Read 12 Non Fiction Books in 2025

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28 participants (219 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Any and all non fiction! Just 12 of them over the course of the year. 

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The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

The Anxious Generation

Jonathan Haidt

385 pages • paperback • 2024

nonfiction psychology self help technology informative reflective medium-paced
Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History by Ben Mezrich

Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History

Ben Mezrich

9 hours • audio • 2011

nonfiction true crime mysterious fast-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

390 pages • digital • 2013

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World by Matt Parker

Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World

Matt Parker

9 hours, 33 minutes • audio • 2019

nonfiction mathematics science funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder

Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life

Anna Funder

12 hours, 40 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction biography feminism emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

17 hours, 17 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction history politics informative tense medium-paced
The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction by Gísli Pálsson

The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction

Gísli Pálsson

8 hours, 38 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction history nature informative reflective sad slow-paced
The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland Allen

The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper

Roland Allen

10 hours, 45 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

Dashka Slater

5 hours, 44 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ race true crime young adult challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
Incidental Inventions by Elena Ferrante

Incidental Inventions

Elena Ferrante

112 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction essays reflective medium-paced