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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Basic Mathematics: An Introduction by Alan Graham

Basic Mathematics: An Introduction

Alan Graham

304 pages • paperback

nonfiction mathematics reference informative medium-paced
Music Essentials for Singers and Actors: Fundamentals of Notation, Sight-Singing and Music Theory by Andrew Gerle

Music Essentials for Singers and Actors: Fundamentals of Notation, Sight-Singing and Music Theory

Andrew Gerle

448 pages • paperback

nonfiction art music
Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains by Bethany Brookshire

Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains

Bethany Brookshire

348 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction nature science funny informative reflective medium-paced
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World by Adrienne Mayor

Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World

Adrienne Mayor

336 pages • paperback • 2003

nonfiction history science informative tense slow-paced
The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health by David R. Montgomery, Anne Biklé

The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health

David R. Montgomery, Anne Biklé

320 pages • paperback • 2015

nonfiction health nature science informative reflective slow-paced
Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags by Tim Marshall

Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags

Politics of Place #2

Tim Marshall

297 pages • paperback • 2016

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome by Emma Southon

A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome

Emma Southon

339 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction history dark funny informative medium-paced
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues by Jonathan Kennedy

Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

Jonathan Kennedy

294 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction health history politics science informative medium-paced
Subpar Parks: America's Most Extraordinary National Parks and Their Least Impressed Visitors by Amber Share

Subpar Parks: America's Most Extraordinary National Parks and Their Least Impressed Visitors

Amber Share

212 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction nature travel funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

Malcolm Gladwell

320 pages • hardcover • 2013

nonfiction business psychology informative reflective medium-paced