6 non fiction books for 2025

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73 participants (368 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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The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara

The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick

Mallory O'Meara

336 pages • 2019 • 13 editions

nonfiction art biography feminism history informative inspiring medium-paced
The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla

The Good Immigrant

Nikesh Shukla

272 pages • 2016 • 8 editions

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 • 1992 • 12 editions

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 • 2017 • 10 editions

nonfiction memoir religion dark reflective slow-paced
How Fiction Works by James Wood

How Fiction Works

James Wood

265 pages • 2008 • 23 editions

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 • 1995 • 10 editions

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own

Virginia Woolf

112 pages • 1929 • 421 editions

nonfiction classics essays feminism informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Leave The Capital: A History Of Manchester Music In 13 Recordings by Paul Hanley

Leave The Capital: A History Of Manchester Music In 13 Recordings

Paul Hanley

216 pages • 2017 • 3 editions

nonfiction history music informative fast-paced
A Vindication of the Rights of Men & A Vindication of the Rights of Woman & An Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution by Janet Todd, Mary Wollstonecraft

A Vindication of the Rights of Men & A Vindication of the Rights of Woman & An Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution

Janet Todd, Mary Wollstonecraft

413 pages • 1993 • 3 editions

nonfiction classics feminism philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Jane Austen, the Secret Radical by Helena Kelly

Jane Austen, the Secret Radical

Helena Kelly

417 pages • 2016 • 9 editions

nonfiction biography feminism history reflective slow-paced