Read 12 Nonfiction Books 2025

hvitrulfhild Host

17 participants (106 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read a few more nonfiction books this year.

Challenge Books

All books added
Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Díaz

Postcolonial Love Poem

Natalie Díaz

105 pages • paperback • 2020

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Educated in Tyranny: Slavery at Thomas Jefferson's University by

Educated in Tyranny: Slavery at Thomas Jefferson's University

280 pages • hardcover

nonfiction education history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich

A Little History of the World

Little Histories

E.H. Gombrich

284 pages • hardcover • 1935

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured by Kathryn Harrison

Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured

Kathryn Harrison

382 pages • digital • 2014

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Black Friend by Ziwe

Black Friend

Ziwe

182 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction essays race funny inspiring reflective fast-paced
Out Cold: A Chilling Descent into the Macabre, Controversial, Lifesaving History of Hypothermia by Philip Jaekl

Out Cold: A Chilling Descent into the Macabre, Controversial, Lifesaving History of Hypothermia

Philip Jaekl

8 hours, 52 minutes • audio • 2021

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

Poverty, by America

Matthew Desmond

296 pages • digital • 2023

nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Liberation of Sophia by David Hayward

The Liberation of Sophia

David Hayward

134 pages • paperback • 2014

art psychology inspiring reflective slow-paced
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

Stephanie Foo

325 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction memoir psychology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Facing Codependence by J. Keith Miller, Andrea Wells Miller, Pia Mellody

Facing Codependence

J. Keith Miller, Andrea Wells Miller, Pia Mellody

272 pages • paperback • 1989

nonfiction psychology self help challenging informative slow-paced