Read 25 non fiction in 2025!

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21 participants (199 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I like a quarter of my reads to be non fiction and usually read around 100-120 books a year, but you can use this challenge however suits you. Can be any sub genre, any format :)

Challenge Books

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Burying the Typewriter: A Memoir by Carmen Bugan

Burying the Typewriter: A Memoir

Carmen Bugan

224 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
A Year Unfolding: A Printmaker's View by Angela Harding

A Year Unfolding: A Printmaker's View

Angela Harding

192 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction nature informative reflective medium-paced
My Favorite Husband by Bob Carroll Jr, Madelyn Pugh

My Favorite Husband

My Favorite Husband

Bob Carroll Jr, Madelyn Pugh

missing duration info • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art
...And Your Ass Will Follow: Words + Music | Vol. 39 by George Clinton

...And Your Ass Will Follow: Words + Music | Vol. 39

George Clinton

1 hour, 21 minutes • missing pub info (editions)

The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain by Alan Gordon

The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain

Alan Gordon

4 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

nonfiction health
The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders by John E. Sarno

The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders

John E. Sarno

394 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction health informative reflective slow-paced
How to Change Your Body: What the Science of Interoception Can Teach Us about Healing Through Connection by Saga Briggs

How to Change Your Body: What the Science of Interoception Can Teach Us about Healing Through Connection

Saga Briggs

242 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction psychology science
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putnam

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community

Robert D. Putnam

544 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history politics sociology challenging informative slow-paced
Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking by Douglas R. Hofstadter, Emmanuel Sander

Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking

Douglas R. Hofstadter, Emmanuel Sander

578 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology science challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief by Jordan B. Peterson

Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

Jordan B. Peterson

564 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced