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!

Challenge Books

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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 • hardcover • 2011

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 • paperback • 2017

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

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 • paperback • 1975

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 • digital • 2013

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

Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology

David Graeber

118 pages • paperback • 2004

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 • hardcover • 2023 user-added

nonfiction art
Building Construction Illustrated by Francis D.K. Ching

Building Construction Illustrated

Francis D.K. Ching

480 pages • paperback

nonfiction technology informative reflective medium-paced
Hierba by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

Hierba

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

488 pages • paperback • 2017

nonfiction biography graphic novel history dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz by József Debreczeni

The Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz

József Debreczeni

244 pages • digital • 1950 user-added

nonfiction history memoir challenging emotional sad medium-paced