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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The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

The Argonauts

Maggie Nelson

4 hours, 48 minutes • audio • 2015

nonfiction feminism gender lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

Gender Queer: A Memoir

Maia Kobabe

240 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction gender graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced
Jamel Shabazz: Sights in the City, New York Street Photographs by

Jamel Shabazz: Sights in the City, New York Street Photographs

160 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction art reflective medium-paced
The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers by Scott Carney

The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers

Scott Carney

6 hours, 43 minutes • audio • 2011

nonfiction science true crime dark informative medium-paced
Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature by Sarah Hart

Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature

Sarah Hart

304 pages • paperback • 2023

nonfiction mathematics funny informative 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
Balthild of Francia: Anglo-Saxon Slave, Merovingian Queen, and Abolitionist Saint by Isabel Moreira

Balthild of Francia: Anglo-Saxon Slave, Merovingian Queen, and Abolitionist Saint

Isabel Moreira

240 pages • paperback • 2024

nonfiction biography feminism history informative slow-paced
Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien by J.R.R. Tolkien

Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien

102 pages • hardcover • 1979

fiction art fantasy challenging relaxing medium-paced
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History by Sharon McMahon

The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History

Sharon McMahon

307 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction history politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Unfuck Your Brain: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers by Faith G. Harper

Unfuck Your Brain: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers

Faith G. Harper

3 hours, 39 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction psychology self help informative reflective fast-paced