography informative slow-paced
Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures by Nick Pyenson

Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures

Nick Pyenson

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative medium-paced
Congratulations, The Best Is Over! by R. Eric Thomas

Congratulations, The Best Is Over!

R. Eric Thomas

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Finding Me by Viola Davis

Finding Me

Viola Davis

9 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
FRAUEN LITERATUR: Abgewertet, vergessen, wiederentdeckt by Nicole Seifert

FRAUEN LITERATUR: Abgewertet, vergessen, wiederentdeckt

Nicole Seifert

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact by Chip Heath, Dan Heath

The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact

Chip Heath, Dan Heath

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction business psychology self help informative inspiring medium-paced
Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes by Elizabeth Lesser

Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes

Elizabeth Lesser

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history politics reflective slow-paced
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

Angela Y. Davis

158 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism politics race informative inspiring reflective medium-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

287 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced