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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Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics by Tim Marshall

Politics of Place #1

Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

Tim Marshall

292 pages • 2015 • 60 editions

nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
The Penguin History of the World by Odd Arne Westad, J.M. Roberts

The Penguin History of the World

Odd Arne Westad, J.M. Roberts

1189 pages • 1976 • 3 editions

nonfiction history reference challenging informative slow-paced
The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had by Susan Wise Bauer

The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had

Susan Wise Bauer

432 pages • 2003 • 6 editions

nonfiction education reference informative medium-paced
Night by Elie Wiesel

The Night Trilogy #1

Night

Elie Wiesel

109 pages • 1958 • 100 editions

nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder

David Grann

329 pages • 2023 • 48 editions

nonfiction history true crime adventurous dark informative medium-paced
Untamed by Glennon Doyle

Untamed

Glennon Doyle

337 pages • 2020 • 66 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir self help emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

Kate Moore

481 pages • 2016 • 54 editions

nonfiction biography history science emotional informative sad medium-paced
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

544 pages • 2003 • 116 editions

nonfiction history science adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

368 pages • 2019 • 63 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State by Nadia Murad

The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State

Nadia Murad

12h 16m • 2017 • 71 editions

nonfiction memoir politics emotional informative sad medium-paced