Reading 25 non-fiction books in 2025

tryingtofindallthebooks Host

11 participants (70 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

This is definitely aspirational for me, I do not read a lot of non-fiction at all, but about 2 a month sounds somewhat doable?? We'll see!

Challenge Books

All books added
Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks by Stephen Davis

Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks

Stephen Davis

352 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction biography music informative reflective slow-paced
The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts by Loren Grush

The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts

Loren Grush

416 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction history science informative inspiring medium-paced
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris

The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

Lindsey Fitzharris

7 hours, 54 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction biography health history science dark informative reflective medium-paced
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

289 pages • hardcover • 2016

nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

176 pages • hardcover • 2015

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop

The Third Gilmore Girl

Kelly Bishop

244 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction memoir funny inspiring reflective medium-paced
Teasing Secrets from the Dead: My Investigations at America's Most Infamous Crime Scenes by Emily Craig

Teasing Secrets from the Dead: My Investigations at America's Most Infamous Crime Scenes

Emily Craig

10 hours, 45 minutes • audio • 2004 user-added

nonfiction crime science true crime dark informative fast-paced
The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster by Sarah Krasnostein

The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster

Sarah Krasnostein

9 hours, 29 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction biography crime memoir psychology sociology emotional medium-paced
Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time by Natalie Hodges

Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time

Natalie Hodges

224 pages • paperback • 2022

nonfiction memoir music informative reflective medium-paced
Go to Hell: A Traveler's Guide to Earth's Most Otherworldly Destinations by Erika Engelhaupt

Go to Hell: A Traveler's Guide to Earth's Most Otherworldly Destinations

Erika Engelhaupt

288 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction nature religion travel adventurous informative medium-paced