6 non fiction books for 2025

h_may12 Host

71 participants (249 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read six non-fiction books this year, that's one every two months!

6 non fiction books for 2025

h_may12 Host

71 participants (249 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read six non-fiction books this year, that's one every two months!

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Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World by Victoria Finlay

Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World
Victoria Finlay

512 pages • hardcover • 2021 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative reflective medium-paced

Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World

Victoria Finlay

512 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction art history informative reflective medium-paced

The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness: A Memoir by Sarah Ramey

The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness: A Memoir
Sarah Ramey

432 pages • hardcover • 2020 (editions)

nonfiction health memoir challenging emotional informative slow-paced

The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness: A Memoir

Sarah Ramey

432 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction health memoir challenging emotional informative slow-paced

I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country by Elena Kostyuchenko

I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country
Elena Kostyuchenko with Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse (Translator), Bela Shayevich (Translator)

384 pages • hardcover • 2023 (editions)

nonfiction essays politics dark informative sad medium-paced

I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country

Elena Kostyuchenko with Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse (Translator), Bela Shayevich (Translator)

384 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction essays politics dark informative sad medium-paced

David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100 Years of LGBT Music by Darryl W. Bullock

David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100 Years of LGBT Music
Darryl W. Bullock

320 pages • 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ music informative slow-paced

David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100 Years of LGBT Music

Darryl W. Bullock

320 pages • 2017

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ music informative slow-paced

The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara

The Lady from the Black Lagoon
Mallory O'Meara

336 pages • hardcover • 2019 (editions)

nonfiction art biography feminism history informative inspiring medium-paced

The Lady from the Black Lagoon

Mallory O'Meara

336 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction art biography feminism history informative inspiring medium-paced

The Good Immigrant
Nikesh Shukla with Coco Khan (Contributor), Vinay Patel (Contributor), Salena Godden (Contributor), Daniel York Loh (Contributor), Sabrina Mahfouz (Contributor), Vera Chok (Contributor), Wei Ming Kam (Contributor), Nish Kumar (Contributor), Sarah Sahim (Contributor), Riz Ahmed (Contributor), Reni Eddo-Lodge (Contributor), Inua Ellams (Contributor), Darren Chetty (Contributor), Bim Adewunmi (Contributor), Kieran Yates (Contributor), Miss L (Contributor), Himesh Patel (Contributor), Varaidzo (Contributor), Chimene Suleyman (Contributor), Musa Okwonga (Contributor)

272 pages • hardcover • 2016 (editions)

nonfiction essays politics race emotional informative reflective medium-paced

The Good Immigrant

Nikesh Shukla with Coco Khan (Contributor), Vinay Patel (Contributor), Salena Godden (Contributor), Daniel York Loh (Contributor), Sabrina Mahfouz (Contributor), Vera Chok (Contributor), Wei Ming Kam (Contributor), Nish Kumar (Contributor), Sarah Sahim (Contributor), Riz Ahmed (Contributor), Reni Eddo-Lodge (Contributor), Inua Ellams (Contributor), Darren Chetty (Contributor), Bim Adewunmi (Contributor), Kieran Yates (Contributor), Miss L (Contributor), Himesh Patel (Contributor), Varaidzo (Contributor), Chimene Suleyman (Contributor), Musa Okwonga (Contributor)

272 pages • hardcover • 2016

nonfiction essays politics race emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film - Updated Edition by Carol J. Clover

Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film - Updated Edition
Carol J. Clover

260 pages • paperback • 1992 (editions)

nonfiction feminism horror dark slow-paced

Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film - Updated Edition

Carol J. Clover

260 pages • paperback • 1992

nonfiction feminism horror dark slow-paced

In the Days of Rain: A Daughter, a Father, a Cult by Rebecca Stott

In the Days of Rain: A Daughter, a Father, a Cult
Rebecca Stott

320 pages • digital • 2017 (editions)

nonfiction memoir religion dark reflective slow-paced

In the Days of Rain: A Daughter, a Father, a Cult

Rebecca Stott

320 pages • digital • 2017

nonfiction memoir religion dark reflective slow-paced

How Fiction Works
James Wood

265 pages • 2008 (editions)

nonfiction reference challenging reflective slow-paced

How Fiction Works

James Wood

265 pages • 2008

nonfiction reference challenging reflective slow-paced

Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates by David Cordingly

Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
David Cordingly

296 pages • paperback • 1995 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced

Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates

David Cordingly

296 pages • paperback • 1995

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced

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