20 Non-Fiction Books

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22 participants (213 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

My goal is to read 20 non-fiction books in 2025! Do it with me! 

Challenge Books

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The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

John Koenig

4h 42m • 2021 • 3 editions

nonfiction essays reference emotional inspiring reflective medium-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

391 pages • 2013 • 46 editions

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945–1955 by Harald Jähner

Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945–1955

Harald Jähner

377 pages • 2021 • 21 editions

user-added

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-speaking Peoples Since 1500 by Peter H. Wilson

Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-speaking Peoples Since 1500

Peter H. Wilson

34h 55m • 2022 • 5 editions

nonfiction history adventurous challenging informative medium-paced
Technology and War: From 2000 B.C. to the Present by Martin van Creveld

Technology and War: From 2000 B.C. to the Present

Martin van Creveld

352 pages • 1988 • 1 edition

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years That Shook the World by Patrick Wyman

The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years That Shook the World

Patrick Wyman

401 pages • 2021 • 4 editions

nonfiction history adventurous informative medium-paced
Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918 by Katja Hoyer

Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918

Katja Hoyer

256 pages • 2021 • 8 editions

nonfiction history adventurous informative medium-paced
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

349 pages • 2014 • 43 editions

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist by Jennifer Wright

Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist

Jennifer Wright

352 pages • 2023 • 5 editions

nonfiction biography feminism history informative medium-paced
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

Erik Larson

585 pages • 2020 • 30 editions

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced