Nonfiction 2025

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15 participants (190 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
Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession, and the Birth of the Lie Detector by Amit Katwala

Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession, and the Birth of the Lie Detector

Amit Katwala

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History by Bill Schutt

Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History

Bill Schutt

8 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history nature science informative medium-paced
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism

bell hooks

8 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
I Don't Need Therapy by Toni Lodge

I Don't Need Therapy

Toni Lodge

5 hours, 34 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective fast-paced
The Season: A Social History of the Debutante by Kristen Richardson

The Season: A Social History of the Debutante

Kristen Richardson

9 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Written In Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind by Sue Black

Written In Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind

Sue Black

11 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history science dark informative reflective medium-paced
Cult Insanity: A Memoir of Polygamy, Prophets, and Blood Atonement by Irene Spencer

Cult Insanity: A Memoir of Polygamy, Prophets, and Blood Atonement

Irene Spencer

10 hours, 12 minutes • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction memoir religion dark slow-paced
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

Erik Larson

336 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science informative slow-paced
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson

Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

Heather Cox Richardson

8 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words by Jenni Nuttall

Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words

Jenni Nuttall

8 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced