Read 25 non fiction books in 2025

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9 participants (144 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 25 non fiction books in 2025.

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Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

Sarah Wynn-Williams

13 hours, 16 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction business memoir politics technology dark informative medium-paced
Climate Optimism: Celebrating Systemic Change Around the World by Zahra Biabani

Climate Optimism: Celebrating Systemic Change Around the World

Zahra Biabani

4 hours, 49 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction nature self help challenging informative medium-paced
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin

Notes of a Native Son

James Baldwin

5 hours, 5 minutes • audio • 1955

nonfiction classics essays race challenging reflective slow-paced
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings

Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia

Sabrina Strings

7 hours, 26 minutes • audio • 2019

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism

bell hooks

8 hours, 55 minutes • audio • 1981

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks by Gwendolyn Brooks

The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks

American Poets Project

Gwendolyn Brooks

200 pages • digital

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-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

320 pages • digital • 2017

nonfiction memoir politics emotional informative sad medium-paced
Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique by Sa'ed Atshan

Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique

Sa'ed Atshan

273 pages • digital • 2020 user-added

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal & Sovereignty in Native America by Gregory D. Smithers

Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal & Sovereignty in Native America

Gregory D. Smithers

11 hours, 4 minutes • audio • 2022

nonfiction gender history lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Harriet Ann Jacobs

222 pages • paperback • 1861

nonfiction classics memoir race dark emotional sad medium-paced