6 Non Fiction for 2025

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28 participants (73 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

i barely read non fiction so my goal is to read 6 physical books this year! 

Challenge Books

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The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

451 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction health psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Music Is History by Ben Greenman, Questlove

Music Is History

Ben Greenman, Questlove

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history music informative reflective medium-paced
Honeypot: Black Southern Women Who Love Women by E. Patrick Johnson

Honeypot: Black Southern Women Who Love Women

E. Patrick Johnson

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ race challenging reflective slow-paced
Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

150 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Oh Pray My Wings are Gonna Fit Me Well by Maya Angelou

Oh Pray My Wings are Gonna Fit Me Well

Maya Angelou

66 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me by Glory Edim

Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me

Glory Edim

265 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books, and Questions That Grew Me Up by Remica Bingham-Risher

Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books, and Questions That Grew Me Up

Remica Bingham-Risher

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

The Art Thief

Michael Finkel

222 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction biography true crime adventurous informative fast-paced
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

Zora Neale Hurston

208 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul

The House of Hidden Meanings

RuPaul

239 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced