12 non-fiction books in 2025

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19 participants (74 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I want to get back in to reading more true crime and non fiction so my goal is to read at least one a month 

Challenge Books

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In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention in the United States by Ana Raquel Minian

In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention in the United States

Ana Raquel Minian

384 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

Erik Larson

608 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

336 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction business economics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in America by Jeff Hobbs

Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in America

Jeff Hobbs

336 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction biography sociology
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon

David Grann

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Power in Design by Kristina Wilson

Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Power in Design

Kristina Wilson

256 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art design history informative medium-paced
Native Nations: A Millennium in North America by Kathleen DuVal

Native Nations: A Millennium in North America

Kathleen DuVal

752 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957 by Frank Dikotter

The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957

People's Trilogy #2

Frank Dikotter

376 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji-li Jiang

Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution

Ji-li Jiang

285 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography childrens historical history young adult emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning by Peter Beinart

Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning

Peter Beinart

172 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction politics religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced