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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
Hairless: Breaking the Vicious Circle of Hair Removal, Submission and Self-Hatred by Bel Olid

Hairless: Breaking the Vicious Circle of Hair Removal, Submission and Self-Hatred

Bel Olid

63 pages • 2020 • 12 editions

nonfiction feminism sociology informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
The House of My Mother by Shari Franke

The House of My Mother

Shari Franke

7h 9m • 2025 • 28 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses by Dan Carlin

The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses

Dan Carlin

7h 55m • 2019 • 25 editions

nonfiction history reflective slow-paced
Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy by Alastair Gee, Dani Anguiano

Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy

Alastair Gee, Dani Anguiano

256 pages • 2020 • 4 editions

nonfiction history dark medium-paced
The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston

The Monster of Florence

Douglas Preston

9h 48m • 2008 • 40 editions

nonfiction history true crime dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly

349 pages • 2016 • 66 editions

nonfiction feminism history mathematics race science informative inspiring 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

12h 34m • 2010 • 58 editions

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
Save the Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need by Blake Snyder

Save the Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need

Blake Snyder

195 pages • 2005 • 35 editions

nonfiction reference adventurous informative reflective fast-paced
All That Is Wicked: A Gilded-Age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal Mind by Kate Winkler Dawson

All That Is Wicked: A Gilded-Age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal Mind

Kate Winkler Dawson

320 pages • 2022 • 11 editions

nonfiction history science true crime dark informative 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

14h 1m • 2023 • 5 editions

nonfiction biography feminism history informative medium-paced