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6 Non Fiction for 2025

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28 participants (79 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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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

357 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced
Our Brave Foremothers: Celebrating 100 Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous Women Who Changed the Course of History by Rozella Kennedy

Our Brave Foremothers: Celebrating 100 Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous Women Who Changed the Course of History

Rozella Kennedy

208 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction biography feminism history medium-paced
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

Greenlights

Matthew McConaughey

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health: Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help You Deserve by Rheeda Walker

The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health: Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help You Deserve

Rheeda Walker

232 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction psychology race challenging informative medium-paced
A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy by Tia Levings

A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

Tia Levings

288 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir religion challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Angel Makers: Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring by Patti McCracken

The Angel Makers: Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring

Patti McCracken

316 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark mysterious tense medium-paced
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

Erik Larson

448 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative slow-paced
Manhunt: The Twelve-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson

Manhunt: The Twelve-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

James L. Swanson

444 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime informative fast-paced
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

Dee Brown

509 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

nonfiction classics history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman

The Guns of August

Barbara W. Tuchman

640 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced