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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Guadalcanal Diary by Richard Tregaskis

U.S. Landmark Books #55

Guadalcanal Diary

Richard Tregaskis

272 pages • 1943 • 3 editions

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Ben Miller, Huw Lemmey

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History

Ben Miller, Huw Lemmey

368 pages • 2022 • 15 editions

nonfiction biography history lgbtqia+ informative reflective medium-paced
The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul

The House of Hidden Meanings

RuPaul

7h 7m • 2024 • 17 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

Candice Millard

339 pages • 2011 • 11 editions

nonfiction biography history politics informative medium-paced
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder

128 pages • 2017 • 86 editions

nonfiction history politics informative reflective fast-paced
Building Construction Handbook by Roger Greeno, Roy Chudley

Building Construction Handbook

Roger Greeno, Roy Chudley

840 pages • 1995 • 2 editions

nonfiction reference informative medium-paced
An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris by Georges Perec

An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris

Georges Perec

55 pages • 1975 • 21 editions

nonfiction essays reflective medium-paced
The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages by François-Xavier Fauvelle

The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages

François-Xavier Fauvelle

280 pages • 2013 • 12 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology by David Graeber

Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology

David Graeber

118 pages • 2004 • 13 editions

nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Barbara Kasten: Architecture & Film (2015–2020) by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Stephanie Cristello, Mimi Zeiger, Humberto Moro

Barbara Kasten: Architecture & Film (2015–2020)

Hans Ulrich Obrist, Stephanie Cristello, Mimi Zeiger, Humberto Moro

180 pages • 2023 • 1 edition

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