6 non fiction books for 2025

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71 participants (249 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

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

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Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon

Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley

Charlotte Gordon

649 pages • hardcover • 2015

nonfiction biography feminism historical history challenging informative fast-paced
Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany by Katja Hoyer

Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany

Katja Hoyer

496 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion by Eleanor Medhurst

Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion

Eleanor Medhurst

288 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club by Peter Hook

The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club

Peter Hook

352 pages • paperback • 2008

nonfiction biography memoir music funny informative lighthearted slow-paced
Period Power: Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working for You by Maisie Hill

Period Power: Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working for You

Maisie Hill

352 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction feminism health informative slow-paced
Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s by Virginia Nicholson

Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s

Virginia Nicholson

384 pages • hardcover • 2015

nonfiction feminism history informative medium-paced
Nothing Ever Just Disappears: Seven Hidden Histories by Diarmuid Hester

Nothing Ever Just Disappears: Seven Hidden Histories

Diarmuid Hester

368 pages • paperback • 2023

nonfiction history lgbtqia+
My Own Story by Emmeline Pankhurst

My Own Story

Emmeline Pankhurst

327 pages • paperback • 1914

nonfiction autobiography feminism memoir informative slow-paced
Cloven Country: The Devil and the English Landscape by Jeremy Harte

Cloven Country: The Devil and the English Landscape

Jeremy Harte

336 pages • hardcover

nonfiction historical
Making the Monster: The Science Behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by Kathryn Harkup

Making the Monster: The Science Behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Kathryn Harkup

304 pages • 2018

nonfiction history horror science dark emotional reflective slow-paced