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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How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

320 pages • 2023 • 6 editions

nonfiction psychology self help informative reflective medium-paced
Of Men and Mary: How Six Men Won the Greatest Battle of Their Lives by Christine Anne Watkins

Of Men and Mary: How Six Men Won the Greatest Battle of Their Lives

Christine Anne Watkins

178 pages • 3 editions

nonfiction autobiography biography religion emotional reflective fast-paced
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari

A Brief History Series

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

Yuval Noah Harari

528 pages • 2024 • 45 editions

nonfiction history sociology technology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After by Chloé Hayden

Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After

Chloé Hayden

7h 2m • 2022 • 7 editions

nonfiction memoir self help hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Vacations Can Be Murder: A True Crime Lover's Travel Guide to New England by Dawn M. Barclay

Vacations Can Be Murder: A True Crime Lover's Travel Guide to New England

Dawn M. Barclay

438 pages • 2025 • 1 edition

nonfiction crime travel
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics

Dolly Parton

380 pages • 2020 • 12 editions

nonfiction biography memoir music informative lighthearted medium-paced
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

368 pages • 2019 • 63 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

Oliver Sacks

381 pages • 2007 • 57 editions

nonfiction music psychology science informative reflective slow-paced
Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy

Autobiography of a Face

Lucy Grealy

5h 55m • 1994 • 17 editions

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nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
A Historian Goes to the Movies by Gregory S. Aldrete

A Historian Goes to the Movies

Gregory S. Aldrete

6h 27m • 2 editions

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nonfiction history