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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Gray Matter: A Neurosurgeon Discovers the Power of Prayer... One Patient at a Time by David Levy

Gray Matter: A Neurosurgeon Discovers the Power of Prayer... One Patient at a Time

David Levy

304 pages • 3 editions

nonfiction autobiography biography health religion informative reflective slow-paced
Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias by Kevin Cook

Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias

Kevin Cook

288 pages • 2023 • 5 editions

nonfiction history politics dark emotional informative medium-paced
The Universe in Verse: 15 Portals to Wonder Through Science & Poetry by Maria Popova

The Universe in Verse: 15 Portals to Wonder Through Science & Poetry

Maria Popova

112 pages • 2024 • 3 editions

nonfiction poetry science informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
On Muscle by Bonnie Tsui

On Muscle

Bonnie Tsui

256 pages • 2025 • 3 editions

nonfiction health sports informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Everything Is Perfect When You're a Liar by Kelly Oxford

Everything Is Perfect When You're a Liar

Kelly Oxford

336 pages • 2012 • 8 editions

nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore

The Romanovs: 1613-1918

Simon Sebag Montefiore

28h 41m • 2016 • 45 editions

nonfiction biography history adventurous slow-paced
The Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz by József Debreczeni

The Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz

József Debreczeni

256 pages • 1950 • 27 editions

nonfiction history memoir challenging emotional sad medium-paced
Absolute Expert: Dinosaurs by Lela Nargi

Absolute Expert: Dinosaurs

Lela Nargi

112 pages • 2018 • 3 editions

nonfiction childrens adventurous informative medium-paced
How to Say It: Words That Make a Difference by Allison Friederichs Atkison

How to Say It: Words That Make a Difference

Allison Friederichs Atkison

4h 44m • 2 editions

nonfiction self help informative medium-paced
Nine Minds: Inner Lives on the Spectrum - THE INSTANT BESTSELLER by Daniel Tammet

Nine Minds: Inner Lives on the Spectrum - THE INSTANT BESTSELLER

Daniel Tammet

253 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

nonfiction memoir psychology short stories informative reflective slow-paced