Nonfiction 2025

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15 participants (178 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

The goal is to read 50 nonfiction books in the year of 2025! Any kind or length count so join me in challenging yourself this year. 

Challenge Books

All books added
Thicker Than Water: A Memoir by Kerry Washington

Thicker Than Water: A Memoir

Kerry Washington

311 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae

The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

Issa Rae

224 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir funny reflective medium-paced
What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey

What I Know for Sure

Oprah Winfrey

240 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction self help inspiring reflective fast-paced
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker

Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

Mindhunter #1

John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker

15 hours, 24 minutes • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology true crime dark informative medium-paced
The Hello Girls: America's First Women Soldiers by Elizabeth Cobbs

The Hello Girls: America's First Women Soldiers

Elizabeth Cobbs

12 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Idyll Banter Idyll Banter Idyll Banter by Chris Bohjalian

Idyll Banter Idyll Banter Idyll Banter

Chris Bohjalian

240 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction essays memoir travel emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family by Amy Ellis Nutt

Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family

Amy Ellis Nutt

281 pages • first pub 2015 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful informative fast-paced
Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History by Tori Telfer

Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History

Tori Telfer

9 hours, 34 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime dark informative sad fast-paced
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel

232 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team by Wayne Coffey

The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team

Wayne Coffey

8 hours, 39 minutes • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history sports informative inspiring fast-paced