Read 12 Nonfiction Books 2025

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17 participants (106 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read a few more nonfiction books this year.

Challenge Books

All books added
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote

14 hours, 27 minutes • audio • 1965

nonfiction classics true crime dark informative tense slow-paced
White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad

White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

Ruby Hamad

7 hours, 2 minutes • audio • 2019

nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

All About Love: New Visions

Love Trilogy #1

bell hooks

6 hours, 10 minutes • audio • 1999

nonfiction essays feminism gender psychology religion informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain by James Fallon

The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain

James Fallon

246 pages • hardcover

nonfiction psychology science informative slow-paced
Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation by Sophie Lewis

Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation

Sophie Lewis

122 pages • paperback • 2022

nonfiction feminism gender history lgbtqia+ philosophy politics sociology challenging informative fast-paced
Tremors in the Blood by Amit Katwala

Tremors in the Blood

Amit Katwala

10 hours, 35 minutes • audio • 2022

nonfiction history true crime dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Unmasked: The Ultimate Guide to ADHD, Autism and Neurodivergence by Ellie Middleton

Unmasked: The Ultimate Guide to ADHD, Autism and Neurodivergence

Ellie Middleton

340 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction psychology self help informative reflective medium-paced
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

443 pages • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction health psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story by Pagan Kennedy

The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story

Pagan Kennedy

5 hours, 21 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction history true crime emotional informative medium-paced
The Orange and other poems by Wendy Cope

The Orange and other poems

Wendy Cope

37 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction poetry emotional funny fast-paced