Read 25 non fiction in 2025!

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25 participants (297 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I like a quarter of my reads to be non fiction and usually read around 100-120 books a year, but you can use this challenge however suits you. Can be any sub genre, any format :)

Challenge Books

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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear

320 pages • digital • 2018

nonfiction psychology self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

Mark Manson

212 pages • hardcover • 2016

nonfiction psychology self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero

You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life

Jen Sincero

254 pages • paperback • 2013

nonfiction self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir by Maggie Smith

You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir

Maggie Smith

313 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Waltraud: A True Story of Growing Up in Nazi Germany by Tammy Borden

Waltraud: A True Story of Growing Up in Nazi Germany

Tammy Borden

375 pages • digital • 2023 user-added

nonfiction biography history
The Last Alchemist in Paris: & Other Curious Tales from Chemistry by Lars Ohrstrom

The Last Alchemist in Paris: & Other Curious Tales from Chemistry

Lars Ohrstrom

257 pages • hardcover

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

Sam Kean

391 pages • hardcover • 2010

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You by Sofie Hagen

Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You

Sofie Hagen

336 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction feminism memoir self help funny reflective slow-paced
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo

256 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

Charles C. Mann

541 pages • paperback • 2005

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced