Nonfiction 2025

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19 participants (373 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

The goal is to read 50 nonfiction books in the year of 2025! Any kind or length count so join me in challenging yourself this year. 

Challenge Books

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Papaya Salad by Elisa Macellari

Papaya Salad

Elisa Macellari

232 pages • 2020 • 7 editions

nonfiction biography graphic novel history emotional reflective fast-paced
Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman by Brooke Shields

Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman

Brooke Shields

240 pages • 2025 • 14 editions

nonfiction health memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs: 100 Discoveries That Changed the World by Douglas Preston, Douglas Preston, Ann R. Williams, Ann R. Williams

Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs: 100 Discoveries That Changed the World

Douglas Preston, Douglas Preston, Ann R. Williams, Ann R. Williams

14h 19m • 2021 • 5 editions

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nonfiction history adventurous informative medium-paced
The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed by Wendy Lower

The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed

Wendy Lower

272 pages • 2021 • 9 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Berenice Abbott: Portraits of Modernity by

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Berenice Abbott: Portraits of Modernity

248 pages • 2019 • 4 editions

nonfiction art informative reflective medium-paced
Harry Gruyaert: Between Worlds by Harry Gruyaert

Harry Gruyaert: Between Worlds

Harry Gruyaert

144 pages • 2022 • 1 edition

nonfiction art challenging informative reflective medium-paced
You Only Die Once: How to Make It to the End with No Regrets by Jodi Wellman

You Only Die Once: How to Make It to the End with No Regrets

Jodi Wellman

352 pages • 4 editions

nonfiction medium-paced
Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless by Laurah Norton

Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless

Laurah Norton

304 pages • 2023 • 6 editions

nonfiction science true crime dark emotional informative medium-paced
The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture by Grace Perry

The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture

Grace Perry

8h 21m • 2021 • 4 editions

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir sociology funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Cuba: An American History by Ada Ferrer

Cuba: An American History

Ada Ferrer

576 pages • 2021 • 6 editions

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced